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 ...

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

The Wallowa-Whitman National Forest and Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife will celebrate Free Fishing Weekend with a ...

PENDLETON — The InterMountain Education Service District in Pendleton announced it received a grant from the Wildhorse Foundation Trust to support two professional development trainings for educators ...

Baker Middle School track and field athletes have broken multiple school records in meets earlier this month at La Grande on April 10 and at Prairie City on April 17. At La Grande, seventh grader ...

Americans returned to the moon for the first time in more than half a century and the nation yawned. An exuberant yawn, as yawns go. But our milquetoast reaction to this monumental event seemed to me ...

UMATILLA — The Baker/Powder Valley/Pine Eagle softball team snapped a four-game losing streak in decisive fashion, romping past Umatilla 16-0 in three innings on Tuesday, April 14. The game, ...

BAKER CITY — A Forest Service fire expert said that although spring arrived early, a pair of prescribed burns last week in Baker County didn’t spread very rapidly. Fuels remain relatively moist, and ...

BAKER CITY — If you appreciated the deluge that doused Baker City, and much of drought-plagued Baker County, on Sunday, April 12, credit a lazy storm. The low-pressure system that dropped more rain in ...