A new U.S. Postal Service policy is likely to delay the delivery of outgoing mail from many rural post offices in Northeastern Oregon. The policy eliminates one daily mail truck that previously picked up outgoing mail in the evening. Now, mail collected or dropped off for delivery during the day will sit in the post office overnight and go out on the one daily truck the next morning. The policy apparently doesn’t affect larger post offices in the region, including Baker City, although the Postal Service hasn’t publicly released an official list of affected offices.

https://www.bakercityherald.com/news/northeast_oregon_weekender/delivery-delays-critics-of-new-postal-service-policy-say-it-could-slow-mail-delivery-especially/article_c8b34605-3ae7-550b-96e7-3a851171a5bf.html

Four members of the Baker FFA club were injured, but not seriously, when the driver of an SUV crashed into the small bus the students were riding in while attending the state FFA convention in Redmond on March 22. The SUV driver was arrested on drunken driving and other charges.

https://www.bakercityherald.com/news/local/four-baker-ffa-students-injured-when-suv-hits-school-bus-in-redmond-suv-driver-jailed/article_0474a7f0-e929-11ee-ae91-474a8e01c54a.html

The Baker City Council is considering an ordinance that would set limits on noise and odors from legal marijuana grows. The ordinance was prompted by a resident who lives near a greenhouse whose owners are licensed by the state to grow marijuana for medicinal use.

https://www.bakercityherald.com/news/local/baker-city-council-considering-pot-nuisance-ordinance/article_daa7ff30-e9f0-11ee-8853-7be438e52fe6.html

Competitive basketball in Baker City isn’t limited to the high school, where the Bulldog girls won the 2023 state title and the boys claimed the 2024 trophy. A basketball league for adults is also planned for this spring.

https://www.bakercityherald.com/news/local/city-league-basketball-starts-season-soon/article_06ad8bd4-e705-11ee-bf72-034609535b0d.html