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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 Patrick Anderson will face off; and Cody Starbuck will run against Michael Skinner for Position 4. Candida...

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, Christopher Plummer will face off with Ken Hart. Position 2 is a two-year seat, the rest are four-year co...

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 that sexually transmitted diseases were disapproved but disregarded. Then, up through WWII, the mil...

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 the state, according to the Oregon DEQ’s rating. After responding to the newspaper, an official...

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 computer system which maintains state records, as well as implementing vehicle laws. However, each offic...