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Baker grapplers win

Baker ended a 7-year Greater Oregon League winless streak Thursday by defeating 42-30 in a dual wrestling match on the Baker mats.

Baker girls lose to Nyssa

It's a story that rings too much the same for the Baker girls — not enough offense.

More than just a companion

By CHRIS COLLINS ccollins@bakercityherald.com Elsie Bennett is a friendly woman who is well-acquainted with her neighbors. Still, Bennett, who’ll turn 80 in May, has...

Happy to remain home

By CHRIS COLLINS ccollins@bakercityherald.com At the age of 90, Waunetta Larson doesn't move like she did when she was providing health-care services as a nurse instead of...

Banner year for Baker beef

By JAYSON JACOBY jjacoby@bakercityherald.com Baker County's biggest industry had a banner year in 2011. The industry is beef cattle. And gross sales from the county...

Letters to the Editor for Feb. 10, 2012

What about supporters of life? To the editor: The editorial in Monday's Baker City Herald says it all. It backs the woman's right to abortion. It's their right,...

Enforcing forest travel

The Wallowa-Whitman National Forest hasn't unveiled its long-awaited (and, for some people, long-feared) travel management plan, but already we've had a glimpse at how...

OLCC touts its hard liquor sales — but not too proudly

Oregon's budget continues to suffer, but the boozers, bless their hearts (and livers), are doing their part to keep the state afloat. I'm no teetotaler, mind you. ...

Gas Prices: Baker's Big Bargain

By TERRI HARBER tharber@bakercityherald.com Gasoline prices have been rising recently and have reached a near-record-high national average: $3.48 a gallon for regular...

Obituaries for Feb. 8, 2012

Norman Miller Norman Elmer Miller, 85, of Bradenton, Fla., a former Baker City resident, died Feb. 4, 2012. His funeral was Tuesday at the First Church of the Nazarene of...

A real solution

So now we have dueling prescriptions to cure the financial malaise that afflicts 18 counties in Western and Southern Oregon. First came the plan offered by three Oregon...

AmericanTowns Heroes: Ariana Hargis is a Real Livesaver

Ariana Hargis is the kind of lifeguard you want on duty when your loved ones are in the pool. She's a quick-thinking, focused professional with eyes in the back of her head. When...

County unveils draft version of zoning ordinance

By TERRI HARBER tharber@bakercityherald.com The Baker County Zoning and Subdivision draft ordinance is ready for public review. Planning Commissioners and county staff spent...

Obituaries for Feb. 6, 2012

Vera Penington Vera Penington, 93, of Baker City, died Feb. 2, 2012, in Baker City. Her funeral will be Tuesday, Feb. 7, at 10 a.m. at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day...

Letters to the Editor for Feb. 6, 2012

Future hangs on quality education To the editor: As a recent Baker High School graduate, I follow the recent sparring over the Jan. 2 school day with frustration. I'm not...

Powder girls win in OT

Powder Valley moved a step away from claiming the Old Oregon League girls basketball championship Saturday.

Bulldogs conquer Vikings

Baker seems to be peaking at just the right time.

Baker girls top Mac-Hi again

Baker's Magic Number for clinching a Class 4A state girls basketball berth is 1.

Bulldogs bury Mac-Hi

Baker boys basketball coach Joel Richardson says the Bulldogs have a stranglehold on the chase for the Greater Oregon League championship.

Snowpack makes a comeback

By JAYSON JACOBY jjacoby@bakercityherald.com As February dawned, the weather in Baker County looked pretty much as it did a month ago. Uneventful, in a word, with no...

Local graduation rates top state average

By CHRIS COLLINS ccollins@bakercityherald.com Most Baker County schools recorded a higher four-year graduation rate than the 67 percent state average for the 2010-11 school...

Obituaries for Feb. 3, 2012

Austin Coates Austin H. Coates, 85, died Jan. 28, 2012, at North Powder.

Letters to the Editor for Feb. 3, 2012

Feds force Catholics to violate beliefs To the editor: The Department of Human and Health Services has issued a mandate which will force the Catholic Church to act against its...

Helping veterans

The event that happened Tuesday at the National Guard Armory in Baker City was at once heart-warming and heart-rending. We were gratified that so many people — about 60...

Lots of 'finding' of Bigfoot — but nothing's ever found

You’d think, on a TV show called “Finding Bigfoot,” that maybe just once in a while, if only to mollify the habitual channel-changers, the cast would actually...

Library Baby Shower

from:Baker County Library

Want to know the truth about "Your Baby can Read" videos Miss. Melissa will give you the scoop on early literacy tips and tricks at Baker Co. Libraries 2nd annual...

Bulldogs clinch state berth

Baker clinched a Class 4A state playoff berth Tuesday with a 75-33 Greater Oregon League boys basketball win at Mac-Hi.

Baker girls get first GOL win

Baker finally broke into the win column in the Greater Oregon League girls basketball standings Tuesday, after stopping Mac-Hi 55-26 at Milton-Freewater.

Baker wrestlers fall

Baker couldn't overcome five forfeits Thursday, dropping a Greater Oregon League wrestling match to La Grande 48-25 on the Tiger mats.

Baker girls fall to La Grande

The story of Baker's girls basketball season has been being unable to put an entire game together on any given night.

Baker girls lose to Ontario

Baker continued to suffer from a cold offense Tuesday at Ontario, losing a 51-34 Greater Oregon League girls basketball game to the Tigers.

Bulldogs defeat La Grande

Baker and La Grande have had a hard-fought rivalry for what seems like forever.

Baker boys lose to Weiser

The obvious object in basketball is to put the ball through the hoop more times than your opponent.

Reward raised to $5,600 in bighorn poaching

A reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of a poacher who killed a bighorn sheep ram in the Lookout Mountain Wildlife Management Unit in late December has...

Skiing: For the health of it

By LISA BRITTON For the Baker City Herald Temperatures below 10 degrees on Friday didn’t deter more than 200 youngsters from bundling up and hitting the slopes at...

County's jobless rate exceeds state average

By TERRI HARBER tharber@bakercityherald.com The Oregon Employment Development Department created a report about the jobs outlook for Eastern Oregon as well as the rest of the...

Letters to the Editor for Jan. 30, 2012

Keep full-time Justice Court Friday's paper details a possible plan by the county commissioners to reduce Baker's Justice Court down to a half-time position after all comments...

Art of the spud

LISA BRITTON For the Baker City Herald HAINES — Pirates, owls, monsters, princesses with pink skirts — have potatoes every taken on so many appearances? ...

County's plan: Half-time Justice Court

By TERRI HARBER tharber@bakercityherald.com A possible plan to keep Justice Court operating will be discussed during the next Baker County commissioners meeting. The meeting...

Rock samples will return

By JAYSON JACOBY jjacoby@bakercityherald.com For Gary Bloomer the matter was never just about a bunch of rocks. It was about history. And so he was pleased to learn...

Letters to the Editor for Jan. 27, 2012

Volunteers make banquet work To the editor: What is the Baker County Chamber Banquet all about? Volunteers, that’s the short answer. The long answer: An opportunity...

Keep payments coming

The financial storm bearing down on a few Oregon counties has so far raised scarcely a breeze in Baker County. But although the tempest threatening Curry, Josephine and some...

Sharing a scary story, and an ode to technology

Michael Hendriks doesn’t mind admitting that he was about as scared as he’s ever been while driving. Scared enough, at any rate, to stop by the Herald office and...

More fake money showing up

By CHRIS COLLINS ccollins@bakercityherald.com Counterfeit $20 bills are continuing to show up at Baker City businesses as police continue the investigation. Three fake $20...

Please pardon us during construction

Notice anything about the appearance of today's issue of the Herald that seemed, well, unusual? I suspect, if you've given the paper more than a cursory glance, that...

Obituaries for Jan. 23, 2012

LaVerne Buchan LaVerne Cosens Buchan, 91, of Ontario, a longtime Rye Valley resident, died Jan. 17, 2012, at Weiser, Idaho. At her request, there will be no funeral. Interment...

The scraps that bind

By LISA BRITTON For the Baker City Herald Twenty scrappers joined creative forces Saturday to help create memories for foster care children in Eastern Oregon. ...

Angry Americans defeat censorship

We were pleased to watch last week as the hot breath of Americans, angry over the possible hobbling of the free-ranging Internet, prevailed over the chill wind of censorship. A...

Letters to the Editor for Jan. 23, 2012

Wind power a viable option To the editor: Your Jan. 13 editorial “Not All Birds Equal” draws a parallel between the regulation of wind farms with respect to birds and...

Storm a boon for skiers, thaw's a mess in town

By JAYSON JACOBY jjacoby@bakercityherald.com Almost a foot of snow has fallen over the past day at Anthony Lakes ski area. And that was the quietest day all week. One of the...