A hearing on the fees will be held at the Malheur County Courthouse on April 6. (Enterprise file) VALE – Prepare to pay a little more to dump debris at Malheur County’s Lytle Boulevard Landfill. A loss of a major commercial customer and increasing costs prompted the proposal to raise[Read More…]

Pioneer Place, a care facility in Vale, wants the county to earmark funds to help the facility weather tight financial times. (The Enterprise/FILE) VALE – Pioneer Place, the publicly-owned nursing home in Vale, wants an emergency infusion of nearly $1 million from the county as it struggles with the impacts[Read More…]

A drone view of the Malheur County Fairgrounds in Ontario last summer. The fairgrounds is in line to receive $2 million from the state for infrastructure upgrades. (The Enterprise/FILE) ONTARIO – The Malheur County Fairgrounds is in line for a surprise $2 million from the state to be used to[Read More…]

Mayor Riley Hill was one of two councilors that gave low scores on a job performance review of City Manager Adam Brown late last year. (Angelina Katsanis/The Enterprise) ONTARIO – When it came time to evaluate Ontario City Manager Adam Brown, City Councilor Michael Braden didn’t hold back. The form[Read More…]

Ontario City Manager Adam Brown, shown at a council meeting this year, is one of three finalists for the city manager position in Keizer. (The Enterprise/file) ONTARIO – Adam Brown, who has been the Ontario city manager for five years, is now one of three finalists for a top slot[Read More…]

The Malheur County Development Corp. board may have broken Oregon Open Meetings Law with a series of decisions last month. The board oversees the rail reload project now under construction in Nyssa. (The Enterprise/LES ZAITZ) NYSSA – Brad Baird needed to get a $5 million contract awarded for the Nyssa[Read More…]

Officials are still trying to figure out what happened to containers containing hazardous chemicals that vanished from the Ontario Municipal Airport in December. (The Enterprise/PAT CALDWELL). ONTARIO – City, state and federal officials are trying to untangle a mystery involving 24 containers of hazardous chemicals that disappeared from a work[Read More…]

Malheur County Judge Dan Joyce, shown in his office, and the other members of the County Court heard comments in favor and opposition to the Move Oregon’s Border concept. (Enterprise file photo) VALE – The urban-rural divide in Oregon was center stage Monday during a special meeting of the Malheur[Read More…]

The Vale City Council tasked Todd Fuller, city manager, to seek alliances with outside agencies if a vaccination mandate by the governor triggers layoffs. (The Enterprise/FILE). VALE – The city of Vale will attempt to create partnerships with local emergency service agencies if it loses members of its ambulance service[Read More…]

Several key employees are abandoning their city positions, including police chief Steve Romero. (The Enterprise/FILE) ONTARIO – A rapid succession of resignations among top city staff is unusual and could strain resources, said Ontario City Manager Adam Brown. Erik Hartley, the Ontario Municipal Airport manager, left in August and Police[Read More…]