Donations of food, water and other supplies poured in for firefighters while a local business organized a hay drive to help ranchers feed their cattle after a wildfire destroyed critical rangelands.
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Crews continue to battle multiple blazes as dry thunderstorms with “abundant lightning” forecast
Crews continue to battle multiple fires in Malheur County – a few human-caused – as high temperatures are forecasted to exceed 100, and a dry thunderstorm with “abundant lightning” is set to roll through the area this weekend.
Alameda schoolyard project paused until next year
A project to renovate Alameda Elementary School’s schoolyard in Ontario has been paused amid funding woes.
Vale wrestling champ ushers kids onto mats
Vale High School’s Ava Collins, a two-time state grappling champion, coached nearly a dozen kids at a wrestling camp last week.
Students buzz back for county spelling bee
Over 100 first– through eighth-grade students are gearing up for the Malheur County Spelling Bee Thursday, March 14.
‘America’s Got Talent’ finalists Sons of Serendip coming to Four Rivers on Saturday
A classical crossover quartet that impressed judges on “America’s Got Talent” before going on to cutting four chart-topping albums, is set to perform at Four Rivers Cultural Center Saturday, March 9 at 7 p.m.
Boys and Girls Club big fundraiser on deck in March
One of the year’s biggest fundraisers is coming Friday, March 8, for the Boys and Girls Clubs of the Western Treasure Valley.
Ontario board approves plan to mothball Cairo and Pioneer rural schools
Amid concerns about transparency that Ontario’s superintendent and team were pushing a plan that had not been “well thought out,” the Ontario School Board voted Monday 4-1 to approve a plan to close two rural elementary schools.
Ontario district: ‘no records’ for key elementary school claims
In her first public statement last month regarding the closure of a pair of rural schools, Nikki Albisu, superintendent of the Ontario School District, made key claims not supported by records. Meaning that the crucial decision to mothball two schools went largely undocumented by Albisu and other district executives.