Cruisin’ Baker City
By Samantha O’Conner soconner@bakercityherald.com The annual Memory Cruise is gearing up for its 29th year Saturday. Between 140-180 cars will … Read more
Samantha O'Conner, The Baker City Herald
News of Record for Aug. 23
POLICE LOG Baker City Police PROBATION VIOLATION (Parole and Probation detainer): Alexander Allen Adams, 23, … Read more
Reorganized task force makes arrests
Members of a newly reorganized Baker County Drug Task Force arrested two men and seized … Read more
Aromatic Operation
Farm produces enough mint oil to flavor 6 million tubes of toothpaste
The harvest is on at Ward Farms in Baker City, and every nostril in the … Read more
From the Baker City Herald's historical files
50YEARS AGO from the Democrat-Herald August 22, 1969 Keith Petrie, formerly of Mt. Hood Meadows … Read more
Idaho Power building new substation
Idaho Power is building a substation in connection with the Baker City Solar Project on … Read more
Idaho Power building new substation
Idaho Power is building a substation in connection with the Baker City Solar Project on … Read more
Letters to the Editor for Aug. 21, 2019
Deaths Violet Caviness: 91, of Baker City, died Aug. 17, 2019, at her home. A … Read more
Holey Cow! (Really)
The students cast uncertain glances at the cow. The steer, who seems entirely bored with … Read more
From the Baker City Herald's historical files
50YEARS AGO from the Democrat-Herald August 19, 1969 The old Baker Natatorium building on the … Read more
Festival rocks Baker fairgrounds
The Eastern Oregon Tribute Fest rocked the Baker City Fairgrounds last weekend. The two-day event … Read more
Festival rocks Baker fairgrounds
The Eastern Oregon Tribute Fest rocked the Baker City Fairgrounds last weekend. The two-day event … Read more
Hospital Shuffling
Construction starting today will change access to the emergency department at Saint Alphonsus Medical Center-Baker … Read more
Granite Gulch fire becoming more active with dry weather, estimated at 2,000 acres
The Granite Gulch fire, burning in the Eagle Cap Wilderness for the past month, has … Read more
Skeeter scourge leads to fogging
Vector Control sprayed parts of west Baker City Thursday night
An infestation of mosquitoes prompted the Baker Valley Vector Control District to bring in what … Read more
From the Baker City Herald's historical files
50YEARS AGO from the Democrat-Herald August 17, 1969 William R. Brown, Pacific Northwest Bell’s Eastern … Read more
Progressing on the pipeline
Baker City’s long-term project to replace the nearly century-old, leak-prone concrete pipe that carries drinking … Read more
News of Record for Aug. 16, 2019
FUNERAL PENDING Daniel Keister: Memorial service, noon, Saturday, Aug. 17, at the Haines Baptist Church, … Read more
A Decade On Stage
Lexie Flanagan will don a costume Friday night and put her all into bringing her … Read more
News of Record for Aug. 14, 2019
Deaths Gerald “Gerry” Teixeira: 78, of Baker City, died Aug. 7, 2019, at his home. … Read more
From the Baker City Herald's historical files
50YEARS AGO from the Democrat-Herald August 15, 1969 A portion of Baker County, formerly in … Read more
Fire suppression strategies evolving on Wallowa-Whitman
Officials explore new ways to allow flames to perform historic role
Fire officials from the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest have pulled a new tool from their belts … Read more
Bending Fenders
Megan Langan always wanted to compete in a demolition derby. Saturday night at the Baker … Read more
Forest Service close to containing second lightning fire in Eagle Cap Wilderness
Agency using different strategy on this fire than on another burning deeper in the wilderness
Fire crews expect to contain a lightning-sparked fire burning near the edge of the Eagle … Read more
Blue-green algae advisory for Hells Canyon Reservoir
Southwest District Health (SWDH) and the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) have issued a … Read more
From the Baker City Herald's historical files
50YEARS AGO from the Democrat-Herald August 12, 1969 Sumpter children are faced with another 10-hour … Read more
Baker City man sentenced to prison in toddler son's accidental death
Peter Mankins pleaded guilty to criminally negligent homicide in the 2018 death of his 2-year-old son
A Baker City man whose two-year-old son fatally shot himself in November 2018 has pleaded … Read more
Ready for the Ring
Abby Graven sits quietly, awaiting her turn to show her steer, Rambo, at the Baker … Read more
News of Record for Aug. 9, 2019
Deaths Derrick Austin Coates: 32, of Baker City, died Aug. 5, 2019, near Baker City. … Read more
From the Baker City Herald's historical files
50YEARS AGO from the Democrat-Herald August 9, 1969 Bow and arrow hunting of the Elkhorn … Read more
Lightning sparks 3 fires in Baker City watershed
Crews are working on the largest of the blazes, estimated at 3 acres
A potent thunderstorm that swept across the Elkhorn Mountains and Baker Valley Wednesday night spawned … Read more
Baker man charged with possessing sexual images involving child
A Baker City man is charged with a felony for possessing electronic images of sexually … Read more
Crews make 'significant progress' on Pole fire north of Huntington
The 469-acre Pole fire about 10 miles north of Huntington has not grown in the … Read more
News of Record for Aug. 7, 2019
Deaths Daniel Dale Keister: 55, of Wichita, Kansas, and a former Baker City resident, died … Read more
