Teri Doran, owner of the Vale Liquor Store, said the store’s sales have grown by about a quarter to a third since the pandemic. (The Enterprise/Ardeshir Tabrizian) In the months since the coronavirus pandemic sent shock waves through local businesses, liquor stores in Malheur County have registered a rise in[Read More…]

Lt. Rich Harriman, Malheur County Emergency Services director, leads a virtual meeting of the county’s Covid task force last week in Vale. (The Enterprise/Pat Caldwell). ONTARIO – Those gathered in April as part of Malheur County’s Covid Task Force covered routine matters at the start – assessing the county’s personal[Read More…]

Health leaders in Malheur County faced a number of challenges to stopping the spread of Covid. (The Enterprise) ONTARIO – Before 22 people were dead, before more than 1,000 residents in Malheur County were sick from the Covid virus, before Sarah Poe received emails attacking pandemic statistics, she believed advice[Read More…]

A large gathering of people at the Payette County Fair and Rodeo in Payette County in early August may be a trigger for more Covid cases. (CDC file art) PAYETTE – Data collected by an epidemiologist under contract with the Malheur County Health Department suggests that a local fair and[Read More…]

Mike Iseri, co-owner of Iseri Travel Agency in Ontario, says the the pandemic has hurt his business. (The Enterprise/Pat Caldwell). ONTARIO – The phone used to ring all the time at Iseri Travel Agency. “For one person by themselves it was a challenge because you couldn’t keep up with the[Read More…]

A Covid testing kit at Nyssa drive by testing site earlier this summer. The county’s positive testing rate is high but more testing could potentially push it down. (Kezia Setyawan/The Enterprise) ONTARIO – The odds of Malheur County coming off a state Covid watch list remain slim as the virus[Read More…]

Sarah Poe, Malheur County Health Department director framed a letter to Gov. Kate Brown Monday outlining the next steps the county will take to counter the rise of the Covid virus. (Kezia Setyawan/The Enterprise) [NOTE: The Enterprise is providing free access to local stories concerning the pandemic. You can help[Read More…]

The Vale swimming pool will have to close Monday, Aug. 17, under new state restrictions imposed on Malheur County because of the pandemic. (Kezia Setyawan/The Enterprise) [NOTE: The Enterprise is providing free access to local stories concerning the pandemic. You can help provide this service by subscribing. ] ONTARIO – The[Read More…]

The Malheur County Health Department will sponsor a drive-thru testing site in Nyssa Wednesday. (The Enterprise/Rachel Parsons) NYSSA – The Malheur County Health Department will host a drive-thru Covid testing event at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at 1309 Park Ave, Wednesday, Aug. 12. The testing is[Read More…]

Amber Harriman of Fruitland, Idaho, has her nose swabbed by county health care worker MaryLue Galligar at the Ontario Covid testing site in July. (The Enterprise/Rachel Parsons) [NOTE: The Enterprise is providing free access to local stories concerning the pandemic. You can help provide this service by subscribing. ] ONTARIO[Read More…]