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As 2025 nears its end, Baker City Herald editor Jayson Jacoby has looked back over the previous 12 months and compiled some of the bigger…

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LA GRANDE — The Baker boys swim team won the team title, and the Baker girls were third, at the Cove High School Invitational meet…

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Congress failed to vote on an extension of the 2024 Federal Disaster Tax Relief Act that Oregon Sen. Wyden co-sponsored WASHINGTON — At the end…

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Kelly Williams opened Moon Treasures in May 2025 in Baker City with a variety of artwork, as well as "build your own" fairy gardens.

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I was saddened to read about the staff cuts at the Blue Mountain Hospital District in Grant County. What a huge blow to the hospital,…

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YEAR IN REVIEW: A selection of Baker County’s biggest stories of 2025 — September

YEAR IN REVIEW: A selection of Baker County’s biggest stories of 2025 — August

ODOT compiles crash, traffic volume statistics for Campbell Street in Baker City

YEAR IN REVIEW: A selection of Baker County’s biggest stories of 2025 — July

YEAR IN REVIEW: A selection of Baker County’s biggest stories of 2025 — June

YEAR IN REVIEW: A selection of Baker County’s biggest stories of 2025 — May

YEAR IN REVIEW: A selection of Baker County’s biggest stories of 2025 — April

YEAR IN REVIEW: A selection of Baker County’s biggest stories of 2025 — March

YEAR IN REVIEW: A selection of Baker County’s biggest stories of 2025 — February

YEAR IN REVIEW: A selection of Baker County’s biggest stories of 2025 — January

Oregon governor, U.S. senators oppose possible transport of liquid radioactive waste through NE Oregon

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BAKER HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS: Boys, girls basketball, girls and boys wrestling teams in action this week

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Art shows open Jan. 2 in Baker City

Attorneys spar in over motion to dismiss Idaho Power Co. lawsuit to use private property for B2H power line

Baker County Commission chair hopeful influx of federal money could help bring birthing center back to Baker City hospital

Boy Scouts collect Christmas trees on Jan. 3 in Baker City

Tom Shrider is capturing Baker County on film

Baker County Sheriff’s Office removes dogs from ‘deplorable’ conditions near Richland

Eastern Oregon Cancer Center plans to remain open in 2026

No snow ho ho ho: Mild Christmas ties record high in Baker City

Call to artists for the Little Big Show in Baker City

Durkee Travel Plaza slated to open just after Christmas

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BAKER/POWDER VALLEY SWIMMING: Bulldog boys 1st, girls 3rd at Cove Invitational

FALL SPORTS: Baker, Powder Valley athletes named to football, volleyball all-state teams

BAKER/POWDER VALLEY BOYS WRESTLING: Bulldogs 3rd at Madras tournament

BAKER/POWDER VALLEY GIRLS WRESTLING: Bulldogs take 3rd at Madras tournament

BAKER GIRLS BASKETBALL: Bulldogs finish 2-1 at Seaside tournament

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Federal income tax relief for Oregon wildfire survivors ends

Wyden, Merkley urge feds to fund Columbia River Gorge fire recovery

Response to Trump’s agenda key sticking point in Oregon 2026 governor’s race, poll says

U.S. Supreme Court won’t hear Oregon prison union case

Oregon Rep. Bentz talks shutdown; Sens. Merkley, Wyden respond

Business

Baker City shop Moon Treasures is ‘whimsical, magical’

U.S. House sends wolf delisting bill to Senate

Ash Grove Cement opens new finish mill at Durkee plant in Baker County

Owner of Red Cross Drug Store in La Grande to open pharmacy in Baker City this winter

CattleFax analyst tells Oregon ranchers the beef cycle has turned

Opinion

Letter: Bentz gutted health care for rural Oregonian

Letter to the editor for Dec. 26, 2025

Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus

‘A Visit from St. Nicholas’

COLUMN: Grateful for the pair of cartoons that remind us of the true meaning of Christmas

Education

Oregon schools expect significant midyear budget shortfall from federal policies

Oregon students make small gains but still lag pre-pandemic proficiency in key subjects

Eastern Oregon FFA members earn American Degree

Report logs sharp rise in child care capacity for Oregon preschoolers, less for infants

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Trump administration threatens to yank food stamp administrative funding from Democratic-led states

2021 heat dome left Rhode Island-sized damage in Oregon’s western forests

Oregon’s Rayfield, other Democratic AGs sue Trump over SNAP benefits

Oregon urges payment flexibility under government shutdown

SNAP food and nutrition assistance to Oregonians runs out at the end of October

Obituaries for the week of Dec. 25 to Dec. 29

Obituaries for the week of Jan. 1 to Jan. 5

Adventurers ski across the Wallowas in winter

Obituaries for the week of Jan 15. to Jan. 19

Obituaries for the week of Jan. 22 to Jan. 26

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