Voters approved a new tax levy Nov. 3 to help Pioneer Place meeting operational costs. (The Enterprise/Pat Caldwell) VALE – John Nalivka was a grateful man after the Nov. 3 general election. The board chair of Pioneer Place skilled nursing and assisted living and rehabilitation center said he breathed a[Read More…]

While Oregon pushed over the 80% voter turnout threshold, Malheur County trailed the statewide average. (The Enterprise/Les Zaitz) VALE – Here is how Oregon, and Malheur County, voted in the 2020 general election. Statewide voter turnout – 81.49% Malheur County turnout – 70.2%   PRESIDENT – Malheur County results Donald Trump[Read More…]

Eddie Melendrez, elected to Ontario City Council on Nov. 3, 2020. (The Enterprise/Les Zaitz) ONTARIO – When the Ontario City Council convenes in January, the most experienced hands will have been on the job for just two years, following election results that put three new councilors in office. Voters picked[Read More…]

Tom Vialpando outside Vale City Hall on Thursday, Nov. 5. He was elected mayor and takes office in January 2021. (The Enterprise/Les Zaitz) VALE – Tom Vialpando used to think Vale was a pretty small place. Until he ran for mayor. “When you walk it, it grows in size,” said[Read More…]

Cliff Bentz, Ontario attorney, discusses his election to be U.S. representative in Oregon’s 2nd Congressional District in an interview on Thursday, Nov. 5. (The Enterprise/Les Zaitz) ONTARIO – Cliff Bentz is going to get pretty used to the Boise Airport following his election last week to Congress. Bentz, an attorney[Read More…]

Workers extract ballots from mailing envelopes on Tuesday, Nov. 3, as the Malheur County Clerk’s Office processed ballots at a pace ahead of the 2016 presidential election. (The Enterprise/Les Zaitz) UPDATE: This report was updated to reflect new results released by Malheur County at 10:30 p.m. VALE – Ontario lawyer[Read More…]

Locked boxes organized by voting precinct are used to shuttle ballots to various stations at the Malheur County Courthouse for processing by the Malheur County Clerk’s Office. (The Enterprise/Les Zaitz) UPDATE: Malheur County Clerk Gayle Trotter has provided updated numbers as of noon Tuesday. VALE – The final hours of[Read More…]

Access is restricted to to key rooms at the Malheur County Courthouse in Vale where ballots are stored and processed by the Malheur County Clerk’s Office in Vale. (The Enterprise/Les Zaitz) Law enforcement officials in Oregon are prepared for trouble flowing from an election that has been put under suspicion[Read More…]

The Malheur Enterprise provides this daily feature to provide up-to-date election information. Here you can get a quick look at how the 2020 general election is going, with daily updates on ballot return information from Malheur County Clerk Gayle Trotter, details on past voting and a collection of stories from[Read More…]

The Malheur Enterprise provides this daily feature to provide up-to-date election information. Here you can get a quick look at how the 2020 general election is going, with daily updates on ballot return information from Malheur County Clerk Gayle Trotter, details on past voting and a collection of stories from[Read More…]