Ontario resident David Sullivan shakes Adam Brown’s hand during a farewell party at City Hall on April 20. Brown moves on to be the city manager for Keizer. (The Enterprise/PAT CALDWELL). ONTARIO – A crowd of well-wishers spilled into the Ontario City Council chambers Wednesday April 20 to say goodbye[Read More…]

Dan Cummings will serve as interim city manager in Ontario but keeps his duties as community development director. (The Enterprise/PAT CALDWELL) ONTARIO – Dan Cummings doesn’t step in as Ontario’s interim city manager entirely unprepared. After all, he’s already spent the past seven years as the city’s community development director[Read More…]

Then-Councilor Freddy Rodriguez reads a prepared statement in 20201 responding to an ongoing protest by former councilor Marty Justus during council meetings. (The Enterprise/FILE) ONTARIO – Former Ontario City Councilor Marty Justus will receive more than $28,000 from the city to settle a potential lawsuit regarding allegations he was defamed[Read More…]

Ontario Mayor Riley Hill wants to see a new bridge built across the Snake River to link Ontario with Fruitland. (The Enterprise/FILE) CORRECTION UPDATE: An earlier version of this story incorrectly referred to Southwest 18th Avenue as Southwest 18th Street. The Enterprise apologizes for the error. ONTARIO – Mayor Riley[Read More…]

Elected city leaders won’t be focused on finding a new city manager until after budget hearings are finished. (The Enterprise/FILE) ONTARIO – The search for a new Ontario city manager has yet to begin and probably won’t start until after budget hearings, Mayor Riley Hill said last week. Even then,[Read More…]

State Sen. Lynn Findley, R-Vale, and Ontario City Manager Adam Brown (right) listen to speakers during the Veterans Day Ceremony in November at Four Rivers Cultural Center in Ontario. (The Enterprise/LES ZAITZ) ONTARIO – Ontario City Manager Adam Brown has accepted an offer to be the next city manager of[Read More…]

Ontario city manager Adam Brown (right) sits with former city attorney Larry Sullivan at a council meeting last year. Brown will leave Ontario to take the city manager position in Keizer. (The Enterprise/FILE). ONTARIO – Ontario City Manager Adam Brown has accepted an offer to be the next city manager[Read More…]

Ontario City Hall. (The Enterprise/file) ONTARIO – Susann Mills, an Ontario property manager, has been appointed to the Ontario City Council, filling a seat left empty with the recall in June of Freddy Rodriguez. James Grissett, an engineer and the only person of color up for consideration, had been endorsed[Read More…]

Ontario Mayor Riley Hill. (The Enterprise/ANGELINA KATSANIS) ONTARIO – Ontario Mayor Riley Hill has won his case against the city of Ontario and will not have to pay the $500 fine levied on his company for violating city nuisance laws. Eldorado Investments Inc. was fined for the unkempt state of[Read More…]

Ontario City Council. (ANGELINA KATSANIS/The Enterprise) UPDATED Aug. 23, 2021. ONTARIO – Seven Ontario residents submitted applications this week for an open city council position left vacant by the recall of former local lawmaker Freddy Rodriguez. Only four are still in the running, however: Charlotte Cablay, Susann Mills, James Grissett,[Read More…]