Harold Gill, a resident of the tiny homes shelter project in Ontario, stands outside his room on Sunday, Feb. 28. (Liliana Frankel/The Enterprise) ONTARIO – As the city’s provision of temporary tiny homes reaches its halfway point, its formerly homeless residents have found themselves the subject of controversy.  Ontario city[Read More…]

Ontario Pool District director Andrew Maeda at the Ontario indoor pool complex. (Rachel Parsons/The Enterprise) ONTARIO – The Ontario Recreation District will develop plans to take down the Aquatic Center building in Lions Park and leave the pool for outdoor use, the recreation board decided on Tuesday Aug. 25. “I[Read More…]

The old kids’ pool at the Ontario Aquatic Center. (Rachel Parsons/The Enterprise) The Ontario Recreation District wants residential input on their newly released pool plans. A survey, in both Spanish and English, is on their website. The plans range from $2.5 to $4.2 million, from a costly indoor pool that[Read More…]

Ontario School Board Director Eric Evans (The Enterprise/Rachel Parsons) ONTARIO – An investigation found no substantiation to claims by an Ontario School Board member that he had been targeted by school district administrators in ways that jeopardized his job and subjected him to sexual harassment. The investigation was triggered by[Read More…]

Ontario School Board members (from left) Mike Blackaby, Eric Evans, Blanca Rodriguez, Derrick Draper and Renae Corn. (The Enterprise/File) ONTARIO – Mike Blackaby, an Ontario insurance man and longtime community volunteer, resigned from the Ontario School Board on Monday, July 20, one month before school resumes. The resignation of the[Read More…]

The city of Ontario gave the indoor pool to the Ontario Recreation District last year for rehabilitation. (Malheur Enterprise/File) ONTARIO – The new Ontario pool designs are in, and they range from $2.5 to $4.5 million. The three designs show Ontario will be getting a pool, but not necessarily an[Read More…]

Dalia Ontiveros reads to her first-grade class at May Roberts School. (FILE/The Enterprise) ONTARIO – The Ontario School District decided on a major shift in its elementary schools to address concerns raised in recent surveys that identified class size as a key issue, officials said. District leaders said they acted[Read More…]

Hotbox Farms founder and co-owner Steven Meland at the concert Saturday. (The Enterprise/Yadira Lopez) ONTARIO – The city of Ontario is seeking more than $15,000 in reimbursement after thousands of people converged on Ontario for a last-minute free concert earlier this month performed by national rap artist Snoop Dogg as[Read More…]

Ontario wastewater treatment plant includes a lagoon system. (Enterprise file photo) ONTARIO – An excessive influx of organic matter into the Ontario wastewater treatment system has resulted in offensive odors permeating the city air. Dan Lopez, an Ontario resident and co-owner of Treasure Valley Steel, said he can smell a[Read More…]

Steven Romero has been named chief of police in Ontario. (Submitted photo) The city of Ontario has its new police chief – Steven Romero of Hawthorne, Calif. City Manager Adam Brown announced the selection Friday morning, filling a vacancy created when Cal Kunz resigned in January to take a new[Read More…]