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When the snowplow drivers pull off the highway to wait out the storm, it’s a sign that conditions have degraded from dismal to downright awful.
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When the snowplow drivers pull off the highway to wait out the storm, it’s a sign that conditions have degraded from dismal to downright awful.
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A scenic and popular, but extremely rugged, road in the Elkhorn Mountains near Baker City could be considerably smoother in a couple years.
Rick Dancer likes to tell stories, and some of his favorite chapters are from Eastern Oregon.
After months of meetings to consider opinions, review plans, and devise strategies, the Baker School Board officially agreed Thursday night to place a $7.5 million bond measure on the May 19 ballot.
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There was nothing unusual about the afternoon plans made by four Baker County men, two brothers and their two cousins, when they headed for the Elkhorn Mountains Saturday.
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Home delivery of today's issue of the Baker City Herald will be delayed until Thursday morning due to the closure of Interstate 84 between Pendleton and La Grande. The Herald is printed in Pen…
Kelly Ruda prefers the California sunshine to wintry weather in Baker City, but she still comes north to visit.
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Shawn Quentin Greenwood, 48, a Vale resident who authorities believe has been living in Baker City recently, has been charged with second-degree murder in the Monday shooting death of his form…
The Baker City Council welcomed Larry Morrison as the newest council member Tuesday night after four of the six councilors voted to appoint Morrison to fill a vacancy on the seven-member Council.
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Shawn Quentin Greenwood, the 48-year-old Vale man arrested Monday afternoon and charged with the nonfatal shooting of a man, was also charged today with second-degree murder in the shooting de…
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Malheur County Sheriff's deputies this afternoon arrested a suspect in a shooting earlier today near H Street in Baker City.
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On January 13, 2020 at approximately 11:45 a.m. the Baker County Sheriff’s Office Dispatch was notified of a gunshot victim. At this time, there is no immediate danger to the public, and schoo…
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Despite icy roads and snowfall, community members filled the Baker Elks Lodge Saturday evening for the 90th annual Baker County Chamber of Commerce Awards Banquet.
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A Baker High School student is in the custody of juvenile authorities today on a charge of first-degree disorderly conduct after he allegedly made threats to shoot people at the school and to …
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A local man died Saturday afternoon when his snowmobile was hit by an avalanche high in the Elkhorn Mountains.
Baker County will eliminate the job of parks coordinator and instead look to hire a contractor to manage Hewitt and Holcomb parks near Richland.
When it meets next week, the Baker School Board is expected to give final approval to a plan that will ask voters to approve a $7.5 million bond measure in the May 19 election.
An injury — that all-but-inevitable bane of the professional bull rider — cost Jason Mattox his chance to compete in Baker City years ago.
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A few federal firefighters from snowbound and chilly Northeastern Oregon are traveling more than 8,000 miles to help battle catastrophic blazes in the parched and blazing southeastern corner o…
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The Baker City Council postponed its Tuesday meeting to consider Verizon Wireless’ appeal of the denial of its request to build a cell tower, after the attorney representing the company was un…
The six Baker City Council members will have four applicants to choose from when they meet next week to fill the vacancy created when Ken Gross announced that he was moving away for work and w…
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Jenny and Justin Long opened the Nugget marijuana dispensary in Sumpter in January 2017.
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Commissioners from Baker County and eight other counties voted today to appoint Lynn Findley, a Republican from Vale, to replace Cliff Bentz as a state senator representing Senate District 30.
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A renovation project planned this winter inside the Baker High School gym is designed to benefit athletes and spectators alike.
Idaho Power is offering to pay half the cost, up to $10,000, to hire a consultant to help Baker County find ways to bring more visitors to the county’s financially ailing Hewitt and Holcomb pa…
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The Baker School District has canceled classes for Monday due to icy roads and snowfall this morning.
A Baker County man is in jail in Idaho, awaiting extradition to Oregon on charges that he raped and sexually abused a minor girl.
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Nearly six years ago, visitors to the Oregon Trail Interpretive Center near Baker City met a new volunteer who loves peppermints.
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One of Baker City’s biggest events — the annual bull and bronc riding competition in July — will continue in 2020 for its 26th year, but under new management.
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Sarah Spaugh’s story seems to end almost before it starts.
An attorney representing Verizon Wireless argues that the Baker City Planning Commission violated a federal law on Dec. 4 when it denied the company’s application for a conditional use permit …
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The brown patches on the mountains tell the tale more blatantly, if not quite so precisely, as a table of numbers.
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Rocky Brown pretty much grew up as a “Les Schwab boy,” as he puts it, and he hopes his family’s association with perhaps the most iconic name in the Northwest tire business will continue for d…
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Debi Geddes’ workplace sprawls across 9 acres inside the Baker City limits but she still comes across residents who couldn’t pinpoint the place on a map.
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Republican Party officials from Baker County and 10 other counties are slated to meet Jan. 4 in John Day to nominate candidates to replace Cliff Bentz, state senator for District 30 who is res…
Baker City Police cited three suspects on Christmas Eve as part of an investigation into a series of “porch pirate” thefts of packages from local homes.