THREE RIVERS, Calif. — Two lightning-sparked wildfires in California merged and made a run to the edge of a grove of ancient sequoias, momentarily driving away firefighters as they try to protect the world's tallest tree by wrapping its base in protective foil.
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife employees killed three wolves from the Lookout Mountain pack in eastern Baker County this morning, Sept. 17, including the pack's breeding male.
A Baker City man was sentenced Thursday, Sept. 16 to 55 months in state prison after pleading guilty to three counts of identity theft and one count of failure to appear.
By JAYSON JACOBY, SAMANTHA O’CONNER and ALEX WITTWER
Baker City Herald
More than a hundred people gathered at Geiser-Pollman Park Thursday evening, Sept. 16 for a rally opposing Gov. Kate Brown’s mandate that health care workers, school staff and many state emplo…
Tyler Brown had just gotten back to Baker City with a load of fresh hops from Moxee when he was asked about his brewery’s award-winning beer that has that funny five-letter word in its name.
Baker School District employees who choose not to be vaccinated against COVID-19 before the state-ordered Oct. 18 deadline and instead opt for a medical or religious exception will have to eit…
LA PINE, Ore. (AP) — Jack Dwyer pursued a dream of getting back to the land by moving in 1972 to an idyllic, tree-studded parcel in Oregon with a creek running through it.
THREE RIVERS, Calif. — Firefighters wrapped the base of the world’s largest tree in a fire-resistant blanket as they tried to save a famous grove of gigantic old-growth sequoias from wildfires…
The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife has authorized the killing of more wolves from the Lookout Mountain pack, which has killed six head of cattle in eastern Baker County since mid July …
Growers are in the thick of hop harvest across the Pacific Northwest, where lower-than-average yields are predicted because of heat waves that scalded the region in June and July.
A 32-year-old Baker City man who pleaded guilty in June 2021 to receiving a $145,200 federal COVID-19 relief loan on behalf of a fictitious company and then using the money for personal purpos…
By SAMANTHA O’CONNER
Barbara Prowell isn’t quite sure what prompted her to plant the flowers along the Leo Adler Memorial Parkway.
By JAYSON JACOBY
Baker City Herald
Baker County Commissioners voted 2-1 on Wednesday, Sept. 15 to approve a settlement in the lawsuit the county filed more than 2 1/2 years ago to force a landowner in the eastern part of the co…
Winegrowers in California and southwest Oregon are anticipating a lighter crop this year after months of extreme drought leading up to the fall harvest.
MATHER, Calif. — President Joe Biden on Monday used his first Western swing in office to hold out the wildfires burning across the region as an argument for his $3.5 trillion rebuilding plans,…
By SAMANTHA O’CONNER
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By SAMANTHA O’CONNER
Private forest owners in Baker County are reviving an organization that helps members better manage their timber ground, and this version has expanded its geographic boundaries considerably.
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Baker City Herald
The Rock Creek fire in the Elkhorn Mountains about 13 miles northwest of Baker City is 75% contained, and it has not grown beyond the estimated 60 acres that burned on Aug. 30, the day the bla…
FUNERALS PENDING
By JAYSON JACOBY
Baker City Herald
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Shawn Quentin Greenwood, the Vale man accused of first-degree murder in the January 2020 fatal shooting of Angela Parrish in Baker City, pleaded no contest to three lesser counts on Friday, Se…
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By JAYSON JACOBY
Ralph and Alice Ward of Baker City recently celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary. The couple were married on Aug. 26, 1951, at the Presbyterian Church in Baker. They took vows to forever …
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An aerial armada that dumped thousands of gallons of fire retardant and water within several hours slowed a fast-moving wildfire that flared up Monday afternoon, Aug. 30 and has burned about 6…
Fire crews are trying to slow a new fire burning near the head of Rock Creek high in the Elkhorn Mountains west of Haines. The fire is estimated at 40 acres and is burning actively, with torch…
