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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Decision Day: Baker High students talk about future plans - Baker City Herald

1 week ago | bakercityherald.com | Lisa Britton

As the student body quietly ate a snack during the morning nutritional break, 11 Baker High School seniors talked about their plans after graduation on Wednesday, May 28. This tradition, now in its third year, is called Decision Day. For two weeks in May, leading up to awards night, seniors take turns announcing their next steps during an extended break between morning classes.
BAKER/POWDER VALLEY/PINE EAGLE SOFTBALL: Bulldogs' season ends with loss to No. 1 St. Helens in Class 4A playoff game - Baker City Herald

1 week ago | bakercityherald.com | Jayson Jacoby

The season ended for the Baker/Powder Valley/Pine Eagle softball team with a 10-0 loss in five innings at top-ranked St. Helens in a Class 4A playoff game Tuesday, May 27. The Lions took a 3-0 lead after the first inning and extended the advantage to 7-0 after two innings. Baker pitcher Reagan Ritter held St. Helens scoreless in the third and fourth, but the Lions added three more runs in the bottom of the fifth. Lions pitcher Eme Curaming gave up just three hits and struck out seven.
Tree School East, with variety of natural resources classes, returns to Baker City on June 27 - Baker City Herald

1 week ago | bakercityherald.com | Jayson Jacoby

Tree School East, the one-day event that happens once every two years and includes classes on forestry and a variety of other natural resource topics, returns to Baker High School on Friday, June 27. The registration deadline is June 20. Cost is $70, or $15 for youths 18 or younger accompanied by an adult. The fee includes class materials for up to four 75-minute courses, lunch and refreshments.
News of Record for May 27, 2025 - Baker City Herald

1 week ago | bakercityherald.com | Jayson Jacoby

FAILURE TO APPEAR (Baker County Circuit Court warrant): Anthony Tyler Mayes, 25, Weiser, Idaho, 8:55 p.m. May 26 at the sheriff’s office; cited and released. FAILURE TO DRIVE WITHIN A LANE, NO OPERATOR’S LICENSE: Wilmer Noel Lopez Luis, 22, Pasco, Washington, 4:26 p.m. May 26 on Interstate 84, Milepost 344 eastbound; after a crash in which the car he was driving went out of control and hit the side of a cattle truck; cited and released.
Baker City's new fire chief eager to meet community, support firefighters - Baker City Herald

1 week ago | bakercityherald.com | Jayson Jacoby

Michael Carlson has been a firefighter for nearly three decades but some of his most vivid memories involving battling not fire but ice. But then ice is hard to avoid when you work in Fairbanks, Alaska, and your job involves spraying copious amounts of water. Carlson, who started work as Baker City’s fire chief April 1, was a firefighter at Fort Wainwright, a U.S. Army base in Fairbanks, during his 22-year Army career.
Forest Service law enforcement trying to find owner of abandoned bus parked near Phillips Reservoir - Baker City Herald

1 week ago | bakercityherald.com | Jayson Jacoby

Forest Service law enforcement is trying to find the owner of a converted school bus that has been parked on public land north of Phillips Reservoir for several months. Stephen Betts, a Forest Service law enforcement officer, is involved in the investigation, said Amy Franklin, public affairs officer for the agency.
Out and About: Climbing through the Columbia River Gorge's geologic history - Baker City Herald

1 week ago | bakercityherald.com | Jayson Jacoby

Hiking in most of the higher mountains of Northeastern Oregon, with their muddled layers of stone, is akin to tramping through several chapters of a geologic textbook. The Columbia River Gorge is more like a single sentence. Or perhaps a couple of paragraphs depending on how precise the definition. In a general sense, though, the Gorge’s stony history is simple compared with those of the Wallowas, Elkhorns, Greenhorns and Strawberry ranges.
About 100 people honor veterans on Memorial Day at Baker City's Mount Hope Cemetery - Baker City Herald

1 week ago | bakercityherald.com | Jayson Jacoby

With the persistent soft slap of cloth in the background as hundreds of American flags flapped in the mild May breeze, about 100 people gathered at Baker City’s Mount Hope Cemetery Monday morning, May 26, to honor the country’s fallen military heroes. The annual Memorial Day ceremony took place in the veterans’ section at the southwest corner of the cemetery. Mike Wilson, commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Baker City, began his address with a rhetorical question.
COLUMN: Pondering a valedictorian's achievements, and her future - Baker City Herald

1 week ago | bakercityherald.com | Jayson Jacoby

My daughter Olivia has been writing a speech and my palms have at intervals turned clammy, and a fine sheen of sweat has beaded my forehead, in nervous sympathy. I imagine that moment, which seems to defy the predictable passage of time, when you stand at the lectern and the soft murmur of the audience suddenly goes silent. When the air seems to take on weight, the oppressive burden of painful anticipation, with only your words to fill the quiet void. And not only because I won’t be speaking.
Trial canceled for Baker City man accused of 2024 stabbing; status check hearing set for June 3 - Baker City Herald

1 week ago | bakercityherald.com | Jayson Jacoby

A Baker City man accused of stabbing another man in March 2024 won’t go on trial this week on charges that, if he were convicted, could result in a mandatory prison term of up to seven years and six months. He has been in the Baker County Jail since then. His bail is $100,000, and he could be released by posting 10% of that amount. Blitch was scheduled to go to trial on May 27, but the trial has been canceled.