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BHS VOLLEYBALL: Baker beats Vale in tune-up for key league match against La...
By Gerry Steele gsteele@bakercityherald.com Baker geared up for its key Greater Oregon League volleyball match against La Grande Thursday by sweeping Vale in a nonleague match Tuesday on the Baker...
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Richland couple hurt in single-vehicle crash
A Richland couple were both taken by Lifeflight to a Boise hospital Thursday evening after their car went off Highway 86 and rolled near Richland. William Thompson, 82, and his wife, Beverly Jean...
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Dairy Queen latest victim of hackers
NEW YORK (AP) — Ice cream and fast food chain Dairy Queen is the latest retailer to reveal a hack of its customer data. The company said Thursday that hackers may have gained access to customer names,...
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The gift of a good book: The magic never ends
The words hand-printed in blue ink on the inside cover of the book have faded some over the 35 years since they were written, but their magic remains. There is at least a dollop of magic, I believe, in...
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Wehby for U.S. Senate
Here’s a hypothetical, but hardly implausible, scenario: Let’s say that during the next six years a federal action will threaten to significantly reduce the supply of irrigation water to the farms and...
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News of Record for Oct. 10, 2014
DEATHS Mary A. Champion: 86, of Boise, a former Baker City resident, died Oct. 7, 2014, at a Boise care center. The Cloverdale Funeral Home of Boise is in charge of arrangements. Delbert Morris: 80, a...
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Horse trainer balks at BLM
By Jayson Jacoby jjacoby@bakercityherald.com Lise Yervasi is perplexed about the BLM’s insistence that she turn over to the agency a wild horse she’s been training since late August at her ranch in...
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Equation Frustration
A new math curriculum is challenging Baker students, teachers By Chris Collins ccollins@bakercityherald.com Fifth-grade teacher Merrie Hensley can be found on YouTube these days trying to help her...
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Possible cougar tracks found along Powder River
Tracks that might have been made by a cougar were found earlier this week along the Powder River between Myrtle and Estes streets. Brian Ratliff, district wildlife biologist at the Oregon Department of...
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Re-elect Walden to U.S. House
Greg Walden has been representing Oregon’s 2nd Congressional District, which includes Baker County, for a decade and a half, but we don’t see any evidence that Walden is getting complacent. Indeed, the...
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Letters to the Editor for Oct. 13, 2014
Defend 2nd Amendment, elect Dennis Richardson With all the scandals and wasting of money that keep hitting the news about current Governor John Kitzhaber, it’s sometimes hard to get a clear and simple...
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City to consider changes to taxi fares
The Baker City Council on Tuesday will consider a proposal from the city’s two taxi companies to reduce fares for one-way trips and add a round-trip fare. The City Council will meet at 7 p.m. at City...
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No Ebola here, but what if. . .
By Chris Collins ccollins@bakercityherald.com While it’s unlikely that the deadly Ebola virus will reach Idaho or Oregon, St. Alphonsus hospitals in the region would be able to care for a patient at...
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BHS FOOTBALL: La Grande tops Bulldogs for first time in seven years
By Gerry Steele gsteele@bakercityherald.com and Eric Avissar eavisar@lagrandeobserver.com Four turnovers and two touchdowns nullified by holding penalties. Those were the negatives Baker faced against...
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Jeremy Barker, 2005 BHS grad, died in industrial accident Oct. 6
Jeremy Barker, who grew up in Baker City and graduated from Baker High School in 2005, died Oct. 6 as the result of an industrial accident at the Pro Saw manufacturing firm in Tualatin where he had...
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Harvey attends American Lands Council conference
Bill Harvey, who will replace Fred Warner Jr. as chairman of the Baker County Board of Commissioners in January, attended last week’s conference of the American Lands Council in Salt Lake City. The...
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Baker Police make drug arrest at middle school Monday, high school Tuesday
Baker City Police have cited a middle school student and a high school student in separate incidents involving drug possession. Baker City Police Chief Wyn Lohner said the middle school incident...
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Warner says he would accept another term if he won as write-in
He Won't Actively Campaign, However Fred Warner Jr., chairman of the Baker County Board of Commissioners who lost the Republican primary this May to Bill Harvey, said he would accept another term were...
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Re-elect Cliff Bentz to House
Cliff Bentz has already proved himself an able representative for Baker County in the Oregon Legislature. But we might need Bentz’s abilities even more in the future, which is why we encourage voters...
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Letters to the Editor for Oct. 15, 2014
Senator Merkley has a lot to answer for Senator Merkley has some very important questions he should answer before the election. At a town hall meeting in Baker City the majority of persons attending...
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