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BAKER/POWDER VALLEY TENNIS: Six Bulldogs qualify for state tournament
Two Baker girls singles players, and two doubles teams have qualified to compete at the state Class 4A/3A/2A/1A tennis tournament May 23-25 at Oregon State University. Singles players Ludo Tricarico, who is an exchange student from Italy, and Liz Timm, the boys doubles team of Nate Jensen and Jayden Yencopal, and the girls doubles team of Olivia Jacoby and Kaitlyn Schwin qualified by advancing to the semifinals at the district tournament which started Thursday, May 16 and concludes Friday.
Baker City Police officer arrests man who twice tried to elude on motorcycle
A Baker City Police officer arrested a local man on Sunday, May 12, after the man, who was riding a motorcycle, twice tried to elude the officer. Officer Mason Powell arrested Brendan Andrew Ogan, 35, of Baker City, about 9:30 p.m. in the 200 block of Campbell Street.
Baker High presents ‘The Single Man’
The Baker High School theater department will present their spring play, “The Single Man,” on May 17 and 18 at 7 p.m. and May 19 at 3 p.m. All shows are in the BHS auditorium, 2500 E St. The play is a spoof on the television show “The...
BAKER/POWDER VALLEY SOFTBALL: Bulldogs close regular season with split at Ontario
The Baker/Powder Valley softball team closed its regular season with a win, rallying past Ontario 12-7 to salvage a split in a doubleheader Friday, May 10 at Ontario. The Bulldogs clinched third place in the Greater Oregon League, earning a Class 4A play-in game.
Northeast Oregon communities to receive millions in wildfire defense grants
NORTHEAST OREGON — Communities in Baker, Union and Gilliam counties will receive federal funds to strengthen wildfire defensives ahead of summer. The U.S. Forest Service announced that Oregon will receive more than $24 million and Washington will receive more than $26.6 million in Community Wildfire Defense grant awards. A...
Baker City council expected to vote on public safety fee
BAKER CITY — The Baker City council could vote to reestablish a public safety fee for residents at its meeting on Tuesday, May 14. A public safety fee was enacted last summer by a previous council. It was suspended by the current council in November of 2023. The new...
New BMS cafeteria set to finish in July under 5J bond project
Though it won’t be used by hungry students until this fall, the new Baker Middle School cafeteria is expected to be finished in July. The 6,150-square-foot structure, just west of BMS, is the largest project funded by the $4 million property tax bond measure that Baker School District voters approved in May 2021.
A tender Mother's Day gift
Hazel Crowell was all smiles despite the wintry wind swirling around the playground at South Baker Intermediate School on May 8. But Crowell, a fourth grader, ignored the breeze as she carefully chose the perfect plant and gently tamped soil around its roots into a tiny pot she painted especially for her mom.
Author Eileen Garvin talks with students at Baker Middle School
Libraries are known for quiet, but this space is surprisingly silent given that the tables — and floor — are filled with middle school students. Eileen Garvin smiles at the sea of heads bent over paper, the only sound a scratch of pencil as the students consider a page of writing prompts.
Baker City Police tipped off by FBI to alleged threat to Baker High by student
BAKER CITY – Baker City Police responded to a report of an online threat against Baker High School on Thursday, May 9. The Baker School District says the FBI flagged an online threat made by a student and notified local law enforcement yesterday, who immediately began an investigation, which is ongoing.
BAKER, POWDER VALLEY, PINE EAGLE TRACK AND FIELD: Rasean Jones breaks own Baker school record in 110-meter hurdles; several Bulldogs and Badgers qualify for state meet; Pine Eagle's Ella Randall will defend state title in shot put
PENDLETON — Baker’s Rasean Jones broke his own school record in the 110-meter hurdles in winning the district title Saturday, May 11, at Pendleton. Jones won the race in 14.28 seconds. That beat his record of 14.37 seconds, which he set earlier this year.
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