Tag LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Nyssa shipping project draws more state concern

The proposed Treasure Valley Reload Center could go up on this site north of Nyssa. (The Enterprise/file) The prospects for new jobs and stronger market reach for Malheur County’s onion industry hit new head winds from Salem as the director of Oregon’s economic development agency…

Ontario city councilors shelve warming shelter plan

Officials planned to use Ontario’s former fleet shop at 55 N.E. 2nd Ave., as a warming shelter for area homeless. However the city council chose to delay a decision on the issue because of zoning and funding questions. (The Enterprise/Kristine de Leon). ONTARIO – Those…

Local federal employees back to work after 35-day hiatus

BLM employees are back to work even as talks between President Donald Trump and key Democratic lawmakers continue in Washington, D.C. (The Enterprise/File). VALE – Monday morning the Vale District of the Bureau of Land Management was a busy place. Shuttered since Dec. 22 because…

Snake River Correctional Institution slashes isolation cells

The state’s largest prison began a new policy on segregated housing a year ago and since then inmate-to-inmate assaults are down. (The Enterprise/Pat Caldwell). ONTARIO – A year ago, the cell on the upper tier of Snake River Correctional Institution’s privileged housing unit was stark.…

Walden’s town hall blitz swings into Ontario

U.S. Rep. Greg Walden, R-Hood River, answers a question from an audience member during a town hall meeting Monday at Four Rivers Cultural Center. (The Enterprise/Pat Caldwell). ONTARIO – U.S. Rep. Greg Walden, R-Hood River, believes in border security but he isn’t convinced that the…