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Virtual fencing pilot project could help ranchers recover faster from 2024 wildfires

A $106,000 grant from an Oregon Lottery-funded program will help pay for a large-scale experiment in using “virtual ...

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Kiwanis Club presents award to Baker High seniors Amber Conley and Sydney Penning

The Baker City Kiwanis Club presented student recognition awards to Baker High School seniors Amber Conley and Sydney ...

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DEQ staff warned of hackers prior to April cyberattack

Just one day before a cyberattack shut down Oregon’s Department of Environmental Quality for several days, the agency’s ...

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Phillips Reservoir reaches highest level in almost 8 years

Phillips Reservoir is on pace to reach a milestone, probably around dawn on Wednesday, April 30.

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$1.3 million irrigation system projected to cut water use by 30% to 50% at Baker City-owned Quail Ridge Golf Course

The new irrigation system at Baker City’s Quail Ridge Golf Course has 450 more sprinkler heads but uses ...

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Learn about ‘refugia’ in the Blue Mountains through art show and science talk May 2 at Crossroads in Baker City

The concept of “refugia” has gained traction in recent decades, and this Friday unveils an art show inspired ...

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Work on water-damaged Baker City Hall could start in early May

Work could start in early May to repair a roof leak at City Hall that caused significant damage ...

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Free Comic Book Day returns to Baker City Library Saturday, May 3

The Baker County Public Library will celebrate Free Comic Book Day on Saturday, May 3, at the Baker ...

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Baker City manager says city-only lodging tax, starting July 1, will benefit police, fire departments

The Baker City Council’s decision in March to withdraw from its 19-year-old agreement with Baker County to collect ...

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Baker City woman backing bill that would help herself and other disabled workers

Chris White is disabled after undergoing a series of surgeries over the past 15 years that removed most ...

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Trial canceled for Baker City man accused of kicking, trying to bite, Baker City Police officer in January

A trial has been canceled for a Baker City man accused of kicking a Baker City Police officer ...

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Wyden hears from growers on tariffs

PENDLETON — Before leaving Pendleton to head to Grant County, Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden stopped by the Umatilla ...

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BLM to move out of leased office in Baker City on June 20

The Bureau of Land Management will be moving out of its leased office in Baker City on June ...

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Where’s a good place to go birdwatching in Oregon?

On an average night in Multnomah County, about 60,000 birds fly over the state, making their way to ...

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Kyron Horman’s disappearance in Portland remains unsolved on 15th anniversary

June 4 will mark the 15th anniversary of the disappearance of 7-year-old Kyron Horman from Skyline Elementary School ...

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ODOT to install 18 highway cameras, including several in Baker County, this year

Drivers in Eastern Oregon will be able to get a better sense of driving conditions in the region, ...

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Baker County couple receive grant to help restore stream near Unity damaged by dredging in the 1930s

When Ben and Cynthia Norton bought a cattle ranch in southern Baker County 20 years ago, one problem ...

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Baker City man who died in crash near Huntington was wearing seat belt, sheriff says

The Baker City man who died last weekend when the car he was driving careened off a road ...

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Baker High School graduate to participate in free webinar regarding Parkinson’s disease

Dr. Tanya Denne, a Baker High graduate who has been studying treatments for Parkinson’s disease since 2010, will ...

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Baker City woman accused of using a slingshot to shoot rocks at two people

A Baker City woman who was arrested on Feb. 26 after entering an unlocked home, and arrested on ...