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High-level position

Joel McCraw needed to find someone willing to spend the summer atop a mountain that has a three-state…

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Fire managers: threats from the sky, and on the ground

Noel Livingston and Joel McCraw ponder the coming fire season with not a small amount of dread. In…

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Senator: federal forests need help

U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley said this week that he will lobby the Biden administration to spend at least…

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Council to talk about COVID

Baker City Council members will have a chance Tuesday evening, May 11, to query county officials about multiple…

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Wary of wildfires

Wildfire Awareness Week is designed to remind people about the threat of wildfires yet to come, but this…

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Friendly Flames

They wind their way between the pines like wraiths, dripping dollops of fire with each stride. Smoke, and…

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Baker City Council discusses goals for this year

The Baker City Council created a draft list of its goals during a work session Tuesday evening, Feb.…

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Historic cabin survives … again

Peavy Cabin is a survivor. Over the 87 years the log structure has stood beside the North Fork…

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Forest Service ends ban on logging large trees

A federal official has decided to cancel a rule that has banned the cutting of large live trees…

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County residents urged to sign up for free emergency alerts

Dennis Bachman and Jason Yencopal got a surprise on Oct. 27 after using Baker County’s emergency alert system…

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