The historic Vale Hotel has made the list of the state’s most endangered places. Restoration work continues but the building remains unused. By Les Zaitz The Enterprise The ghosts of the Vale Hotel are at risk. They have no electricity, water or sewer. Their three-story building is in such sad[Read More…]
Month: November 2016
EDITORIAL: Walden poised to be big help to rural Oregon
A wildfire burns southwest of Harper Sunday. A lightning storm over the weekend ignited a number of fires across the region. (FILE PHOTO: The Enterprise/Kelsey Haueter) Congressman Greg Walden is in the best position of his political career to help rural Oregon, and that’s good news for Malheur County. He[Read More…]
Report shows 2 out of 5 Malheur children live in poverty
Malheur County posts the second highest rate of child poverty in the state. Pat Caldwell The Enterprise VALE — Two out of five children in Malheur County continue to live in poverty, according to a new report, and a decisive solution to the local challenge remains elusive. The level of[Read More…]
Passing motorist spots house fire, man escapes
Local firefighters try to quell a blaze early Friday morning that destroyed a home southeast of Willowcreek. PHOTO: John Braese By Pat Caldwell The Enterprise VALE – An elderly local man is safe but the house he was living in on Evans Road was destroyed after an early-morning fire the[Read More…]
Vale city crews hustle to finish street paving work
J.R. Lattin, Vale street supervisor, monitors crews recently repaving stretches of downtown streets. By Pat Caldwell The Enterprise VALE – At a casual glance street pavement work may appear to be a thankless job. In the summer heat, hot asphalt fumes drift up from scorching roadways and envelopes workers in[Read More…]
Vale holiday drive seeks gift books for kids
By John L. Braese The Enterprise A book drive underway through the Vale Elementary School library seeks to brighten local kids’ holidays. VALE – “I don’t have any books at home.” Vale Elementary School librarian Patty Faw has heard this time and again from students. In the age of electronics[Read More…]
Super sweet year for Malheur County beet growers
Doug Maag of Y-1 Farms accumulated a mountain of sugar beets from a strong harvest. By Pat Caldwell The Enterprise VALE – The gray mountain that stretches several hundred yards across Doug Maag’s land is distinctive for its size but it also symbolizes an agriculture triumph. “All the stars lined[Read More…]
EDITORIAL: This Thanksgiving, consider how to help others
You may feel challenged this Thanksgiving to take a deep breath and reflect. We have been through unsettling times and shifts in the national and regional landscape. Each one of us has been exposed to endless and speculative chatter about the future. Uncertainty induces edginess. Serve yourself an antidote, and[Read More…]
Crumbling Vale school must last two years
The building housing Vale Middle School continues to have challenges. By John L. Braese The Enterprise VALE – Time has run out for the building housing Vale Middle School – again. Built in 1936, authorities closed the building in 1954 for safety concerns. Two years later, the Malheur County[Read More…]
EDITORIAL: What school votes signal about the future
Vale put down its marker for faith in the future by approving a new middle school last week. That vote for the $8 million bond measure is about more than replacing an aging building. Voters wouldn’t have taxed themselves for the next 20 years if they didn’t have faith in[Read More…]