After A Relatively Cool Start, The Month Ends With A Heat Wave

September Sizzles

September is supposed to grow gradually cooler, particularly as the month wanes and autumn replaces summer. Not this September. The month’s final week was also its hottest, and by a considerable margin. This is a fact you probably didn’t care to know if you were ...MORE

John Hoopes Challenging Incumbent Travis Ash In Nov. 8 Election

Sheriff candidates have raised $9,800

John Hoopes, who is challenging Baker County Sheriff Travis Ash in the Nov. 8 election, has amassed a bigger campaign budget than the incumbent. Hoopes has raised $6,014 this year, mostly in cash contributions and loans. Ash has brought in $3,791, all as cash contributions ...MORE

Baker volleyball

Bulldogs sweep Ontario, stay unbeaten in conference play

Baker got all the battle it wanted from Ontario Tuesday before claiming a 25-20, 25-20, 25-19 Greater Oregon League volleyball win in the Baker gym. The win improves Baker’s GOL mark to 3-0. The match was Baker’s final home match of the season. In the first game Baker trailed 8-6 before rallying to take a 10-9 edge. Then the serving of Christina Maldonado, Kaeli Flanagan ...MORE

Baker easily stops Pioneers

Baker ran its Greater Oregon League volleyball record to 2-0 Thursday with a 25-12, 25-14, 25-13 victory over Mac-Hi in the Baker gym. In the first game, Baker broke a 5-5 tie when Christina Maldonado came off the bench to serve five straight points for a 10-5 lead. Baker kept its lead around five or six points until Jayme Ramos served seven consecutive points for ...MORE

COLUMN

Celebrity’s death: Sad, but not on a personal level

When the TV commentator announced that Arnold Palmer had died, my daughter Olivia, who is 9 and so far as I know has never seen the man swing a golf club, ran outside to tell her grandparents. I sat on the sofa, puzzled for a ...MORE

EDITORIAL

Debate had some substance

Monday’s great debate — and by “great” we mean its cultural impact and TV ratings rather than the quality of the oratory — fulfilled the worst expectations of that portion of the electorate which sees the Nov. 8 ballot as the choice between two unpalatable ...MORE

First hunt memorable for Baker City girl, 12

When Emrie Osborn drew a special hunt antelope tag, she knew exactly what she needed to do. Take a hunter’s safety class. “I had to finish it in a week — that wasn’t too fun,” said Emrie, 12, of Baker City. She grew up in ...MORE

Hiking without retracing your steps

Backtrack? Bah Humbug!

I love to hike but I hate to backtrack. I think most hikers consider it onerous to retrace their steps, and naturally so. When I’m getting around solely by leg and lung power I want gratification for every calorie burned, and trodding on my own ...MORE