By John L. Braese The Enterprise VALE – Sponsored by the Vale Chamber of Commerce, fireworks will once again usher in the New Year over the skies of Vale Saturday. The sky will light up beginning at 7 p.m., weather permitting. If cloudy or foggy skies prohibit the show, organizers[Read More…]
Month: December 2016
Coupon Boy’ nets $98 and a 90-month prison term
Police recovered this machete, used in an attempted robbery of a Nyssa bakery. (Malheur County Sheriff’s Office photo) By Les Zaitz The Enterprise NYSSA – Tom Rupe didn’t like being called “Coupon Boy” after a botched theft. But his subsequent attempt to redeem himself in October at the Rodriquez Bakery[Read More…]
EDITORIAL: Help needs to continue for homeless
At the end of this week, an organization caring for Malheur County’s neediest goes away. Harvest House, a nonprofit at work since 2003, has decided to close up. But that doesn’t mean the people it serves disappear along with the organization. Harvest House didn’t run out of customers. It ran[Read More…]
Year in review: Malheur County headlines of 2016
Lead detected in water at schools throughout Malheur County caused concern for staff and parents. (Malheur Enterprise/FILE) VALE – From unemployment to water supply to a proposed national monument over the vast Owyhee Canyonlands, Malheur Enterprise readers faced an array of news in 2016. Here are some of the key[Read More…]
Free Christmas Day meals available in Vale, Nyssa
By John L. Braese The Enterprise For those in need, those not wanting to cook, or those just a little lonely, volunteers are stepping up around the county to ensure stomachs are full on Christmas Day. The Starlite Café in Vale will begin serving dinner at 12 p.m. with the[Read More…]
She overcame the struggles of being homeless in Malheur County
Jenna Robinson shares the tribulations of being homeless. (Enterprise/Pat Caldwell) By Pat Caldwell The Enterprise VALE – Now, it is hard for Jenna Robinson to establish just when things were the toughest. Her life has turned around, she said, but not long ago she was locked in homelessness. It is[Read More…]
Treasure Valley Community College releases salary figures, showing 16 earn $100,000
By Les Zaitz Malheur Enterprise Sixteen employees at Treasure Valley Community College earned more than Oregon’s governor in 2015 with compensation topping $100,000, according to a new report released Tuesday by the college. The top earner was Dennis Gill, an English instructor at the college. Gill, who has been on[Read More…]
Governor proposes state money for rural Oregon work
Gov. Kate Brown proposes continued funding to develop rangeland fire protection resources. (BLM photo) By Les Zaitz Malheur Enterprise Gov. Kate Brown hopes to give Oregon’s rural economy in places such as Malheur County a better chance of recovering with extra help from state government. She is proposing new spending[Read More…]
EDITORIAL: Treasure Valley Community College needs strategy to cure finances
This is a challenging holiday season for those at Treasure Valley Community College. While the rest of us anticipate carols, trees and gifts, the staff of the college is busy carving $1 million out of the budget. The crisis raises significant questions, but the immediate need is to balance the[Read More…]
Nyssa takes Calhoun Classic title on home mat
By John L. Braese The Enterprise NYSSA- For Nyssa wrestling coach Luke Cleaver, hosting the Calhoun Classic is the easy part. Taking the title at his own meet was a bit more difficult. “This is not my first rodeo,” said Cleaver as he handled shuffling people around while coaching matches[Read More…]