A host of local lawmakers will be on the May, 2020 ballot. (The Enterprise/Les Zaitz). VALE – If you want a chance to help run local government, the 2022 election is your chance. A host of positions could potentially be in contention as a group of local incumbents announced they[Read More…]

Malheur County Judge Dan Joyce. (The Enterprise/File) VALE – The Malheur County Court plans to issue an emergency declaration Wednesday over concerns of staffing shortages among emergency response agencies if vaccination mandates are enforced. The declaration asks Gov. Kate Brown to lift her Covid vaccine mandates and allow the county[Read More…]

Vale Mayor Tom Vialpando said the addition of a new ambulance for the fire department will be a good investment in the future. (The Enterprise/Les Zaitz) VALE – The Vale City Council has approved a plan to buy a new ambulance with federal Covid relief money. The city will use[Read More…]

Greg Smith, director of the Malheur County Economic Development Department and project manager for the Treasure Valley Reload Center. (The Enterprise/FILE) UPDATE: Greg Smiith’s team issued a press release hours after this story appeared on the Enterprise website. See the entire release below. NYSSA – Malheur County’s industrial park is[Read More…]

Construction is expected to start later this month on this farmland north of Nyssa to raise the Treasure Valley Reload Center. (AUSTIN JOHNSON/The Enterprise) ONTARIO – The first phase of construction on the Treasure Valley Reload Center appears to cost nearly $3 million more than budgeted under a contract awarded[Read More…]

The sun reflects off the surface of the Malheur River on a smoky Friday, earlier this month. The Malheur County Court recently voiced opposition to a plan by two Oregon lawmakers to create new conservation restrictions on local streams and rivers. (The Enterprise/AUSTIN JOHNSON). VALE – The Malheur County Court[Read More…]

The Malheur County Court recently turned down a proposal by a local contractor to open up a gravel pit on the Oregon Slope. (The Enterprise/FILE) VALE – Local contractor Darren Lee wanted to open a new gravel pit north of Ontario but he said he stepped into a bureaucratic maze[Read More…]

Deborah Arntz stepped into the local Farm Services Director slot in April. (The Enterprise/ANGELINA KATSANIS). ONTARIO – For a local resident the Farm Service Building across from the Ontario Municipal Airport can be one of those government buildings easy to miss. But for a local farmer or rancher, the federal[Read More…]

Robin Froerer’s family and business agreed to a deal with the county to end a dispute over a railroad crossing but the pact stipulated they could not talk to the media about the rail reload project. (The Enterprise/Pat Caldwell). NYSSA – The county’s $400,000 deal to settle a dispute over[Read More…]