Jaime Escobedo was sentenced to 20 years in prison in connection to the shooting death of Larry Fuentes in 2018 in Ontario. (The Enterprise/Pat Caldwell) VALE – Larry Fuentes was eating breakfast at the Los Potrillos restaurant in Ontario with his girlfriend in 2018 when he got into a confrontation[Read More…]

Al Crouch, the fire mitigation/education specialist for the Vale District of the Bureau of Land Management points to a section of dry ground on a nearby knoll last week. Dry conditions are prevalent across the high desert. (The Enterprise/Pat Caldwell). VALE – Al Crouch leaned over and pushed the sagebrush[Read More…]

ONTARIO – State prison officials say they have no plans for widespread testing of employees at Snake River Correctional Institution, saying that that could lead to a “powder keg” at Oregon’s largest prison. In a court filing last week, state officials said testing of workers wouldn’t slow the coronavirus but[Read More…]

Oregon State Police are investigating a deadly, head-on crash early Friday. UPDATE: This story has been updated with identities. CAIRO JUNCTION – The Oregon State Police are still investigating a two-car, head-on crash that occurred early this morning and left one person dead. Jennifer Haueter, 31, Vale, died when her[Read More…]

Saturday is the day to clear out your medicine cabinets and drawers of prescription medicines that you no longer need. The annual “National Prescription Drug Take Back Day” is scheduled to run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, hosted locally by the Malheur County Drug Free Communities Coalition and[Read More…]

Jess Tolman, the chief of the Vale Fire & Ambulance is looking for more volunteers to help beef up the ranks of his agency. (The Enterprise/Pat Caldwell). VALE – Jess Tolman, chief of Vale Fire & Ambulance, is looking for a few good volunteers. So is Eric Mechanca, chief of[Read More…]

Hand-washing stations outside Snake River Correctional Institution. Advocates criticized the hand-washing infrastructure inside the prison, saying that prisoners often lacked soap and a way to dry their hands. (Kezia Setyawan/The Enterprise) ONTARIO – Lawyers and advocates say that the sweeping court order requiring reforms in Snake River Correctional Institution’s Covid[Read More…]

One man died in a house fire in Adrian early Wednesday morning. (Submitted photo). ADRIAN – An 88-year-old Adrian man died in a house fire early Wednesday morning, according to the Malheur County Sheriff’s Office. Dwane Daugherty perished in the blaze at 601 5th Street that was first reported to[Read More…]

Kim DeRose shows a fact sheet regarding human trafficking. DeRose is the new coordinator of the Tri-County Anti-Trafficking Task Force. The task force covers Malheur County and Payette and Washington counties in Idaho. (The Enterprise/Pat Caldwell) VALE – A large federal grant will help drive a local effort to prevent[Read More…]

Joshua B. Christoffersen, 41, was recently sentenced to 33 months in prison. ( Malheur County Sheriff’s Office photo) VALE – A former Idaho man who led police on a New Year’s Day manhunt in 2020 was sentenced to more than two years in prison last week in the Malheur County[Read More…]