The Malheur Enterprise is winning national awards at an unprecedented rate. That success has translated to increased readership.
VALE, Ore. — For years, local newspapers have been dying across the country, with rural areas being the hardest hit. In 2022 the New York Times reported a quarter of newspapers closed nationwide since 2005. Overall, 2,500 papers closed. Those closures are more common in high poverty areas.
But in eastern Oregon, a small newspaper called the Malheur Enterprise in Vale is bucking the trend. The paper has served Malheur County for more than 100 years. The southeast Oregon county has around 33,000 residents, but has a larger
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