They say bad news comes in threes and that’s the case in Malheur County with threats involving local school students. The episodes raise important issues of response, communication and preparation. Above all, these recent incidents impose a duty on parents, schools, and police to consider…
Mary Jo Evers is fashioning a life ring to rescue the Ontario city recreation program from disappearing. She wants voters, not city officials, to determine the importance of youth sports and aquatics to the community. She is exercising a fundamental duty of a good citizen…
We’d like a few moments with the high school graduates of 2018. The rest of you can tag along, but this is meant for those teens ready to toss caps in the air. This isn’t goodbye, exactly, but encouragement for you graduates to help the…
Ontario’s future will be charted by what voters decide on the city’s proposed sales tax. The debate has been clouded for weeks by sometimes excessive rhetoric. Voters should now judge for themselves: What would Ontario look like with and without money from a sales tax?…
Volunteering to be a community leader comes at a cost. Ask anyone who has served on a school board, city council, irrigation district board, and more. Thank goodness people do raise their hands to serve. They are not typically experts in government. These individuals…
Anytime you start getting too anxious about the future, think about what local students are achieving. High schools from one end to the other of Malheur County are churning out success stories. They are a counterpoint to worries about where the country, even the state,…
Mention “sales tax” around here and people pay attention. The looming vote on Ontario’s proposed tax is going to be hotly debated in the coming days. Local folks, though, recently showed their interest in learning before arguing, and that should continue. To the surprise of…
The foster care system has plenty of challenges in providing for children. In Malheur County, we’re short of just about everything – foster parents, caseworkers, even overnight bags so kids have underwear when they show up at a foster home. One pending change could quickly…
The board of Treasure Valley Community College at a recent meeting. (The Enterprise/file photo) That signatures have dried on a new contract at Treasure Valley Community College is good news for the community. But the long slog to labor peace has disturbed the community in…