Ryan and Shaunie Hamilton, in their showroom on Nov. 11, 2021, say they want customers to feel like family at the Ontario Sears Hometown outlet they purchased this fall. (The Enterprise/LES ZAITZ) ONTARIO – Shaunie Hamilton and her husband Ryan are the new owners of the Sears Hometown Store in[Read More…]

Kathy Saldana says she wasn’t expecting to stay long in Vale when she bought the A Street Tavern. Thirty years later, this is “my home,” she said. (The Enterprise/PAT CALDWELL) VALE – Tragedy comes in all sizes and shapes, and for Kathy Saldana misfortune arrived one day in July 1987[Read More…]

This photo at the Vale City Pool in 2020 won a first-place award for Rachel Parsons of the Enterprise in state journalism competition. (The Enterprise/Rachel Parsons) VALE – The Malheur Enterprise has been honored by the state newspaper association with 12 awards, including four first-place finishes in judging for journalistic[Read More…]

Registered nurses Juanita Lopez (left) and Kayla McPheeters brief Dina Ellwanger on overnight activities in the obstetrics department on Wednesday, May 26. (The Enterprise/Les Zaitz) ONTARIO – The nurses in the emergency department appeared drained from their overnight shift at Saint Alphonsus Medical Center Ontario. They and the doctors had[Read More…]

The Starlite Café in Vale is up for sale and owner Sharon Bannon said the deal could be finished by early July. (The Enterprise/Angelina Katsanis). VALE – The longtime owner of the Starlite Café said last week she is in the final stage of the sale of the local restaurant.[Read More…]

Donna Patterson chats about the history of the greenhouse that is the centerpiece of Bryant’s Nursery. The nursery, at 2700 Loop Road in Vale, recently opened. (The Enterprise/Pat Caldwell). VALE – A greenhouse with a long history is now the centerpiece of a new nursery operated by a local couple[Read More…]

Cindy Lynch of Brewsky’s Broiler in Ontario talks about the struggle to find employees even as business is rebounding. (The Enterprise/Pat Caldwell). ONTARIO – At Brewsky’s Broiler in Ontario, business is on a solid upswing. In Vale, Mal’s Diner routinely reaches its state-mandated Covid capacity for customers. As fewer Covid[Read More…]

Officials planned to convert the old Wonka Mini Storage next to an Idaho Power substation in Ontario into a bitcoin mine, but the plan is on hold for now. (The Enterprise/Joe Siess) ONTARIO – Plans by an Idaho real estate development firm to launch a bitcoin mining operation in a[Read More…]

Robin Froerer, co-owner of Owyhee Produce, a local onion firm, said she spent the last year trying to find a solution to a railroad crossing dilemma that potentially limits access to her family’s prime farm ground. (The Enterprise/Pat Caldwell) NYSSA – Onion producer Robin Froerer says she’s been getting the[Read More…]

Kristin Sutton, co-owner of Burger West with her husband, Aaron prepares a batch of fries during a afternoon rush at Burger West in Ontario. (The Enterprise/Pat Caldwell) ONTARIO – Aaron and Kristin Sutton lived in Florida when they realized they needed to make a change. They didn’t have a bad[Read More…]