Shelves are stocked with supplies in the emergency department at Saint Alphonsus Medical Center . The department sees about 20,000 patients a year. (The Enterprise/file) ONTARIO – The union that represents nurses at Ontario’s hospital recently filed a federal complaint asserting the corporation that owns the medical center acted illegally[Read More…]

A Puget Sound Antique Airplane Club member gives the crowd a salute as he pulls into the Ontario Municipal Airport in 2021. (The Enterprise/FILE) ONTARIO – Area residents will get the opportunity to see dozens of planes and meet their pilots at the Ontario Municipal Airport Fly-In event Saturday. The[Read More…]

Brandon Norris of the Malheur County Sheriff’s Office works with a crew on Saturday, April 30, to clean up property on Alameda Drive that has been the source of complaints for years. (The Enterprise/LES ZAITZ) ONTARIO – One of the most notorious eyesores in Malheur County underwent a transformation Saturday[Read More…]

U.S. Rep. Cliff Bentz (The Enterprise/file) ONTARIO – U.S. Rep. Cliff Bentz, the Republican from Ontario, is scheduled to speak on Monday, March 14, at the luncheon of the Ontario Area Chamber of Commerce. The free event is at noon at the Four Rivers Cultural Center. Lunch had to be[Read More…]

Ontario City Manager Adam Brown recently announced he will take a top slot in the city of Keizer. At least one former city councilor believes Brown was subtly forced to leave his post. (The Enterprise/FILE) ONTARIO – Norm Crume isn’t exactly a novice when it comes to Ontario politics. Crume,[Read More…]

Justin Zysk is the new Ontario Municipal Airport Manager and wants to see the facility expand in the future. (The Enterprise/PAT CALDWELL) ONTARIO – Justin Zysk once guided surveillance drones over Iraq and Afghanistan for the U.S. Army but is now in charge of a much more peaceful place as[Read More…]

Fire Chief Terry Leighton gets ready for a training exercise at the Ontario site. (The Enterprise/LES ZAITZ) ONTARIO – Terry Leighton’s enthusiasm is apparent as he tours what will become a regional training facility in Ontario for firefighters, police officers and medics. The Ontario fire chief describes a compound abuzz[Read More…]

Robert Metzger talks about the food pantry he runs for Veterans Advocates of Ore-Ida, one of many tasks he’s volunteered to do over the years in Ontario. (The Enterprise/PAT CALDWELL) ONTARIO – Robert Metzger was putting in another volunteer stint at Veterans Advocates of Ore-Ida recently when a familiar face[Read More…]

Ontario gets a caring place for 16 more people with dementia and related conditions, with the planned opening of an expansion of Sunset Estates in 2022. (The Enterprise/LES ZAITZ) ONTARIO – For Mike Hanigan and Dr. Eric Dahle, the expansion of their Ontario memory care unit can’t happen soon enough.[Read More…]

ONTARIO – The city of Ontario’s enforcement of nuisance laws is unconstitutional, imposing “grossly disproportionate” fines that shouldn’t be allowed, an Ontario woman contends in a federal lawsuit over the city’s controversial program. Heriberta Contreras Granados contends in her complaint filed in U.S. District Court that she had belated notices[Read More…]