The Baker boys track team nipped La Grande by half a point to win the team title at the Ray Uriarte Invitational on Friday, ...

RICHLAND — A dozen students from Pine Eagle School spent the day with Baker County Sheriff Travis Ash and deputies, and they came home with hands smelling of fish. And with memories of a fun day. Ash ...

I’m forever amazed by what people will do to get limestone. Build a road where by objective standards no road ought to be built, for instance. Going after gold, I understand. Gold, being neither ...

The Baker/Powder Valley baseball team rallied from an early deficit against Burns, then held the Hilanders scoreless the final three innings to take a 9-7 win in a six-inning nonleague game Tuesday, ...

In April 2024, candidate Donald Trump met with the big oil executives, offering a “deal” (his words). He said if they gave him a billion dollar campaign contribution he would make them very rich. He ...

I have been intoxicated by an electric car, an event which would have included a bout of projectile vomiting but for my obstinate — I daresay heroic — refusal to regurgitate. The experience was ...

BAKER CITY — The temperature climbed to 89 degrees Tuesday, May 12, at the Baker City Airport, breaking the daily record of 88 set in 1993. The heatwave will be brief, though, as a cold front is ...

Baker High School’s trap shooting dynasty continues. The Bulldogs, the two-time defending Class 2A state champions, are in ...

ISLAND CITY — Baker senior Eli Long shot a 2-under par round of 70 to take a 5-stroke lead after the first day of the district boys golf tournament Monday, May 11, at the La Grande Country Club. The ...

Political stumping is an interesting process to say the least. Words and intentions can be uplifting, but the opposing words by special interests can influence voter actions before ballots are cast.

BAKER CITY — The three men sitting outside a motel in Baker City are confident that the richest gold vein in Baker County’s glittering history had given up just a fraction of its wealth when mining ...