Baker City Herald

The Baker City Herald is a newspaper that comes out three times a week in Baker City, Oregon, USA, with its first edition published in 1870. This paper is released on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays by Western Communications and has a circulation of 2,304 copies. It faces competition from The Record-Courier, which is published weekly.

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Baker middle schoolers turn hobbies into profits at Market Day - Baker City Herald

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.
COLUMN: The spring norther wreaks havoc in my yard yet again - Baker City Herald

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.
Baker seventh grader Bruin Bloomer wins state wrestling triple crown - Baker City Herald

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.
Baker County lodging tax committee recommends commissioners give Baker City $570,500 of unspent tax revenue - Baker City Herald

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.
News of Record for April 17, 2025 - Baker City Herald

1 week ago | bakercityherald.com | Jayson Jacoby

SECOND-DEGREE DISORDERLY CONDUCT, RECKLESS DRIVING: Sean Michael Dougharity Sr., 39, Baker City, 5:26 p.m. April 16 in the 900 block of Campbell Street; cited and later released. PAROLE VIOLATION: Tyler James Arthur, 31, Baker City, 12:56 p.m. April 16 in the 2600 block of 17th Street; jailed.
Recall election scheduled for member of Unity Community Hall and Recreation District board - Baker City Herald

1 week ago | bakercityherald.com | Jayson Jacoby

Published 9:35 am Thursday, April 17, 2025 The 123 voters in the Unity precinct in southern Baker County, including the city of Unity, will decide whether to recall from office a board member for the Unity Community Hall and Recreation District. The Baker County Clerk’s Office mailed ballots to voters on Wednesday, April 16, for the recall election for Daniel Davis. Voters have until 8 p.m. on May 6 to return or postmark ballots, County Clerk Stefanie Kirby said.
Baker County farmers, ranchers optimistic about water supply as drought diminishes - Baker City Herald

1 week ago | bakercityherald.com | Jayson Jacoby

Published 2:39 pm Wednesday, April 16, 2025 Curtis Martin was pleased to see pools of water where he had never seen them before. He just hopes the water doesn’t start moving. Martin, a cattle rancher who lives near North Powder, is more accustomed to worrying about a shortage of water than a surplus. The grazing land he owns in the Cow Valley area of northern Malheur County, along Highway 26 between Ironside and Brogan, is far more often desiccated than it is moist.
Resident tells Baker County commissioners that trash falling from vehicles driving to landfill creates dangerous situation for drivers - Baker City Herald

1 week ago | bakercityherald.com | Jayson Jacoby

Published 11:51 am Wednesday, April 16, 2025 A Baker County resident told county commissioners Wednesday morning, April 16, that he’s frustrated by the “terrible, terrible trash” that falls from vehicles driving to the Baker Sanitary Service landfill a few miles southeast of town.
Zoey Justus of Baker City wins grand champion award for cow-calf pair at Angus competition - Baker City Herald

1 week ago | bakercityherald.com | Jayson Jacoby

Published 6:59 am Wednesday, April 16, 2025 Zoey Justus had never entered a cow-calf pair at the Western National Angus Futurity show in Reno, Nevada. She’s glad she finally decided to do so. Justus, 18, who grew up and lives on her family’s Baker Valley cattle ranch, won grand champion for her black Angus cow-calf pair at the annual competition March 30. “It’s the biggest show I’ve been to,” Justus said.
BLM taking public comments about proposed gold mining operation near Old Auburn Lane - Baker City Herald

1 week ago | bakercityherald.com | Jayson Jacoby

Published 6:32 am Wednesday, April 16, 2025 The Bureau of Land Management’s Vale District is seeking public comments on a draft environmental assessment for a proposed gold mining operation on public land near the former site of Auburn, the first town in Baker County. If approved, the Kast Hidden Nugget and Sundog claims could mine in two areas totaling 75 acres. Total planned disturbance is up to 3.25 acres across 13 sites over 26 years.