VALE – Two local residents arrested in connection with the shooting death of 21-year-old Raymond T. Kelly in April 2019 will serve more than 10 years in prison after each pleaded guilty to separate charges last month. Star Bales, 22, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit murder Jan. 27 in[Read More…]

Malheur County Sheriff Brian Wolfe talks with a parent at a school gathering about social media held on Thursday, Jan. 30, in Vale. (The Enterprise/Pat Caldwell) VALE – The potential dangers of social media to youth came into sharp focus last week at a parent meeting at the Vale Elementary[Read More…]

Joshua B. Christoffersen, 40, was briefly held in Malheur County Jail for unlawful entry into a motor vehicle and possession of methamphetamines. (Photo courtesy of Malheur County Sheriff’s Office) The suspect of a botched burglary near Harper who led police on a manhunt over the New Year holiday is wanted[Read More…]

Ty Ingram, right, stands with friend and neighbor Benjamin Palmer, at the site where a thief dropped a John Deere tractor on Highway 20 in the early morning hours of New Year’s Eve. (Submitted photo) Ty Ingram was fast asleep in the early morning hours of New Year’s Eve when[Read More…]

Joshua B. Christoffersen, 40, faces charges of unlawful entry into a motor vehicle and possession of methamphetamines. (Photo courtesy of Malheur County Sheriff’s Office) VALE – It took a day and a half for law enforcement from three agencies to locate Joshua B. Christoffersen and only three minutes and 30[Read More…]

Joshua B. Christoffersen, 40, is being held in Malheur County Jail for unlawful entry into a motor vehicle and possession of methamphetamines. (Photo courtesy of Malheur County Sheriff’s Office) VALE – Joshua B. Christoffersen, a convicted felon who led authorities on a day-and-a-half-long manhunt over the New Year’s holiday, was released[Read More…]

Joshua B. Christoffersen, 40, is being held in Malheur County Jail for unlawful entry into a motor vehicle and possession of methamphetamines. (Photo courtesy of Malheur County Sheriff’s Office) A wild span of stolen vehicles, middle-of-the-night gunfire and a New Year’s Eve manhunt ended with an arrest  in a remote[Read More…]

VALE – More than a dozen police officers were searching for an armed man in the high desert hills on the Harney-Malheur County line Tuesday afternoon after a theft at a local ranch went awry. Travis Johnson, Malheur County undersheriff, said deputies from the Harney County Sheriff’s Office and the[Read More…]

Nolan L. Strauss, 26, accused of attacking man in Ontario restaurant on Saturday, Dec. 21. (Photo courtesy Malheur County Sheriff’s Office) Nolan L. Strauss, the truck driver accused of attempting to murder a local jobseeker in an alleged hate crime, was convicted in 2018 of assaulting a police officer in[Read More…]

Ronnell T. Hughes is recovering in a Boise hospital after he was stabbed in Ontario on Saturday, Dec. 21, in what police said was an unprovoked racial attack. (Nikita Apodaca/Special to the Enterprise) Two local restaurants have joined the challenge to aid the victim of a stabbing in Ontario. Rusty’s[Read More…]