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JORDAN VALLEY Of the three seats opening on the Jordan Valley School Board, one incumbent is the sole candidate for his seat, and there are two two-way races, with two candidates vying for a seat that is currently vacant. Voters will decide the outcome in the upcoming 2021 District Director Election on May 18. All of the seats are four-year terms, and incumbent Joshua Mackenzie doesn’t have any challengers for Position 3. For Position 2, which is currently vacant, Whitni Matteri and Patric...

ONTARIO Six candidates are running for four seats that are opening up on the Treasure Valley Community College Board of Directors in the upcoming 2021 District Director Election on May 18. Two of the seats, Positions 1 and 6, will see two-way races with no incumbent candidates; while only incumbents, Betty Carter and Roger Findley, respectively filed for Positions 2 and 4. In the two-way race for Position 1, Cydney Cooke will face off with Dirk De Boer. In the two-way race for Position 6, Chris...

You know back in my day VD was the buzz word and it was a very bad situation for civilians as well as military. Things have changed since then and the terminologies have changed, but the results of non-protected sex remain the same. There are at least 30 different diseases known to be sexually transmitted with most curable but some without cures. Scary situation and not worth the chance when there are ways of protecting yourself and others. Back during the American Revolution and a little after...

ONTARIO A recreational water trail for the city of Ontario that was still in the concept phase will be moved elsewhere than originally planned at the urging of the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality. City Manager Adam Brown credits “good research” by the Argus Observer in moving the project. The newspaper reached out to the state agency following a report from the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board in March that detailed the Malheur River as having the second-worst quality in ...

PAYETTE COUNTY — As previously reported in the Argus Observer, the Oregon Driver and Motor Vehicle Services has responded to COVID-19 with an appointment system with appointments at the Ontario office frequently filling up as fast as they become available. In contrast, the Idaho Division of Motor Vehicles has taken a different approach. As explained to the newspaper in an email Tuesday by Jillian Garrigues, public information officer, the Idaho Transportation Department implements the comp...

WESTERN TREASURE VALLEY The Argus Observer is reaching out to public health officials this morning regarding the breaking national news about the U.S. “recommending a ‘pause’ in administration of the single-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine,” as reported by the Associated Press early this morning. Many will likely be meeting this morning to discuss the development. Erika Harmon, public information officer for the Malheur County Health Department said that is what she a...

Dear Editor: Stopping over in Ontario, I was grateful to read a copy of the Sunday Argus Observer. Affordable housing is a national crisis, good to see local action being taken. (‘Affordable housing project to have 70 units’ by Leslie Thompson, The Argus Observer, March 28, 2021) There is movement right now in Congress to have solutions to the housing crisis be a part of the Build Back Better infrastructure package. The Argus also gives us the way to help make this happen, listing the...

Share this article Photo credit: Dreamstime Some general season elk units in Oregon could shift to controlled archery hunting if the proposed changes by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) are approved. The changes would go into effect for the 2022 archery elk seasons. Officials say the switch could help “better manage elk populations and more equitably distribute necessary harvest reductions between rifle and archery hunters,” the Argus Observer reports.  “We have trie...

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JUNE 1, 1935 — JAN. 31, 2021 ONTARIO If you could bottle sunshine, it would be our mom’s beautiful smile. Joyce Marilyn McLean, Ontario, passed away to be with her Heavenly Father on January 31, 2021, at the age of 85. Joyce was born June 1, 1935 to Richard and Helen Belford, Lakewood, Ohio. She was the only child, and adored by her parents and four grandparents. Growing up she spent long summer vacation’s at her grandpa and grandma Kydd’s island at Crane Lake, Canada, fishi...