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Baker City, Baker County officials disagree about spending lodging tax dollars
The fate of about $1.5 million in taxes paid by guests at local motels and other lodging businesses ...
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Forest Service proposing to deal with arsenic-tainted tailings at mines north of Granite
The U.S. Forest Service is taking public comments about the agency’s proposal to spend about $1.2 million to ...
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Rally planned in Baker City Saturday, April 5, to protest Trump administration
A group of local residents plan to gather Saturday afternoon, April 5, in downtown Baker City for a ...
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Two killed in separate car crashes, one near Mason Dam, one near Ladd Canyon
Two people were killed in separate single-vehicle crashes last week in Northeastern Oregon. Jonathan Roger Schmeck, 25, of ...
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News of Record for April 1, 2025
POLICE LOG Baker City Police Arrests, citations PAROLE VIOLATION (Baker County Circuit Court warrant), FOURTH-DEGREE ASSAULT (domestic): Jason ...
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Safeway official confirms Baker City store will close by May 25
A spokesperson for Safeway-Albertsons confirmed in an email to the Baker City Herald on Monday, March 31, that ...
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BAKER BASKETBALL: Isaiah Jones repeats as Class 4A player of the year; Jebron Jones coach of year for second straight season
Another state championship, another raft of statewide awards for the Baker boys basketball team. The Bulldogs, who won ...
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Baker County Sheriff’s Office search and rescue members helped stranded family
Members of the Baker County Sheriff’s Office’s Search and Rescue team drove about 5 miles on a snow-covered ...
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Oregon Trail Interpretive Center now open 7 days a week
The National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center near Baker City has transitioned to its summer schedule and is ...
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Murder suspect scheduled to enter plea June 11
The Baker City man accused of second-degree murder in the March 20 shooting death of another Baker City ...