Les Zaitz, editor of the Malheur Enterprise, has been honored by the Society of Professional Journalists as a Fellow of the Society. (The Enterprise – Kezia Setyawan) Les Zaitz, editor of the Malheur Enterprise, was one of five journalists chosen as a fellow of the Society of Professional Journalists —[Read More…]

Greg Smith, Malheur County’s economic development director, speaking to county commissioners at the Malheur County Courthouse in December. (The Enterprise/File) ALBANY – Greg Smith, Malheur County’s economic development director, is no longer managing a rail shipping project for Linn County and officials have started over on finding a company to[Read More…]

(The Enterprise/File) VALE – A Washington based grain export company announced that it has acquired a grain storage and shipping operation in Ontario. United Grain Corp. of Vancouver on Saturday took ownership of the Ontario facility and one in Idaho that belonged to the Scoular Company, the corporation said in[Read More…]

Mark Owens. (Submitted photo) ONTARIO – County commissioners chose Republican Mark Owens on Tuesday, Jan. 21, to serve as the next state representative for House District 60, filling the vacancy left by Sen. Lynn Findley, R-Vale. Malheur County now will be represented in the House by Owens, a Harney County[Read More…]

ONTARIO – Ontario police say they are investigating as a homicide the death of a man found on the front porch of an Ontario home Sunday. The Ontario Police Department said the body of the 56-year-old man, whose name it was withholding, was found at a home in the 200[Read More…]

JORDAN VALLEY – What started out as a camping trip to Jordan Craters for Amanda Schmierer and Michael Sletten turned into a two-day ordeal after the pair got stranded in the remote area near Jordan Valley. Sletten, 48, Boise, and Schmierer, 35, from Nampa, were traveling in a 2015 Ford[Read More…]

ONTARIO – Registration is underway for a farm safety seminar in Ontario. SAIF, the state’s workers’ compensation insurer, is offering the program on Tuesday, Oct. 29, at the Clarion Inn. The training runs from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., and lunch is provided. SAIF is offering the programs in several[Read More…]

(The Enterprise/File) VALE – The Bureau of Land Management’s Vale District is putting on a job fair this Friday, Oct. 18. The event will be from 9 a.m. to noon at the district office, 100 Oregon St.  Representatives from various careers in the agency will be on hand to meet[Read More…]

Juul, pictured above, is a popular brand of electronic cigarette. (The Enterprise/Yadira Lopez) VALE – Following the death of a second Oregonian linked to electronic cigarette use and vaping, the Oregon Health Authority is urging people to immediately stop all vaping. The warning includes both licensed and unlicensed products that[Read More…]

U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden will be in Ontario Saturday for a town hall session at the Oregon Army National Guard armory. (The Enterprise/File Photo) ONTARIO – U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, will be in Ontario Saturday for a town hall meeting at the Oregon Army National Guard armory, 1330 S.W.[Read More…]