A man police identified as Xavier R. Machuca talks to police from a second-story apartment in Ontario on Friday, Dec. 21. He surrendered hours after police arrived to arrest him on pending criminal charges. (The Enterprise/Kristine de Leon) ONTARIO – A 27-year-old man wanted for attempted murder surrendered to police[Read More…]

Police were trying to talk a man in this second-floor apartment into surrendering Friday, Dec. 21. (The Enterprise/Kristine de Leon) UPDATE: After a standoff lasting nearly five hours, Xavier R. Machuca surrendered to police just after 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 21, according to the Oregon State Police. ONTARIO — A[Read More…]

Jessica Bates of Vale filed suit on Wednesday against the State of Oregon, saying the state should not have freed Anthony Montwheeler in December 2016 just weeks before he is accused of killing her husband, David, and a Weiser woman, Annita Harmon. The complaint filed in Malheur County Circuit Court[Read More…]

ONTARIO – A Nampa man is on life-support at a Boise hospital after a traffic stop by police sparked a 3 ½-hour standoff in Ontario early Friday morning. Malheur County District Attorney Dave Goldthorpe said the incident began Thursday night about 9:30 p.m. when a Malheur County sheriff’s deputy pulled[Read More…]

ONTARIO—A private engineering and public works consulting firm has donated $50,000 to the city of Ontario toward construction of a splash pad. JACOBS, the city’s public works contractor, has been working with Ontario for nearly five years. In addition to treating the city’s water and wastewater, JACOBS has been helping[Read More…]

Police are investigating a shooting that occurred Sunday morning at this Ontario restaurant. ONTARIO – A man was killed in a shooting about 10:30 a.m. Sunday at Los Potrillos restaurant in Ontario.  A man sought in connection with the shooting led police on a high-speed chase before he was arrested[Read More…]

Patrick Starnes, a Brownsville cabinetmaker who took the political stage to spotlight campaign finance reform and third-party inclusion, announced Tuesday that he was dropping out of the race and endorsing Democratic incumbent Gov. Kate Brown. Starnes, the nominee of the Independent Party of Oregon, said he supports Brown because she[Read More…]

ONTARIO – Before a packed house, the Ontario City Council Tuesday approved larger buffer zones for marijuana businesses in anticipation of a Nov. 6 vote that could allow them in the city. The action reversed the council’s stand from last week on buffer zones and other restrictions. Tuesday’s meeting ended[Read More…]

ONTARIO — Eight employees of the Snake River Correctional Institution were injured Saturday morning in assaults involving one inmate, the state Corrections Department said in a news release. The agency said one “staff member was assaulted by an inmate” but didn’t identify the corrections officer or the inmate. The assault[Read More…]

This story has been updated. VALE – Accused murderer Anthony Montwheeler will return to the Oregon State Hospital to be treated after a judge ruled Tuesday that he is too impaired to make decisions about his legal defense. Multnomah Circuit Judge Thomas Ryan, conducting a hearing in Malheur County Circuit[Read More…]