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Baker City Planning Commission approves Baker Middle School’s request to install electronic reader board with funds raised by students

The Baker City Planning Commission has scheduled a public hearing for Wednesday, June 18, to consider a request…

Agriculture

Oregon lawmakers designate T-bone as new state steak

SAELM — The Beaver State has officially added a piece of meat to its list of state symbols. The…

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Community invited to line streets as Baker High’s trap team heads to state at 7 a.m. Friday, June 20

Community invited to line the route The Baker High School trap team leaves Friday, June 20, for the…

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Sumpter Valley resident files damage claim against Forest Service after prescribed fire burns onto his property

A prescribed fire lit by employees of the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest in mid-April burned onto a parcel of…

Government

Gov. Kotek proposes using $160 million from state’s ‘rainy day fund’ for one-time wildfire funding

Desperate for money to get through the next two wildfire seasons and with few proposals on the table…

Government

T-bone is Oregon’s official state steak

SALEM — The Oregon Legislature has selected an official steak for the the state. The Oregon House on Monday,…

News

Wyden, Merkley criticize proposal to require sale of some public lands in the West

Oregon’s U.S. senators are criticizing a provision in a federal budget bill that would require the sale of…

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Mosquitoes a bit ahead of schedule in Baker County due to warm, dry spring

Baker County’s mosquito killers will deploy a new weapon against the pesky, disease-spreading bugs this summer.

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Idaho man accused of fleeing from crash on Interstate 84 in Baker County

An Idaho man was arrested late Sunday, June 15, for drunken driving, reckless driving and recklessly endangering another…

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Oregon State Police report two elk hit by cars in separate crashes on Interstate 84

Oregon State Police reported two cases of a vehicle hitting an elk on Interstate 84 in Baker County…



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