Vale News

Oregon Parks and Recreation Department Director Tim Wood has appointed Kendell Phillips of Cave Junction and Lynn Reagan of Vale to the Oregon Commission on Historic Cemeteries.

A young Vale child suffered minor injuries after he was attacked by a mix-breed dog Saturday as he was playing in an enclosed yard with another youth.

While some rivers on the west side of Oregon and Washington are rising and have started to flood, that does not appear to be an issue for Eastern Oregon and Southwest Idaho.

Oregon Department of Transportation crews are working around the clock to keep local state highways open, and, to date, they have been successful, at least in District 14 which takes in Malheur, Harney and ...

While Ontario officials say the North Oregon improvement project is ready to go, Mayor Joe Dominick said the Idaho Avenue underpass is one venture that will be needed down the road.

It takes weeks to get everything together. The donated food. The money to purchase more food and toys.

The Ontario City Council accepted the resignation of a city councilman and heard an update regarding a potential revamp of the Ontario Train Depot's second story at its meeting Monday night.

Ontario City Manager Henry Lawrence and Ontario Finance Director Rachel Hopper gave budget committee members, revenue committee members and city officials a closer look at a draft of the city's financial ...

The assessment of state court facilities is out, and while the Malheur County court facilities, situated on the second floor of the courthouse building in Vale, are not at the bottom of the list, they do rank ...

To combat an increasing problem with drivers not stopping for school bus stop signs, the Malheur County Sheriff's Office has kicked off a patrol campaign looking for offenders.

A Malheur County Community Corrections probation officer arrested in late October during an investigation by the Malheur County Sheriff's Office and High Desert Task Force will go to court again later this ...

The current economic downturn and grim forecasts in Oregon are casting a negative pall for area school districts, which may experience tough times of their own in the future.

Sarah Bradbury, a volunteer at Festival of Trees, adjusts decorations on one of the trees that are for sale during the event which started today at the Holiday Inn in Ontario.

An Ontario resident was honored last week as one of five Oregon youth to receive the 2008 Governor's Minority Youth Award for overcoming obstacles in their lives and making positive decisions toward becoming ...

Peter Lawson, branch coordinator of the Southeast Oregon Regional Food Bank, talks about the pallets of food that were collected by students at Ontario, Nyssa, Vale, Payette and Fruitland schools in a food ...

A metal building instead of a fiberglass one will house controls at the deep well injection, saving the city about $30,000. The McCook City Council approved the $30,000 change order at its regular meeting ...

Enduring some cold weather and wind Shannon Dearing of Boise waves to traffic going by from the corner of Chinden Boulevard and Glenwood Street in Boise going by as they honk for support of their candidate.

A Malheur County gang ordinance similar to Ontario's is still in the implementation stage although the edict has been on the books since 2007.

An Oregon Department of Education plan to force school districts to repay funds they received through the beleaguered Union-Baker ESD has some area school officials more concerned than others.

ARGUS OBSERVER Betty Cech, Vale, Carlene Waterman, Payette and Irene Haas, Nyssa practice physical therapy at the Ontario Aquatic Center Thursday morning.