Linda McElroy, cattle rancher and 1971 Vale rodeo queen. (Austin Johnson/ The Enterprise) VALE – Linda McElroy drank iced tea as she sat in Perk, occasionally waving to friends coming in and out of the coffee shop in the community she has known most of…
Wade Black, first place winner at the 2021 Road to the Horse World Championship and professor of equine science, horsemanship and horse training at TVCC. (LILIANA FRANKEL/The Enterprise) ONTARIO – Wade Black’s grandfather trained horses and started colts. So did his father. And so does…
Eva Castellanoz rubs the foot of a local woman with coconut oil. The woman works on a local factory line and came to see Castellanoz feeling depressed and tired. Castellanoz gave her a sobada, or healing massage. (The Enterprise/Liliana Frankel) NYSSA – Since the 1980s,…
Javier Gonzalez. (The Enterprise/Joe Siess) VALE – When Javier Gonzalez was 8, the Ontario high school wrestling coach walked up to him, gripped his hand firmly and looked him in the eyes. “You’re pretty good,” Charlie Anthony told him. “Keep it up. You’re going to…
A sticker bearing the Equality Flag appears at a window inside the Malheur County Health Department. The flag is often used as a symbol of the LGBTQIA+ community. (The Enterprise/File photo) UPDATE: For more information about the coalition you may contact Bettye Ramirez at 541-709-8134,…
Jennie Knott, an instructional assistant at Treasure Valley Children’s Relief, provides developmental therapy to a child at the nursery. (The Enterprise/Yadira Lopez) VALE – Malheur County has the second highest rate of childhood poverty in the state, according to a new report. The county also…