Greg Smith, Malheur County economic development director, has spearheaded the effort to build a rail reload center north of Nyssa. (The Enterprise/File). NYSSA – A national consultant has identified “major risks” with Nyssa’s proposed railing ship center and advised that state officials not advance money…
A state worker answers calls to Oregon’s child abuse hotline, operating from a new call center in Portland. (Portland Tribune/Jaime Valdez) PORTLAND — The caller told Hannah Lene about a child disciplined at school for spraying water who begged school employees not to send a…
(Photo by Caleb Wolf/Special to Salem Reporter) Oregon state government has yet to see deep impacts from a three-week federal government shutdown, but some Oregonians are feeling the pinch. Today, the shutdown tied the longest in U.S. history at 21 days. With President Donald Trump…
After an 11-month pause, U.S. Rep. Greg Walden will kick off a series of open town hall sessions across the region Jan. 18. (The Enterprise/File). VALE – U.S. Rep. Greg Walden, R-Hood River, will kick off a series of town hall meetings Jan. 18, the…
Cal Kunz, Ontario police chief, will depart after a two-year stint. Kunz will take over the West Wendover, Nev., police force. (The Enterprise/Kristine de Leon). ONTARIO – Not long after Cal Kunz became Ontario’s chief of police, he confronted an unexpected challenge. The department’s portable…
Ontario mayor Riley Hill boosted the tension during a city council work session last week as he pushed to get his choices onto the city budget committee. (The Enterprise/Pat Caldwell) ONTARIO – Within two hours of assuming his new office, Ontario Mayor Riley Hill got into…
Rep. Greg Walden, R-Oregon, Thursday joined six other GOP lawmakers to vote for a spending package designed to reopen most government agencies. (The Enterprise/File). WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S Rep Greg Walden, R-Hood River, broke from his party Thursday on a vote to reopen the federal…
SALEM — A five-month state investigation found that Democratic leaders in the Oregon Legislature knew legislative employees in the Capitol worked in a “hostile” environment amid pervasive sexual harassment but did little about it. A 52-page report released Thursday by the state Bureau of Labor…
SALEM — A dozen large state agencies could find themselves with watchdogs tethered within their ranks, guarding against wasteful spending and questionable government practices. They’ve been without internal auditors for more than a decade ago, ignoring a mandate that they have such positions. That lack…