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An attorney defending Baker City in former fire chief Todd Jaynes’ $999,999 civil suit against the city has asked a judge for ...
A Halfway man was arrested Wednesday, July 9, at his home on multiple felony charges for sexual crimes. Zachariah Scott Peer, ...
The U.S. Forest Service is asking for the public’s help as the agency investigates the fire that destroyed the historic ...
Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek, responding to a recent request from the Baker County Board of Commissioners, has declared a drought ...
Three Baker City residents wants to allow Baker County voters to decide whether the county can pursue a plan to build a ...
Oregon U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley announced he is running for a fourth term in 2026. The 68-year-old Democrat, an East Portland ...
The road over Hells Canyon Dam will be closed July 22-23 from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. and from noon to 3:30 p.m. Pacific time while ...
Gracie Martin pops the plastic ball over the net to Ken Krohn in their first game of table tennis in Geiser-Pollman Park. “I ...
A Baker City man who drove around two cars that had stopped on Auburn Avenue April 12 to let players cross the street in a ...
Six employees from Baker County are among the 483 Oregon Department of Transportation workers who were told this week they ...
Baker City Manager Barry Murphy wants to make sure the fees the city charges to build homes and commercial structures are ...
A center-pivot sprinkler and a field of freshly cut hay near Baker City on June 5, 2025. (Jayson Jacoby/Baker City Herald) ...