Baker County Chamber of Commerce hands out awards during annual banquet
Published 8:48 am Monday, March 17, 2025
Jess Blatchford checks potato plants on his farm in Baker Valley. (Jayson Jacoby/Baker City Herald, File)
Baker County Sheriff Travis Ash
Stagecoach Gifts in Haines offers a variety of merchandise.
Chief Sean Lee of the Baker Rural Fire District sprays water on the remnants of a commercial truck that was destroyed by fire along Interstate 84 on July 13, 2023.
The Baker County Chamber of Commerce honored several local residents, businesses and organizations during its annual awards banquet March 15 in Baker City.
The winners:
Woman of the year
Be Tiedemann
Man of the year
Baker County Sheriff Travis Ash
Legacy Woman of the Year
Ginger Savage
Legacy Man of the Year
Richard Chaves
Business of the Year
The Grove Team
Excellence in Agriculture
Blatchford Farms
Project/Event of the Year
Baker Rural Fire
Project/Event of the Year
Keating Rural Fire
Entrepreneur of the Year
Haines Stagecoach Gifts
Jayson has worked at the Baker City Herald since November 1992, starting as a reporter. He has been editor since December 2007. He graduated from the University of Oregon Journalism School in 1992 with a bachelor's degree in news-editorial journalism.
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