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Baker County is rolling out Fourth of July festivities in Haines, Halfway and Sumpter for the national holiday, which this year lands on a Friday.
Major improvements, including building fishing platforms and installing a restroom, are planned for next summer at one of the most popular fishing holes in Baker County.
Edna Harrell, with family history in Baker County that dates to the Oregon Trail, set up such a fund with OCF. Since 2014, the Edna E. Harrell Community Children’s Fund has granted more than ...
The Bureau of Land Management will be moving out of its leased office in Baker City on June 20, and the 20 or so employees will move temporarily to the Oregon Trail Interpretive Center about 5 ...
WorkSource Oregon, a state agency, is sponsoring an event May 6 in Baker City designed to help employees from the Safeway grocery store, which is slated to close within the next month, learn about ...
A 23-year-old man from Baker City was arrested and charged with second-degree murder on March 24 in connection to a shooting that happened in Baker City.
I loved living in Portland, Oregon, in college and my early 20s — I thought I'd stay there forever. But a temporary move to Baker City, a small town in rural Oregon, shifted my mindset. I moved ...
Baker Virtual Academy is a public school located in Baker City, OR, which is in a remote town setting. The student population of Baker Virtual Academy is 25 and the school serves K-8.
Whit Deschner, the founder of the Great Salt Lick auction, poses with salt licks at the Oregon Trail Livestock Supply store in Baker City, Ore., on Sep. 12, 2024, in this provided photo.
BAKER CITY, Ore. (KTVZ) — Pioneers of all ages and backgrounds are invited to celebrate Friday's reopening of the National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center in Baker City. After a three ...
BAKER CITY, Ore. — A crash along I-84 in eastern Oregon has closed the highway for a substantial stretch as road crews work to clear a semi that was carrying a wind turbine tower section.