Malheur County, Oregon

251 B St W
Vale, OR 97918
Phone: (541) 473-5151
Fax: (541) 473-5523
www.malheurco.org

On eastern border of OR; organized Feb 17, 1887 from Baker county. Name Origin: For the Malheur River, which flows through it; from French 'misfortune', given to the river by trappers who were attacked by Indians and lost all their furs

Area (sq mi):: 9929.99 (land 9887.09; water 42.90) Population per square mile: 3.20
Population 2005: 31,330 State rank: 20 Population change: 2000-20005 -0.90%; 1990-2000 21.40% Population 2000: 31,615 (White 68.80%; Black or African American 1.20%; Hispanic or Latino 25.60%; Asian 2.00%; Other 21.10%). Foreign born: 8.20%. Median age: 34.00
Income 2000: per capita $13,895; median household $30,241; Population below poverty level: 18.60% Personal per capita income (2000-2003): $19,025-$18,857
Unemployment (2004): 10.10% Unemployment change (from 2000): 1.10% Median travel time to work: 17.70 minutes Working outside county of residence: 15.80%

Cities with population over 10,000:

Ontario (11,152)

See other counties in Oregon.

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The proposed Grassy Mountain Gold Project is located on 100%-owned private land and Bureau of Land Management land in Malheur County, Oregon.

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Weiser, a city of about 5,500, has a couple of small, locally owned motels.<br />"That (study result) really is a game-changer for both communities," said Kit Kamo, executive director of Snake River Economic Development<br />Alliance, which promotes development in Washington and Payette counties in Idaho and Malheur County, Ore.

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Dan Jones, who operates a Chevron station in Malheur County in eastern Oregon, said the law would have no economic impact on his business and would allow him to promote from within.

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The bill includes $26 million for a major rail transload facility in Malheur County. It will allow onions and other commodities to be loaded directly onto rail cars, reducing transportation costs and possibly opening new markets.

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Created by Federal Marketing Order 958, the Idaho-Eastern Oregon Onion Committee is an instrumentality of the Federal government representing more than 200 growers and 30 shippers in Southwestern Idaho and Malheur County, Ore.

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Oregon's quintessential chukar destination is the rugged Owyhee Reservoir in Malheur County. In addition to the reservoir itself, there are large tracts of BLM property along the Owyhee River upstream.

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Renewable energy company US Geothermal (TSX:GTH)(NYSE MKT:HTM) disclosed on Monday the completion of the acquisition of geothermal property at Vale, Oregon from private landowners Malheur County and the City of Vale.

US Geothermal buys development rights to Vale Butte property in Oregon

In Malheur County, which surrounds Ontario, 24.5 percent of the population lived in poverty in 2011, according to the most recent federal figures, up from about 19 percent in the late 1990s.

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Early reports of Kit Fox in Oregon are based on a few specimens, and generally confined to the Owyhee Valley area in Malheur County; however, it was not believed that this was the only area in southeastern Oregon where Kit Fox occurred (Bailey 1936).

Recent Kit Fox detections at their Northern-most extent in Southeastern Oregon