Reporters Pat Caldwell and Kristine de Leon of the Malheur Enterprise work on stories in the Vale newsroom. (The Enterprise/File) The Malheur Enterprise has been selected to participate in a national reporting program designed to place journalists in communities around the country to deepen local…
We asked online readers why voters in Ontario, generally considered a conservative community, repealed the city ban on recreational marijuana sales by a wide margin. Here’s a sample of the responses. What was the turnout? 3000ish out of 14000? People are too lazy to make…
Steven Meland (left) signs his name in line for a marijuana license at the city Community Development Center in Ontario. ONTARIO – Jeremy Archie spent the wee hours of Friday morning outside the Community Development office, waiting to turn in his application for the few…
A BLM firefighter sprays down smoldering brush at the scene of a range fire in the season coming to an end. (File photo/BLM) VALE – Mother Nature came through for the Vale District of the Bureau of Land Management this fire season. Humans, though, didn’t…
The current mental condition of Anthony Montwheeler, seen here in a court hearing earlier this year, is the focus of testimony in Malheur Circuit Court this week. (Pat Caldwell/The Enterprise) The Oregon State Hospital’s top expert on mental illness and the law testified Monday morning…
One of more than 40 grave markers damaged at Hilltop Memorial Cemetery outside Nyssa. Vandals hit the night of Wednesday, May 2. (The Enterprise/Jayme Fraser) NYSSA — Here is the list by name of the gravesites damaged at Hilltop Memorial Cemetery. Cemetery officials say insurance…
Vale School District Superintendent Alisha McBride accepts a flag previously flown at the U.S. Capitol from Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden Monday at Vale High School. Wyden held his town hall for the first time at Vale High School. (The Enterprise/John L. Braese) VALE – U.S.…