ONTARIO – Treasure Valley Community College will soon be out of the business of educating inmates in basic schooling, ending 20 years of serving Oregon’s largest prison. The Oregon Corrections Department on Friday turned down an offer from TVCC and five other community colleges to reshape in-prison schooling to cut[Read More…]

Dan Joyce, Malheur County judge (Rachel Parsons/The Enterprise) VALE – The Malheur County Court has set aside $25,000 in new spending in its economic development budget to hire a public affairs worker. The money was allocated in the county’s 2020-2021 budget but when, where and how the money will be[Read More…]

Malheur County Health Department in Ontario. (The Enterprise/file) Malheur County submitted a request to the state for nearly $95,500 in reimbursement of costs related to COVID-19, according to records obtained from the county. The request is for expenses the county incurred between March 1 and May 15, said Malheur County[Read More…]

The Malheur County Circuit Court will adjust its hours of operation in response to budget woes. (The Enterprise/File). VALE – All circuit courts in Oregon will be closed Friday, May 29, and on June 26 and July 17 in response to anticipated state budget shortfalls. Also, the Malheur County Circuit[Read More…]

Local onion producers hope a new rail reload center near Nyssa will mean higher profits. (The Enterprise/Pat Caldwell) VALE – A proposed land deal seen as a crucial piece to expanding industry in Malheur County was scuttled last week. Malheur County will not move ahead on a two-year-old plan to[Read More…]

Larry Wilson, left, Malheur County commissioner, at the courthouse in December. (The Enterprise/Joe Siess) VALE – Plans by Malheur County to buy land north of Nyssa near a planned reload facility are on hold even as officials appear to be confused about who is overseeing the real estate deal. The[Read More…]

Malheur County Sheriff Brian Wolfe will face Ontario Police Department officer Casey Walker in the May 19 election. (The Enterprise/File photo) VALE – Only two contested races will be on the local ballot for the May primary but both could quickly heat up as election day draws near. The two[Read More…]

This Nyssa property is the proposed location for the Treasure Valley Reload Center. (The Enterprise/file) VALE – Two onion industry officials on the public board deciding the future of the rail shipping center have now set up a separate business to arrange for use the center, according to public records.[Read More…]

Larry Wilson, Malheur County Commissioner, at the courthouse on Wednesday, Dec. 11. (The Enterprise/Joe Siess) VALE – The Malheur County Court has voted unanimously to spend nearly $1 million toward the purchase of 290 acres of private land north of Nyssa to make way for a proposed rail reload center[Read More…]

Greg Smith, Malheur County’s economic development director, speaking to county commissioners at the Malheur County Courthouse on Wednesday, Dec. 11. (The Enterprise/File) NYSSA – Work on the new Treasure Valley Reload Center is falling behind schedule just two months after county officials agreed to an ambitious timeline that would have[Read More…]