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The 2009 Nyssa Nite Lite Christmas Parade and decorating contests were held recently with the Ontario 2nd Ward of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints receiving the Mark Arant Sweepstakes prize for its float in the parade.

ONTARIO, Ore. - Ontario Mayor Joe Dominick says he's not sure if he will seek a second term.

Photograph by: Vancouver Sun files, . Terasen Gas is proposing a $155-million project that would create about 315 jobs at two new call centres in British Columbia by 2012.

ONTARIO, Ore. - State police say one truck driver died and another was injured when they were struck by a truck while applying chains on a freeway off-ramp in Eastern Oregon.

Icy conditions contributed to a fatal Saturday afternoon crash on Interstate 84 near Huntington, said Oregon State Police.

IT LOOKS LIKE THE WATERS OFF OUR COAST WILL SOON BE KNOWN AS THE SALISH SEA. THIS PROPOSED AREA STRETCHES FROM DESOLATION SOUND SOUTHWARD TO PUGET SOUND IN WASHINGTON STATE.

Volunteers have started a program to reduce the feral cat population in the Eastern Oregon city of Ontario.

A judge has refused to dismiss a multibillion dollar securities fraud case against former officers, directors, accountants and underwriters of Washington Mutual Bank, which collapsed last year in the biggest bank failure in U.S. history.

ONTARIO -- The Ontario Growth Association will have a free Candidates Night on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. in the Ontario Middle School commons.

Dr. Phil Leveque Salem-News.com "Lets get Leveque" was the chant of the Oregon Medical Board during the early years of medical marijuana.

A Nyssa-area attorney died Wednesday morning while driving to Burns for a hearing in Harney County Circuit Court when his vehicle crossed the centerline and collided head-on with a pickup pulling an empty livestock trailer on Highway 20 east of Burns.

Oregon state troopers say at least four vehicles hit a cow that wandered onto Interstate 84 Friday night, killing it.

Accountants and Journalists: Get the Facts Straight on the Revenue Measures and Stop Scaring People! Chuck Sheketoff Dick Warrington was understandably concerned.

The Ontario Growth Association will hold a Candidates Night at 6:30 p.m. in the Ontario Middle School on Tuesday, October 20.

Oregon's Malheur Bell, whose roots stretch back to 1895 before its initial telephone exchange in Vale, Ore., was connected with the outside world, this December will process its last call as an independent phone company.

Eric and Michele Fisher wanted to own a family business that offers a deli with Amish-made meats and cheeses.

Fire crews spent the morning battling a four-alarm fire in the 1500 block of N. Oregon St.

A mobilization order is still needed to establish specific time frames and location of duty.

Tammy Grauer, of Shiloh, and Trish Fulmer, of Ontario, are among the many mothers spending time with their kids in 4-H this week at the Richland County Fair.

A new proposal from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to cut payments for radiation therapy treatments would cause many cancer centers to close, stop accepting Medicare patients, lay off support staff and reduce services to cancer patients, according to a survey conducted by ASTRO, the American Society for Radiation Oncology.