Vale Mayor Tom Vialpando wants the community to show up at Wadleigh Park Saturday for a Patriot Day event. (The Enterprise/Pat Caldwell). VALE – The Vale Community Coalition in conjunction with the city will host a Patriot Day celebration this Saturday at Wadleigh Park. The event focuses on the sacrifice[Read More…]

Four Rivers Cultural Center will host an interactive play for youth Friday at 4 p.m. (The Enterprise/FILE). ONTARIO – Four Rivers Cultural Center will wrap up its Folklore program on Friday with an interactive Japanese tale involving a little boy and a dragon. The play, “The Boy From the Dragon’s[Read More…]

Renovation work on the Rex Theater stalled after the Covid pandemic caused delays. (The Enterprise/Pat Caldwell). VALE – Renovation work on the historic Rex Theater is at a standstill because of the Covid pandemic and the extreme heat wave that hit the local area, according to a report filed by[Read More…]

Vale city officials will move ahead with an ambitious plan to rebuild the Willowcreek lift station now that funding is available for the project. (The Enterprise file) VALE – A major project to upgrade a sewage lift station in town is good to go after action by the Oregon Legislature[Read More…]

Reporting interns Abbey McDonald (left) and Joey Cappelletti joined the Enterprise newsroom recently. (THE ENTERPRISE/Pat Caldwell) VALE – Four journalists have joined the staff of the Malheur Enterprise for a summer of reporting and training. This is the fifth year that the Enterprise has provided summer jobs for college interns.[Read More…]

Sheriff’s deputies arrested Nathan Lewis, Vale, after he crashed his Ford Ranger into the front yard of Roy and Judith Obermeier June 27. VALE – On Sunday night, Judith Obermeier wanted to find a good place in her yard to plant her sweet pea bloom. Her husband, Roy, was eager[Read More…]

Tanya Navarrete, the former marketing & development director at Four Rivers Cultural Center, unveils the new “Go for Broke” stamp made in honor of the U.S. Army’s 442nd Regimental Combat Team made up of Japanese-American soldiers who fight in Europe in World War II. (ANGELINA KATSANIS/The Enterprise) ONTARIO – Tom[Read More…]

Alesha Munk covers the front desk at her husband’s dentistry in Nyssa. Munk was recently awarded Nyssa Citizen of the Year. (The Enterprise/Austin Johnson). NYSSA – Moe Adams is a single mother of three. When the pandemic sent her children from the classroom to her living room, she had to[Read More…]

The annual show and shine car show is slated July 4 at Wadleigh Park in Vale. (The Enterprise/Lynn Keller). VALE – Local residents and visitors attracted to the Vale rodeo will get the chance to see some classic cars at the Show and Shine event at Wadleigh Park July 4.[Read More…]

The annual Billy Evins roping event will kick off this weekend at the Vale rodeo grounds. (The Enterprise/File). VALE – Local rodeo competitors get a chance to qualify for the Vale 4th of July Rodeo at the annual Billy Evins Memorial team roping event scheduled for Friday and Saturday. A[Read More…]