Baker City Herald

Four people in two separate boats made it safely back to Hewitt Park, on the Powder River arm of Brownlee Reservoir near Richland, after both vessels had fuel problems on Monday afternoon, May 23. The incident started around 1:17 p.m. when Baker County Dispatch received a cellphone call from a...

The Baker City Council on Tuesday, May 24, will review a draft of the city’s proposal to Baker County for continuing to provide ambulance service. Councilors will meet at 7 p.m. at City Hall, 1655 First St. Baker County, which is responsible under Oregon law for choosing ambulance providers,...

Lone lunatics who murder a bunch of strangers don’t deserve to have their culpability curbed. Not even by a minuscule amount. Yet the latest member of this most dubious of clubs already has what amounts to a publicity campaign that perversely diminishes his culpability. Payton Gendron, 18, is accused...

The youngsters line up around the black rug covered with white polka dots, toys clutched in small hands, ready for Melody Brooks to say “go!”. When she does, the kids toss their toy in the hopes it lands squarely on a white dot. None does. Each child scrambles to...

Oregon Gov. Kate Brown has declared a drought emergency in Baker County, granting a request that Baker County commissioners made on April 28. Commissioners initially approved a drought disaster resolution on April 6. On Friday, May 13, Brown issued an executive order declaring a drought emergency in Baker and three...