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Honoring Mackenzie Dennis: A tribute to a friend and teammate
The girls linked arms and formed a line, teal bows in their hair and teal leis around their ...
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Rasean Jones reflects on his final race as a Baker Bulldog and his record-breaking career
Rasean Jones has run his final race, and competed in his final athletic event, as a Baker Bulldog. ...
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BAKER TRACK AND FIELD: Six for six: Rasean Jones wins 6th state title in hurdles, breaks own record in 300-meter event; Sammy Gressley 3rd in 200, 4th in 100
EUGENE — Baker junior Rasean Jones is six for six in hurdles races over the past three years ...
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BAKER TRACK AND FIELD: Rasean Jones wins 5th state title in hurdles, breaks own Class 4A state record
EUGENE — Baker junior Rasean Jones has won his fifth state championship in the hurdles. Jones won the ...
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Brief weekend heatwave will give way to cooler weather as June begins
A brief but potentially record-breaking heatwave this weekend will be replaced rapidly by much cooler, and possibly damp, ...
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Baker City amends lawsuit related to leaking sewer lagoon, now seeking $2.15 million
Baker City’s attorney has filed an amended civil lawsuit related to the city’s leak-prone sewer lagoon, adding three ...
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Oregon Department of Forestry declares start of fire season, with permits and other requirements for outdoor burning, starting June 5 in NE Oregon
LA GRANDE — Although snow still covers the higher mountains and the grass is still green in places, ...
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La Grande man accused of driving away from traffic stop near Haines
Police arrested a 20-year-old La Grande man on Saturday evening, May 31, in Haines after he allegedly fled ...
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Baker City man charged with assaulting postal worker to undergo mental evaluation at federal facility starting later in June
The attorney representing Randy Warren Kahn, the Baker City man accused of hitting a U.S. Postal Service letter ...
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Forest Service official ‘optimistic’ work will start this summer to reduce wildfire risk in Baker City’s watershed
A Forest Service official said on Monday, June 2, that he’s “optimistic” about work starting this summer on ...
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Baker City woman accused of manslaughter in death of newborn baby has court hearing set for June 4
A Baker City woman facing multiple felony charges in the death of a newborn baby found in her ...
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Phillips Reservoir, at highest level since 2017, rising slowly again
After dropping slightly for a week or so in May to slake the thirsts of farms and ranches ...
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Merkley warns of ‘tumultuous’ fire season amid federal cuts to wildfire support
Officials across Oregon say they will have enough firefighters on hand to battle expected wildfires this summer, but ...
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TRACK AND FIELD: Pine Eagle senior Ella Randall wins 3rd state title in shot put; Baker’s Rasean Jones, Sammy Gressley each qualify for finals in two events
EUGENE — Pine Eagle senior Ella Randall has won her third Class 1A state title in the shot ...
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CLASS 1A STATE TRACK AND FIELD MEET: Powder Valley’s Sky Nesser 2nd in high jump, Pine Eagle’s Lindsey Brown 3rd in 3,000 meters
EUGENE — Powder Valley's Sky Nesser placed second in the high jump at the Class 1A state track ...
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Decision Day: Baker High students talk about future plans
As the student body quietly ate a snack during the morning nutritional break, 11 Baker High School seniors ...
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BAKER TRACK AND FIELD: Record-setting Bulldog junior Rasean Jones seeks third straight state titles in 110-meter, 300-meter hurdles
Rasean Jones’ name is thick on the track and field record books for Baker High School and for ...
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COLUMN: Pondering again the immense legacy, and generosity, of Leo Adler
Leo Adler died more than 31 years ago but the weight of his legacy can still test the ...
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Oregon Republicans say Dems delaying vote on wildfire map repeal to get votes for wildfire funding
Republicans say Democrats are using the bill as a bargaining chip to get Republicans to vote on redirecting ...
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Mountain roads beginning to open as snow recedes
Several popular mountain roads in Northeastern Oregon have opened as the prodigious winter snowpack continues to shrink. The ...
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Attorneys spar in written motions over meeting between Baker City murder suspect and his lawyer
Kyra Rohner, the attorney representing a Baker City man accused of second-degree murder in a March 20 shooting, ...
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Baker County appraisers adjusting real market values of residential properties in Baker City
Two appraisers from the Baker County Assessor’s Office are about halfway through one of their most daunting tasks ...
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PINE EAGLE, POWDER VALLEY TRACK AND FIELD: Pine Eagle senior Ella Randall seeking 3rd state title in shot put
Pine Eagle High School senior Ella Randall will try to cap her record-breaking track and field career with ...
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BAKER TRAPSHOOTING: Bulldogs preparing to defend state championship
The Baker Bulldog trapshooting team was so good last spring that it put itself in a bad situation.
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Tree School East, with variety of natural resources classes, returns to Baker City on June 27
Tree School East, the one-day event that happens once every two years and includes classes on forestry and ...