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Baker City not banning legal fireworks; open burning is prohibited
Baker City is not banning legal fireworks within the city limits.
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Celebrate July 4 with parades, a rodeo, fireworks and a Renaissance Faire
Baker County is rolling out Fourth of July festivities in Haines, Halfway and Sumpter for the national holiday. ...
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Legislation will reduce state fire protection rates for landowners in Baker County, across Oregon
A bill that is headed to Gov. Tina Kotek’s desk will reduce wildfire protection rates that landowners across ...
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Fishing platforms, restroom, other improvements planned for 2026 at Highway 203 Pond near Baker City
Major improvements, including building fishing platforms and installing a restroom, are planned for next summer at one of ...
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BAKER TRAP SHOOTING: Bulldogs win 2nd straight state title; Hurliman girls state champion, Schuh ties for 3rd in boys
HILLSBORO — The Baker High School trap shooting team has repeated as Class 2A state champions. But it ...
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Baker County’s parched period continued through June; Oregon Department of Forestry adds fire restrictions starting July 2
The last reliable chance to ease the worsening drought in Baker County has passed with no relief.
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On air: KBZR hits the radio waves in Baker Valley
Community radio station started streaming online March 2024 BAKER CITY — After nearly two years of work and ...
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Bob Bennett, 102, celebrates birthday with new Marine uniform
The veteran continues to run the Pondosa Store PONDOSA — Bob Bennett buttons the Marine Corps jacket and ...
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Statewide minimum wage increases 35 cents, the lowest rise in 10 years
The standard statewide hourly wage will rise to $15.05 per hour, while Portland’s minimum wage will rise to ...
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Baker City fire chief calls ambush shooting of firefighters in Idaho ‘a rarity, but also a tragedy’
Baker City Fire Chief Michael Carlson said a Sunday incident near Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, in which a man ...
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Baker City man set to go on trial July 15 on sex abuse charges
A Baker City man accused of sexual abuse is scheduled to go to trial July 15 on four ...
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Fire that burned 1 acre near Brownlee Reservoir under investigation
A fire that burned 1 acre Friday night, June 27, near the Snake River Road several miles north ...
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Flowery tour July 12 supports CASA of Eastern Oregon
BAKER CITY — Stop and smell the roses — and petunias and daisies and lavender — while supporting ...
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A fruit frenzy: Eagle Creek Orchard has new owners
NEW BRIDGE — Seth Farris may miss meals while he’s tending to the cherries, but he barely notices.
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Baker City woman, arrested 4 times this year, found mentally unfit to aid in her defense
A Baker City woman who was arrested four times on a variety of charges earlier this year will ...
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BLM banning campfires on Vale District starting July 4
Open fires of all types, including campfires, will be banned on the BLM’s Vale District starting Friday, July ...
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Get ready for 5 days of rodeo action in Haines
HAINES — You’re sure to get your fill of rodeo action at the Haines Stampede grounds next week. ...
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Federal payments in lieu of property taxes total more than $6 million in NE Oregon
A federal program dating to 1977 that sends millions of dollars annually to counties based on the amount ...
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Baker City doctor signs letter urging lawmakers to reject Medicaid cuts
Baker City doctor Nathan Defrees is worried about how proposed cuts to Medicaid, the federal health insurance program ...
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Chip seal starts in July on Highway 26 in Eastern Oregon
JOHN DAY — Travelers should expect delays when chip seal work starts July 7 on Highway 26 in ...
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Rep. Cliff Bentz says proposed sale of public lands in the West not appropriate for federal spending bill
Rep. Cliff Bentz, the lone Republican in Oregon’s congressional delegation, said June 25 that he opposes a provision ...
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Baker City Fire Chief: Juveniles with lighter started blaze that destroyed shed
A fire that damaged a shed in Baker City Wednesday morning, June 25, is under investigation.
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Out and About: Enjoying an autumnal interlude as summer starts
It was the first day of summer so of course I stuffed my goose down jacket into my ...
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BLM seeking public’s help in identifying who started fire near Owyhee Dam on Tuesday
The BLM is seeking help from the public to identify who started fire that burned about 231 acres ...
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Oregon Senate rejects bill making big tech pay for local journalism as session end nears
The bill’s author told the Capital Chronicle after the vote that she would be reintroducing the bill next ...