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Fired Forest Service employee to return to work March 24

A U.S. Forest Service employee from La Grande who was among more than 60 workers from the agency ...

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Planning department has preliminary meetings with Starbucks, Domino’s Pizza about building in Baker City

Representatives from Starbucks and Domino's Pizza have had preliminary meetings about potentially building adjacent restaurants in the Baker ...

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South Baker students gather to watch release of screech owl rescued by two sixth graders

A hundred or so sixth-graders is a cauldron of adolescent energy, the sort of latent power typically associated ...

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Jury awards former Baker City firefighter $200,000

A jury in Baker County Circuit Court on Thursday, March 20, awarded Jason Bybee, a former Baker City ...

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Hurdling hardships: Baker junior Meren Jesenko overcomes injury that nearly sidelined her track season

One kick, one stuck cleat, and Baker High junior Meren Jesenko went down on the soccer field. “My ...

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Haines Elementary sixth graders repeat as Oregon State Reading champions

HAINES — Sixth graders at Haines Elementary read nearly 66,000 minutes over four weeks to earn the title of ...

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Federal budget bill cuts money for program that helps children in foster care

CASA programs in Oregon, which advocate for children in the foster care system, face a budget shortfall after ...

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Driver cited for going 112 mph on freeway, failing to secure child passenger

A Spokane, Washington, woman was cited for driving at 112 mph on Interstate 84 in Baker City late ...

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Jury begins deliberating in former Baker City firefighter’s lawsuit against city, former city manager

A fundamental question emerged during attorneys’ closing arguments to the jury in a former Baker City firefighter’s $800,000 ...

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Baker County commissioners agree to buy historic wigwam burner near Halfway

A piece of Baker County's, and Oregon's, lumber industry history will soon belong to Baker County.

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Closing arguments scheduled Wednesday afternoon in former Baker City firefighter’s lawsuit against city, former city manager

A 12-member jury is scheduled to hear jury instructions and closing arguments from the two attorneys Wednesday afternoon, ...

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BLM seeks public comments on proposal to allow expanded work on gold-mining claims south of Baker City

The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public comments on a proposal to allow a miner to do ...

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Republicans in Oregon Legislature seek to repeal state’s controversial wildfire risk map

Republicans in the Oregon Legislature introduced a bill Tuesday, March 19, that would repeal the map showing the ...

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Testimony continues in former Baker City firefighter’s $800,000 civil trial against city, former city manager

The question of whether former Baker City firefighter Jason Bybee explicitly told city officials he was willing to ...

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March 20 deadline to file as candidate for Baker School Board positions

Two of the five positions on the Baker 5J School Board will be on the ballot for the ...

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Former Baker City firefighter, who’s suing city for $800,000, tells jury he ‘loved’ working for city

A former Baker City firefighter who was fired three years ago while recovering from long COVID told a ...

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BAKER BASKETBALL: Isaiah Jones, Ashlyn Dalton GOL players of the year

Two Baker Bulldog basketball players were named players of the year the Greater Oregon League by a vote ...

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Trial underway in former Baker City firefighters’s $800,000 lawsuit against city, former city manager

A 12-member jury in Baker County Circuit Court will decide whether Baker City and its former city manager ...

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COLUMN: The Baker Bulldogs excelled on the court again, but a senior’s eloquence captures the essence of their success

Grant Gambleton was surrounded by the symbols of basketball success but he didn’t want to talk about those. ...

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Baker County Chamber of Commerce hands out awards during annual banquet

The Baker County Chamber of Commerce honored several local residents, businesses and organizations during its annual awards banquet ...