Argus Observer

ONTARIO — Ontario Police and area law enforcement personnel found an elderly man safe after about a three-hour search after he was reported missing from his residence in a mobile home complex in southwest Ontario early Sunday morning. Full Story »

Ontario — Gary Cleaver considers himself lucky. So does his good friend, and former squad leader, Billy Smith. Full Story »

Ontario — A local soldier who was wounded in an improvised explosive device ambush in Iraq more than five years ago while serving with the region’s Guard unit received the Purple Heart medal Friday. Full Story »

ONTARIO — Michael Echanis, a local Vietnam War hero, has a story like something out of Hollywood. Full Story »

SALEM — Anti-crime activists and some prosecutors are taking aim at the Oregon Legislature’s move to reduce many state prison inmate sentences as a way to save money. Full Story »

ONTARIO — Ontario resident Shawna Warden, Ontario Feral Cat TNR Project volunteer, said she feels very passionate about the work she and other volunteers are doing to help reduce the feral cat population in Ontario. Full Story »

TWIN FALLS (AP) — Geologists plan to drill a pair of mile-deep holes in southern Idaho in a hunt for geothermal fields that could be tapped to produce energy. Full Story »

ONTARIO — Ontario resident Betty Oft said she keeps the schedule of the Ontario Community Library’s hours posted on her refrigerator so, when she gets the chance to go, she knows when it’s open. Full Story »

R. Kent and Dana Nelson, Ontario, are pleased to announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Keila Daciane Nelson, to Charles Brennen Mass, son of Mike and Martha Mass, Ontario, Saturday, Nov. 14, 2009, in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Boise Idaho Temple. There will be a reception held in their honor that evening from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Ward LDS ... Full Story »

Vandal damages Eugene police substation, vehicles EUGENE (AP) — A Eugene police substation has been struck by vandalism for the second time in the past year. Full Story »

ONTARIO — TNT Signs and Graphics is a business started by Tate and Lisa Turner to help supplement their income when they were farming full-time, but what happened is that the sign business became so successful it became their full-time job, so they sold the farm and moved to something smaller. Full Story »

ONTARIO — Veterans Day is not until next week, but opportunities for honoring all those who served will begin Saturday with a host of activities, including the annual Veterans Day parade. Full Story »

FORT HOOD, Texas — Soldiers who witnessed the shooting rampage at Fort Hood that left 13 people dead reported that the gunman shouted ‘’Allahu Akbar!’’ — an Arabic phrase for “God is great!’’ — before opening fire, the base commander said Friday. Full Story »

SALEM — Chris Dudley’s free throw shots were always iffy propositions. Now the former Portland Trail Blazer is in a new arena taking aim at a governor’s chair — and Oregon’s Republicans think he can score. Full Story »

Idaho man to undergo mental evaluation BOISE (AP) — A judge has ordered a mental health evaluation for a man accused of intentionally driving his pickup truck into a pair of Idaho State Police motorcycle troopers parked along an interstate median Full Story »

BOISE — A 23-year-old Boise man is in jail after police say he threatened to set his female roommate alight. Full Story »

BOISE (AP) — Defense attorneys are asking a judge to move the trial of a mother and her boyfriend accused in the slaying of a Boise boy this summer. Full Story »

REDMOND (AP) — A man was shot and killed by his ex-wife after he broke into her house in Redmond and tried to attack her with an ‘‘improvised weapon’’ as she defended her children, authorities said. Full Story »

BOISE (AP) — A Republican campaign consultant who has been paid more than $200,000 by Idaho candidates since 2008 was in jail Thursday after court officials said he violated probation for felony drunken driving. Full Story »

ONTARIO — Ontario Middle School sixth-grade teacher Nicole Macht and seventh-grade teacher Zach Knapp would like an Ontario School District bond to pass for simple reasons. Full Story »

ONTARIO — Malheur County cattle producers were reminded Wednesday that cattle rustling is a serious problem in Eastern Oregon, Idaho and Nevada, but just going public with the problem has helped reduce the number of incidents. Full Story »

Payette — Two new judges have officially stepped up onto the bench in Idaho’s Third Judicial District. Full Story »

PRINEVILLE — The state of Oregon has shut down a boarding school for troubled teens in Central Oregon after allegedly finding a pattern of child abuse and neglect of its students, forcing parents around the country to scramble to bring home their children. Full Story »

The Order of Eastern Star, Chapter No. 69, Ontario, worthy matron Pat Vincent (left) and worthy patron Bob Hoffmaster pose for a photo at a ‘friendship meeting.’ Full Story »

SALEM (AP) — It may turn out to be a very good year for Oregon vineyards. Full Story »