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Cardio Class
St. Alphonsus Medical Center promoting its GoNoodle exercise program at Baker schools Smiles spread across the fifth-graders’ faces as a silly character onscreen raises its hands in the air to stretch....
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April: More sunshine than showers
3rd-Warmest April on record April had the record all but wrapped up. Until the north wind barged into Baker City and unravelled pretty much anything that wasn’t adequately anchored.
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Fire app assists rural districts
Some residents in the Baker and Bowen valley areas might see a fire engine rolling up their driveway this spring or early summer. But the mission won’t be an emergency call. A project started last year...
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News of Record for May 2, 2016
FUNERAL PENDING Andrew H. ‘Andy’ Johnson: Graveside memorial service will be Saturday, May 7, at 1 p.m. at Mount Hope Cemetery. Donations may be made to Heart ’N Home Hospice or the Baker FFA through...
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Letters to the Editor for May 2, 2016
Future of America might hinge on this election It’s time to think long and hard about your future or the potential lack of one. Our country is on the brink of an economic breakdown. When this happens...
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Urban Forestry
City replacing six trees on Main Street The Baker City Tree Board’s campaign to improve the city’s downtown “forest” — and reduce the risk of people tripping on buckled sidewalks — continues this...
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County sells lot in biz park
Owners of a hop storage business with Baker City ties plan to build processing facility on the 2.47-acre lot in Elkhorn View Industrial Park The Baker County Commission approved the sale of a property...
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News of Record for April 29, 2016
FUNERAL PENDING Andrew H. ‘Andy’ Johnson: Graveside memorial service will be Saturday, May 7, at 1 p.m. at Mount Hope Cemetery. Donations may be made to Heart ’N Home Hospice or the Baker FFA through...
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Spring scourge and shedding willows
Willow trees and dogs have more in common than you might have thought. One thing, anyway. Which, given the general dissimilarity between animals and plants, perhaps is one more thing than you expected....
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Letters to the Editor for April 29, 2016
Nichols knows how to run the county efficiently I support Bruce Nichols for Baker County commissioner. He is smart. He has been an accountant for decades. He knows the math, and the numbers in a budget...
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Elect Bruce Nichols as commissioner
Republican voters in Baker County have three legitimate candidates to choose from as they decide who they want to represent them as a county commissioner. But we believe Bruce Nichols is the strongest...
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BHS BOYS GOLF: Bulldogs win two tournaments
Baker placed first in the Baker Boys Golf Invitationnal tournament Monday at Quail Ridge Golf Course. The Bulldogs shot an overall team score of 360. Cayn Osborn was third in the individual standings...
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Career Milestone
Baker City Fire Department’s Newest Lieutenant Sara Blair, the Baker City Fire Department’s first woman to be hired as a career employee, reached another milestone this week. Blair, 40, was promoted to...
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Baker City manager interviews May 9, 10
The Baker City Council will interview four candidates for the city manager job May 9 and 10. The finalists to replace Mike Kee, who is retiring, include one Baker City resident — Fred Warner Jr.,...
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Forum attracts a crowd
The three Republicans who want to be the next Baker County commissioner fielded questions during a forum Tuesday that ranged from the use of public land to this winter’s occupation of a wildlife refuge...
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News of Record for April 27, 2016
FUNERALS PENDING Andrew H. ‘Andy’ Johnson: Graveside memorial service will be Saturday, May 7, at 1 p.m. at Mount Hope Cemetery. Donations may be made to Heart ’N Home Hospice or the Baker FFA through...
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Letters to the Editor for April 27, 2016
Justus will protect our constitutional rights I have had the pleasure of watching Kody Justus working behind the scenes for the past year and a half.....as a concerned citizen, without compensation,...
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News of Record for April 25, 2016
Deaths David E. Midkiff: 73,of Baker City, died April 24, 2016, at St. Alphonsus Medical Center in Baker City. Gray’s West & Co. is in charge of arrangements. Merle Hogg: 91, of Halfway, died...
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Chain reaction
Science and art combine to produce Baker Middle School mural By Lisa Britton For the Baker City Herald A contraption inspired by student artwork now decorates a section of wall inside the gym at Baker...
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Med Transport offers service
North Powder man proposes providing interfacility transports for nonemergencies By Joshua Dillen jdillen@bakercityherald.com A new ambulance service is vying to provide nonemergent interfacility...
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