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Baker County Commissioners voted unanimously on Wednesday morning, Oct. 16, to give Friends of the Baker Heritage Museum $100,000 in lodging taxes for a project to display one of Oregon’s most famous gold nuggets.

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Baker County commissioners award $100,000 in lodging taxes for gold display at Baker Heritage Museum

Baker County Commissioner Bruce Nichols will serve as interim administrator of the Baker County Health Department after Meghan Chancey leaves the position on Oct. 22.

Baker County Commissioner Bruce Nichols to serve as interim health department administrator

A Washington man whose car was impounded on Tuesday, Oct. 15, after he was arrested that morning for driving under the influence of intoxicants on Interstate 84 was arrested a second time, early on Wednesday, after he allegedly broke into…

Washington man arrested after breaking into his own car in impound yard

A Vale man who served four and a half years in state prison for the January 2020 fatal shooting of Angela Parrish in Baker City has filed a notice with Baker City that he might file a civil lawsuit claiming…

Greenwood files notice that he might file civil lawsuit against Baker City

The Baker City Council has endorsed Police Chief Ty Duby’s plan to hire one or two more officers with a goal of reducing overtime and improving morale in the department, which has been plagued by frequent turnover the past few…

Baker City Council endorses plan to hire one or two police officers

Quail Ridge Golf Course is hosting the second annual Surf and Turf fundraiser on Friday, Nov. 1, to benefit the Baker City Backpack Program.

Oyster feed fundraiser benefits the Baker City Backpack Program

An Oct. 11 story on local election races in Ulster and Dutchess counties should have reported that Dana Peterson is seeking a Rhinebeck Town Board seat. The last name was incorrectly spelled in the story. Kingston lawmakers voted 5-3 Tuesday, Oct. 1, not 8-0, to send proposed legislation requiring the city to do a “due diligence” study for project labor agreements for certain large capital projects back to the Laws and Rules Committee. Casting n…

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The Baker County Master Gardeners are collecting feedback from the community on horticulture classes that could be offered in 2025.

Master Gardener program is seeking feedback

A Sweet Home man who was hunting in the mountains south of Phillips Reservoir on Wednesday, Oct. 16, was hurt when the ATV he was riding flipped over while he was backing it up.

Sweet Home man hurt when ATV flips over south of Phillips Reservoir

Attorneys for Idaho Power Company filed five more condemnation lawsuits this week seeking permanent easements across private property for the Boardman-to-Hemingway power line the company wants to finish in 2027

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