Malheur County Sheriff Brian Wolfe (FILE/The Enterprise) NOTE: The Enterprise is providing this free to the community as a public service to keep residents informed. Please share and please subscribe to support this reporting.  VALE – Malheur County Sheriff Brian Wolfe has written a letter rejecting Gov. Kate Brown’s mask and vaccination mandates as unconstitutional[Read More…]

BEND – A former long-time executive at the state prison in Ontario is accused of resisting police and driving under the influence after his arrest in Bend on Thursday, Aug. 19. Randy R. Gilbertson, 46, of Payette, was arrested just three weeks after being named superintendent of Deer Creek Correctional[Read More…]

The Malheur County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a car crash that occurred south of Vale Sunday night. (The Enterprise File) UPDATE- The 10-year-old who died in a car crash on Sunday night has been identified as Ava Engleman of Parma by the Malheur County Sheriff’s Department. Engleman went to school[Read More…]

Brad Cain, former superintendent of Snake River Correctional Institution. (Submitted photo) ONTARIO – Brad Cain, headed into retirement after five years as Snake River Correctional Institution superintendent, has taken a new prison post. At the Oregon Department of Corrections’ request, he’s gone from leading the largest prison in Oregon to[Read More…]

Artist Sandy Micheli and Smokey Bear prop up Micheli’s newly-painted cornhole boards commissioned by the Vale BLM advocating for wildfire prevention on Wednesday, July 14, 2021. (ANGELINA KATSANIS/The Enterprise) VALE – Cornhole isn’t the first thing that comes to mind when considering fire prevention, but workers at the Vale BLM[Read More…]

Fire crews from Marion County, formed into Task Force 16, were relieved Saturday, July 17, from service on the Bootleg Fire. This photo from the scene is by Ryan Russell, Keizer Fire District division chief. 4 p.m. WEDNESDAY UPDATE: Additional details about campsites affected and potential fines for violating the ban.[Read More…]

Thunderstorms are forecast to hit Malheur County Monday afternoon into Tuesday night, with the risk “very high” for new large fires, according to forecasts issued Sunday. The National Weather Service posted a red flag warning for “critical” fire conditions in the area from noon Monday until 10 p.m. Tuesday night.[Read More…]

A firefighter sets a fire to intentionally burn off fuel inside the black spot of the Miller Flats fire on Wednesday, July 7, 2021. (ANGELINA KATSANIS/The Enterprise) Lightning sparked on Wednesday morning on private land between Brogan and Ironside, burning close to 100 acres. The fire, which is being called[Read More…]

Nolan Levi Strauss, 27, pleads guilty for attacking man in Ontario on Saturday, Dec. 21, 2019. (Photo courtesy Malheur County Sheriff’s Office) Nolan L. Strauss, a trucker driver once employed by May Trucking, pleaded guilty to federal hate crime charges last week for the attempted murder of Ontario man Ronnell[Read More…]

Doug A. Wold pleaded guilty to wire fraud and other crimes recently in U.S. District Court in Boise. (Idaho Department of Correction file) BOISE – Doug Wold, who embezzled more than $100,000 from Fry Foods while working there as an executive, pleaded guilty to wire and mail fraud and money[Read More…]