ONTARIO — The Malheur County Health Department has started a needle exchange in an effort to address the county’s high rates of hepatitis C. Hepatitis C virus, which causes liver disease, is a public health issue throughout Oregon. According to the Oregon Health Authority, the state has the highest mortality[Read More…]

What: Treasure Valley Reload Center Its function: To serve as a rail shipping point. Local producers would truck onions and other items to the center to be reloaded onto rail cars for shipment east. Why it’s needed: Malheur County’s onion industry and county officials say the shipping center would cut[Read More…]

Greg Smith, Malheur County economic development director, is managing development of the Treasure Valley Reload Center. (The Enterprise/file) NYSSA – Malheur County economic development officials are correcting million-dollar errors contained in a report to the state on the proposed Treasure Valley Reload Center, the rail shipping center planned for Nyssa. A[Read More…]