Malheur County is one of the 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2020 census,the population was 31,571. Its county seat is Vale,and its largest city is Ontario. The county was named after the Malheur River,which runs through the county. The word "malheur" is French for misfortune or tragedy. Malheur County is included in the Ontario,Oregon Micropolitan Statistical Area,which is also included in the Boise Combined Statistical Area. It is included in the eight-county definition of Eastern Oregon.
The Oregon State Senate is the upper house of the statewide legislature for the US state of Oregon. Along with the lower chamber Oregon House of Representatives it makes up the Oregon Legislative Assembly. There are 30 members of the state Senate,representing 30 districts across the state,each with a population of 141,242. The state Senate meets in the east wing of the Oregon State Capitol in Salem.
The Argus Observer is a daily newspaper in Ontario,Oregon,United States. It is owned by Wick Communications.
Brian James Boquist is an Independent,formerly Republican,politician from Oregon. He currently serves in the Oregon Senate representing District 12. He was in the Oregon House of Representatives,representing District 23 in the mid-Willamette Valley,from 2005 to 2009.
Kim Thatcher is an American politician currently serving as a member of the Oregon State Senate for the 11th district since 2023. She previously represented the 13th district from 2015 to 2023,and served as a member of the Oregon House of Representatives for the 25th district from 2005 to 2015. She is a resident of Keizer.
Cliff Stewart Bentz is an American lawyer,rancher,and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Oregon's 2nd congressional district. A member of the Republican Party,he is the ranking member on the House Natural Resources Committee Subcommittee on Water,Oceans and Wildlife and sits on the House Judiciary Committee. He previously served in the Oregon Senate,representing the 30th district in Eastern Oregon. He also served in the Oregon House of Representatives,representing the 60th district,which encompasses Malheur,Baker,Harney,and Grant counties,and part of Lake County,and includes the cities of Baker City,Burns,and Ontario.
Tim Knopp is an American Republican politician from Oregon. He is a member of the Oregon State Senate and has been the senate minority leader since 2021. He previously served as a member of the Oregon House of Representatives from 1999 to 2005.
William S. Hansell is an American politician,farmer,and minister from Oregon. He served over four decades in local and state government positions including eight terms as an Umatilla County commissioner and three four-terms in the Oregon State Senate,representing a large rural district in eastern Oregon. As a young man,he spent twelve years as an evangelical Christian missionary in California and Australia.
Dennis Linthicum is an American politician serving in the Oregon Senate. A member of the Republican Party,he has served in the senate since 2017.
Cedric Ross Hayden is an American politician from Oregon. He currently serves in the Oregon State Senate from the 6th district,representing most of eastern Lane and Douglas counties. Hayden present served in the Oregon House of Representatives from District 7 from 2015 to 2023. His father,Cedric Lee Hayden,is a former state representative.
Dallas Heard is an American politician. He served as a Republican member of the Oregon Senate from 2018 to 2023. Heard had previously served as a member of the Oregon House of Representatives from District 2 from 2015 until 2018.
District 30 of the Oregon State Senate comprises all of Baker,Crook,Grant,Harney,Lake,and Malheur counties,as well as parts of Deschutes and Jefferson counties. The district is composed of Oregon House districts 59 and 60 and is the largest state Senate district in Oregon. It is currently represented by Republican Lynn Findley of Vale.
Daniel Bonham is a Republican member of the Oregon State Senate. He represents the 26th district,encompassing rural Clackamas County and parts of Wasco,Hood River,and east Multnomah Counties making up the Columbia River Gorge.
The 80th Oregon Legislative Assembly convened for its first of two regular sessions on January 22,2019,and met for three special sessions,the last of which concluded on December 21,2020.
The 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Oregon was held on November 3,2020,to elect the five U.S. representatives from the state of Oregon,one from each of the state's five congressional districts. The elections coincided with the 2020 U.S. presidential election,as well as other elections to the House of Representatives,elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections.
District 60 of the Oregon House of Representatives is one of 60 House legislative districts in the state of Oregon. As of 2021,the boundary for the district contains all of Baker,Grant,Harney,Lake,and Malheur counties and a portion of Deschutes County. The district covers the entire southeastern corner of the state and is the largest House district in Oregon. The district is currently represented by Mark Owens of Crane. It was previously represented by Republican Lynn Findley,who was appointed to the Oregon Senate on January 6,2020.
Suzanne Weber is an American politician serving as the senator from Oregon's 16th Senate district. Weber won in the general election on November 8,2022. She assumed office on January 9,2023. She is a Republican. Oregon senators serve four year terms.
Oregon Ballot Measure 113,the Exclusion from Re-election for Legislative Absenteeism Initiative,was approved by Oregon voters in the 2022 Oregon elections. Measure 113 amended the Constitution of Oregon to provided that members of the Oregon Legislature with ten unexcused absences from floor sessions are disqualified from serving in the legislature following their current term. It is codified as Article IV,Section 15 of the Oregon Constitution.
The 2024 Oregon Senate election will be held in the U.S. state of Oregon on November 5,2024,to elect 15 of the 30 members of the State Senate of the 82nd Oregon Legislature. The election will coincide with the election of the other house of the Legislative Assembly,the Oregon House of Representatives,and other elections.
The Treasure Valley Reload Center is a planned truck-to-rail shipping facility slated to open near Nyssa,Oregon,on the border of the U.S. states Oregon and Idaho as part of the Arcadia Industrial Park acquisition and development. Seen as a significant economic development opportunity for the state's poorest county (Malheur),the project received $26 million from state funds that were earmarked during the 2017 Oregon legislative session,and construction was supposed to begin by 2020. Nyssa also directed $3 million in federal funds toward the project,and in 2022 the Oregon Legislature approved an additional $3 million in an emergency grant. Onion farmers looking to ship their crops to markets in the Midwest would be among the main beneficiaries of the project.
