Earl Bain of Idaho poses with daughters Joanna (left) and Bailey. Bain recently was pardoned by Gov. Kate Brown after authorities concluded he was innocent of a 2009 criminal charge. (Oregon Independence Project photo) VALE – In June 2009, a state judge sent Earl Bain to prison for more than[Read More…]

Earl Bain, center, poses with Steve Wax, legal director of the Oregon Innocence Project, and Brittney Plesser, project senior staff attorney. Bain has been pardoned for a criminal conviction in Malheur County in 2009. (Oregon Innocence Project photo) VALE – A former U.S. Army combat veteran and former area resident[Read More…]

The Indian Creek Fire burns along U.S. 20 on. Sunday, Aug. 16. The wildfire, about 13 miles east of Juntura, Monday expanded to more than 9,000 acres. (PHOTO: Al Crouch/Vale District BLM) MONDAY AFTERNOON UPDATE: Federal officials are seeking the public’s help investigating the cause of the 9,000-acre Indian Creek[Read More…]

A man led a Malheur County sheriff’s deputy in a pursuit into Vale early Sunday morning, according to the county sheriff’s office. Deputy Haylee Harding initiated a traffic stop at 1:17 a.m. on a Toyota Prius “for failing to maintain lane as well as driving erratically” on Highway 20-26 east[Read More…]

VALE – Three suspects in the shooting death of a Nyssa-area man are accused of robbing him and attempting to destroy evidence of their crimes, according to court documents. Salvador Bahena Reyna, 39, was found dead at his home between Nyssa and Ontario on June 19. Angel Luciano Figueroa, 24,[Read More…]

Malheur County District Attorney David Goldthorpe. (Rachel Parsons/The Enterprise) Three suspects have been arrested in connection with the June shooting death of a man at a home between Ontario and Nyssa. On June 19, police were notified that Salvador Bahena Reyna, 39, was dead when a friend who had come[Read More…]

Two people died in a multi-vehicle accident Friday afternoon about six miles north of the Oregon-Nevada border in southern Malheur County. (Oregon State Police photo) Two people died in a traffic accident involving several vehicles Friday on a remote stretch of U.S. Highway 95 at the southern end of Malheur[Read More…]

A man wanted in connected with a domestic violence case near Vale was taken into custody Thursday, June 18, after a four-hour standoff with police in Jamieson. Andrew Stewart, 38, of Vale, was arrested following an incident that drew the Malheur County Sheriff’s Office, Oregon State Police, Ontario Police Department[Read More…]

Local law enforcement agencies are asking people to make sure they are consulting reliable sources for facts, as rumors can cause panic and take up valuable time. (The Enterprise/File) NOTE: The Enterprise is providing free access to its content related to the coronavirus as a community service. Subscriptions at $5 a month[Read More…]

VALE – Shoulder to shoulder, parishioners lined every pew at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Vale on a Friday in January to mourn Marcelina Flores Piedra. Flores Piedra, 58, was found Jan. 21 pinned underneath the passenger side door of her vehicle. The death was ruled an accident, according to[Read More…]