A bonfire, food and more were part of at an outdoor Christmas event held Saturday, Dec. 19, in downtown Vale. (Amy Eddy/Special to the Enterprise) VALE – Travis Schneider put Vale in the holiday mood Saturday night, giving as many as 1,000 people a chance to forget about the pains[Read More…]

A youngster seems a bit leery of Santa Claus on an outdoor community event held Saturday, Dec. 19, in downtown Vale. (Amy Eddy/Special to The Enterprise) VALE – An empty lot in downtown Vale was turned into a holiday festival for a few hours on Saturday, Dec. 19. The informal[Read More…]

Business owner Kate Humphrey of Vale is working to bring the Vale Chamber of Commerce back together after a seven-month break. (The Enterprise/Pat Caldwell) VALE – The Vale Chamber of Commerce is back. More than seven months after the community organization evaporated because of the Covid epidemic, two local individuals[Read More…]

VALE – Local senior citizens and the disabled can apply for help with energy bills through Community in Action. The organization is scheduling appointments for Wednesday, Nov. 4, at the Vale City Library. Masks are required and Covid precautions will be followed. People seeking assistance will need to provide proof[Read More…]

Vale elected leaders Tuesday night decided to delay a final decision on a plan to buy the former Umpqua Bank building at 150 Longfellow St. N. to replace city hall. (The Enterprise/Rachel Parsons) VALE – The Vale City Council isn’t ready to cut a final deal on a new city[Read More…]

The Vale pool will open for the summer Wednesday. (The Enterprise/Rachel Parsons). VALE – City residents will be splishing and splashing for free this Wednesday at the Vale City Pool. City Manager Russ Kirkpatrick said last week the popular local venue will open for the summer after more than a[Read More…]

Mourners participating in Saturday’s “cruise by” memorial for Gary Kamo are asked by the family to follow this routing in their vehicles. (Submitted photo) A “cruise by” memorial is scheduled for Saturday Gary Kamo, a Vale man killed in an industrial accident in Ontario. Kamo, 72, died on Monday, April[Read More…]

Russell Kirkpatrick will take over as Vale city manager in March. (Submitted photo) VALE – When Russell Kirkpatrick heard about the open city manager job in Vale, he wasn’t sure where the town was. But he knew one thing: he wanted to step into a city manager position somewhere soon.[Read More…]

Books on the Vale Book Club’s reading list can be checked out at the Vale Library. (The Enterprise/Yadira Lopez) “Educated,” by Tara Westover, will be discussed by the Vale Book Club at 7 p.m. Thursday at the home of Carol Spears, 683 Cottage St. S. Named one of the 10[Read More…]

Happy Willowcreek Elementary students hold their new yoga mats, purchased with money generated from the David Bates Memorial Golf Tournament. At upper right, Beau Mooney and his son Thomas are standing next to Jessica Bates, David Bates’ widow. (Submitted photo) VALE – Three years after his death, and in honor[Read More…]