Commissioners also revise Second Amendment resolution forwarded by Baker County Republican Central Committee

S. John Collins / Baker City Herald Concerns remain about how a proposed power transmission line would affect views around the Oregon Trail Interpretive Center, which is in the upper right of the photo.

By Terri Harber

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Baker County Commissioners heard an update about the Boardman to Hemingway, B2H, transmission line project Wednesday.

Focus of the presentation was showing how the power line might look to people viewing different sections along alternative routes from a variety of distances.

The local section of the 300-mile, 500-kilovolt line would run just west of the National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center — between the Center and Baker Valley — if the BLM proposal made this past spring continues to advance.

By Chris Collins

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A raccoon that was acting abnormally Saturday afternoon in a northwest Baker City neighborhood was suffering from canine distemper, said Brian Ratliff, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife district biologist.

A community resident reported at 2:50 p.m. Saturday that cars were dodging the animal as it walked down the road at 17th and Baker streets, Ratliff said.