Ontario’s newest and largest mural. (Submitted photo) ONTARIO – In the midst of the leisurely crowds of potato lovers at last weekend’s Tater Tot Festival was a group with focus. Forest Wolf Kell, Bose One, Joshe Parke, Dreyfus Art, Bobby Gayton, and Evarett Carvajal are painters from Portland and Boise,[Read More…]

Four Rivers Cultural Center will host 20 artists Friday for its Art & Soul event. ONTARIO – The art community will be out in force Friday night at Four Rivers Cultural Center during the Art & Soul event. The event kicks off at 6 p.m. and runs to 9 p.m.[Read More…]

From left: Paula Olvera, Ron Van Ausdal, and Judi Trask, part of the team at Lifeways which puts on Hands Around the Park. (LILIANA FRANKEL/The Enterprise) ONTARIO – Ontario’s Laxson Park bumped with family-friendly songs, the happy cries of children, and the periodic splashes of the dunk tank last week[Read More…]

Mary Fullmer digs into a breakfast tot biscuit made by Margaret Keithley, which won the Tater Tot cooking contest. (The Enterprise/Liliana Frankel) ONTARIO – The first annual Tater Tot Festival held by Revitalize Ontario was a success, organizers say, despite its challenges.  Chief among these was Covid, which delayed the[Read More…]

Bronc riding returns to the Vale rodeo grounds . (The Enterprise/Joe Siess) VALE – There will be plenty of bucking and stomping and fun this weekend when two premier rodeo events kick off at the Vale Rodeo Grounds. The Jim Reed Memorial Rodeo begins at 7 p.m. Saturday and then[Read More…]

Freshly fried Tater Tots from Mal’s Diner in Vale. (The Enterprise/File) UPDATE: Organizers say the event starts Friday at 4 p.m. ONTARIO – Nearly 70 years after the invention of the Tater Tot and a year later than expected, the first Tater Tot Festival has arrived. The festival is on[Read More…]

Runners take to the course in a cloud of pink at the start of the 10th annual Relief Run benefitting the Treasure Valley Children’s Relief Nursery in Ontario on Saturday, Sept. 11. (The Enterprise/ ABBEY MCDONALD) ONTARIO – The Treasure Valley Children’s Relief Nursery held its 10th annual Relief Run[Read More…]

Susan Gregory, director of the Malheur County Juvenile Department, decorates a chalk message of “YOU MATTER,” part of the 2nd annual Chalk Challenge for National Recovery Month on Thursday, Sept. 9. (The Enterprise/ ABBEY MCDONALD) VALE – You matter. Don’t give up. You are enough. Those were the messages of[Read More…]

Jennie Knott, an instructional assistant at Treasure Valley Children’s Relief, provides developmental therapy to a child at the nursery. (The Enterprise/ Yadira Lopez) A charity run benefitting the Treasure Valley Children’s Relief Nursery is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 11.  The Relief Run Color Blast will start at 10 a.m. at[Read More…]

Khaliya Mohamed plays at the duck station with Mirna Al Jasem at the Ontario refugee center’s family carnival on July 23, 2021. (ANGELINA KATSANIS/The Enterprise) ONTARIO – As part of their summer events, Ontario’s Immigrant & Refugee Community Organization hosted its first family carnival in the Beck-Kiwanis Park Friday, and[Read More…]