VALE – Three days a week, juvenile probation officer Michael Padilla takes punches from little girls in pink boxing gloves. What started out as one-on-one training sessions between Padilla and his ...

WESTFALL – Slender fingers release the chain allowing the steel gate to sweep open. LindaMae Nuessle passes across the threshold into the Westfall Cemetery. The light sound of her footsteps can be ...

Ontario Fire and Rescue faces a critical staffing shortfall, now operating below its minimum staffing levels with only two firefighters on duty at some points, according to a new study. Researchers ...

ROGUE RIVER — This town of 2,400, deep in Southern Oregon on the banks of the famed river of the same name, was once frequented by gold miners. Recently, the town attracted a different sort of ...

After a two-year slog, lawmakers cleared hurdles to allow Malheur County to ease its housing shortage by putting homes on farmland where they were once prohibited. Now, Malheur County is waiting for ...

Uncertainty looms among local agricultural producers and regional economists about how President Donald Trump’s off-and-on tariffs on China, Canada and Mexico will impact Malheur County’s economy. For ...

An adult identified as Russell Brunson, a former assistant wrestling coach with Rocky Mountain High School, attacks Nash Froerer, a Nyssa wrestler, Saturday, Jan. 20, during a wrestling meet at ...

Harper Charter School is undergoing a major upgrade that will result in a new gym and classrooms. Ron Talbot, Harper School District superintendent, said the $11 million project also includes adding a ...

Greg Smith, a Republican state representative from Heppner, ran a state business advising center for 20 years. The center closed recently as Smith's contract was terminated. (The Enterprise/file) ...

Greg Smith participates in a meeting of the Columbia Development Authority Board in Boardman on Tuesday, Feb. 25. Smith, a Republican state representative, serves as the full-time executive director ...

A lawyer from a prominent Vale-area farming family was tapped to advise on agricultural issues. Gov. Tina Kotek has appointed Kirk Maag, an environmental attorney to the Oregon Board of Agriculture.

UPDATE 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 30 – Police say Nyssa youth involved. A juvenile is hospitalized in critical condition with a gunshot wound and several others were in custody Saturday after a Friday ...