Jayson Jacoby

6 days ago | eastoregonian.com | Jayson Jacoby

Published 1:00 pm Friday, April 18, 2025 Majority of state’s wolves live in northeast cornerSALEM — Oregon’s estimated wolf population grew by about 15% in 2024, rising from 178 to 204 animals, according to the annual wolf conservation and management report the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife released April 11. The agency counted wolves statewide at the end of 2024.

1 week ago | bakercityherald.com | Jayson Jacoby

Avery Ellis considered her potential customer base when she designed her menu for Market Day at Baker Middle School. “I wanted something that would get the adults’ attention, like coffee,” she said, adding a squirt of whipped cream to an iced caramel macchiato drink. And she figured her fellow students would be tempted by sweets, so she made cookies, cake pops and fancy cupcakes. “Cupcakes and cookies — everybody is interested in that,” she said with a smile.

1 week ago | bakercityherald.com | Jayson Jacoby

I looked through my bedroom window with the unique satisfaction of gazing upon a yard put into pastoral order. And the unique ache in the vertebrae that comes with putting a yard into pastoral order. The grass was greening nicely in the spring sunshine, the ground still moist from a recent rain. Last year’s leaves, as inevitable as burger wrappers in the freeway barrow pit, had been dislodged from the flower beds and the shrubs with the raucous help of an electric blower.

1 week ago | bakercityherald.com | Jayson Jacoby

Bruin Bloomer, a seventh grader at Baker Middle School, is the triple crown winner in the Oregon Wrestling Association this year, winning the state title in the 14 and under division in all three styles of wrestling: folkstyle, freestyle and Greco Roman. Bloomer won the state titles at 126 pounds in the freestyle and Greco Roman styles last weekend in Newberg. He won the folkstyle event in January in Redmond.

1 week ago | bakercityherald.com | Jayson Jacoby

Baker County’s transient lodging tax advisory committee voted 5-1 on Thursday morning, April 17, to recommend county commissioners give Baker City $570,500 in lodging taxes to help the city start a tourism marketing campaign. The three county commissioners — Shane Alderson, Christina Witham and Michelle Kaseberg — will make a final decision on the city’s request.