50YEARS AGO

from the Democrat-Herald

May 31, 1969

Mrs. Clarabell Boyd, 3333 College St., Baker reported that three of her five-month-old lambs have been attacked by a dog, and as a result two of them had died.

Police said the incident occurred sometime between Friday evening and 10 a.m. Saturday.

25YEARS AGO

from the Baker City Herald

May 31, 1994

Four Baker County high school students have been chosen to participate in the 1994 Saturday Academy program.

The students — Pamela Alexander and Manada Kuester of Burnt River High School and Shannon Flores and Amanda Helmer of Baker High School — were chosen for the Saturday Academy’s Apprenticeships in the Science and Engineering program.

10YEARS AGO

from the Baker City Herald

June 1, 2009

Budget cuts nearing final approval in the Oregon Legislature would slash state funding 15 percent for county fairs across the state, including $7,300 from the Baker County Fair.

ONEYEAR AGO

from the Baker City Herald

May 30, 2018

Michelle Owen noticed what was missing while she was driving to Baker City Hall Tuesday morning and she looked west at the towering wall of the Elkhorn Mountains.

Snow.

There were still splotches of white decorating the brown rock, to be sure.

But those splotches seemed pretty small to Owen’s eyes.

And she takes more than a passing interest in that particular view.

Owen is the city’s public works director, and it’s the Elkhorns’ snowpack that keeps the city’s faucets and hydrants flowing.

Although she was a bit surprised by how much the snow has receded, still more than three weeks short of the summer solstice, Owen was not especially troubled.

She needed only to remind herself about the 400 million gallons.