Ontario Police Department. (The Enterprise) ONTARIO – Auditors couldn’t find $900 in cash missing from the evidence room of the Ontario Police Department and found indications other evidence may be missing, according to Police Chief Steven Romero. Romero said Thursday that preliminary results shared with him by a team from[Read More…]

Questions emerged at Tuesday’s Ontario City Council meeting about the city’s investigation into a complaint against Ontario Police Chief Steven Romero. (The Enterprise/Kezia Setyawan). Correction: An earlier version of this story said that City Manager Adam Brown was present for a meeting to discuss the complaint. The story has been[Read More…]

Ballot drop boxes at the Malheur County Courthouse in Vale have been moved to the back parking lot. (AUSTIN JOHNSON/The Enterprise) With six days to go, 24% of ballots have been turned in for the special election to recall Ontario City Councilor Freddy Rodriguez. The deadline to turn in ballots[Read More…]

Ontario City Council President Freddy Rodriguez. (FILE/The Enterprise) ONTARIO – Ontario City Councilor Freddy Rodriguez abruptly left during the middle of an Ontario City Council meeting on Thursday, May 6, after another councilor raised a question about decorum during the meeting. Rodriguez has faced regular appearances at the meetings by[Read More…]

The tiny homes shelter project in Ontario. (The Enterprise/Liliana Frankel) ONTARIO – Against the advice of city staff, the Ontario City Council voted down a proposal to extend temporary homeless shelter’s operations through the end of June and give it a chance to become permanent.  City Manager Adam Brown had recommended[Read More…]

Norm Crume said it is time to step away from local politics after he served 12 years on the Ontario City Council. (The Enterprise/Pat Caldwell). ONTARIO – Do your homework. That proved to be at the core of Ontario City Councilor Norm Crume’s 12-year career representing the residents of the[Read More…]

Officials planned to use Ontario’s former fleet shop at 55 N.E. 2nd Ave., as a warming shelter for area homeless. However the city council chose to delay a decision on the issue because of zoning and funding questions. (The Enterprise/Kristine de Leon). ONTARIO – Those seeking shelter from the cold[Read More…]