A barrel racer speeds past at the Billy Evins Memorial Roping in Vale on June 17, 2022. (Isaac Wasserman/ Malheur Enterprise) VALE – The Vale Rodeo season kicked off with the Billy Evins Memorial Roping and Barrel Racing on Friday, June 17. The cool, dry conditions were perfect for the[Read More…]

Ropers race out of the gate as other contestants in the team roping event watch at the Billy Evins Memorial on June 17, 2022, at the Vale rodeo grounds. (The Enterprise/CYNTHIA LIU) A barrel racer rides hard during the Billy Evins Memorial in Vale on June 17, 2022. (Malheur Enterprise/ISAAC[Read More…]

Spectators collect candy tossed from a passing float during the Nyssa Nite Rodeo Parade on June 18, 2022. (The Enterprise/ISAAC WASSERMAN) NYSSA – With perfect weather, the Nyssa Nite Rodeo kicked off its final day of the 2022 run with a parade and ended it with a honky-tonk. Grand Marshals[Read More…]

Abbi Christiansen, 11, (back) paints at Art in the Park, an event in celebration of Flag Day at Wadleigh Park in Vale on June 14, 2022. (The Enterprise/ISAAC WASSERMAN) A sign welcomes children and adults to Drexel Foundation’s Art in the Park event in Vale on June 14, 2022. (The[Read More…]

Dave and Bonnie Westerberg are thrilled to be named grand marshals for the 2022 Vale 4th of July Rodeo. (The Enterprise/PAT CALDWELL) VALE – Dave Westerberg doesn’t come across as a daring kind of guy. Solid, dependable and down-to-the-ground honest perhaps, but not someone to throw caution to the winds.[Read More…]

June events include the annual Billy Evins roping, set for Friday, June 17, at the Vale rodeo grounds. (The Enterprise/FILE). The calendar is packed this month with events for all ages. Here’s a look at what’s coming up. ART: Kids can get creative and volunteer at the same time, as[Read More…]

Bagpipers play in a parade that winds through Lions Park in Ontario, opening the America’s Global Village festivities on Saturday, June 4. (The Enterprise/SCOTTA CALLISTER) Ontario’s Lions Park hosted an array of villages, each with a distinct culture, on Saturday, June 4. The event was America’s Global Village, organized by[Read More…]

Standing with Ontario Area Chamber of Commerce CEO John Breidenbach, Safa Ilmi holds up her certificate of recognition for her work to attain U.S. citizenship. She and other new citizens living in Malheur County were honored in a ceremony at the start of the America’s Global Village festival Saturday, June[Read More…]

Here’s a look at what’s coming up in Malheur County: Youth club holds benefit Boys and Girls Club of the Western Treasure Valley will hold its annual fundraiser, Boots & Blues, Friday, June 3, at the Four Rivers Cultural Center . The event is from 5:30 p.m. to 10 p.m.[Read More…]

ONTARIO – Lions Park will be filled with the sights and sounds of a variety of cultures Saturday, June 4, for the eighth annual America’s Global Village Festival. “We are very excited to bring it back after two years,” said John Breidenbach, president of the Ontario Area Chamber of Commerce.[Read More…]