AROUND OREGON: For hours, an experienced marksman terrified Owyhee Junction for hours, firing hundreds of rounds. The shooting prompted one of the largest police responses in eastern Oregon in recent history.
By Steven Mitchell - The Enterprise
AROUND OREGON: Analysis finds shipping onions out of Nyssa rail center won’t work
A sobering report by a board member of the Malheur County Development Corp calls into question the business plan for a long-delayed and over budget rail shipping center in eastern Oregon.
Oregon newspaper wins national award for fighting government secrecy
The Malheur Enterprise has won a national award for fighting secrecy as it reported on the Treasure Valley Reload Center. The First Amendment Award was given to the family-owned newspaper by the Poynter Institute for Media Studies, a national journalism organization. The award cited the work of the Enterprise to obtain public[Read More…]
Vale district pulls high school yearbook over words, spurring censorship concerns
AROUND OREGON: Vale School District officials could be violating student journalists’ First Amendment rights by pulling the high school’s yearbook after some found words and phrases on the cover offensive, according to a national organization that protects the free speech rights of student journalists.