Baker City News

A news release at 10 a.m. Monday advised that two crashes on I-84 in Eastern Oregon have shut down the eastbound highway at mile point 216, six miles east of Pendleton.

During the American Hereford Association Annual Membership Meeting Nov. 2 new AHA officers were announced and three new directors were elected to serve on the AHA Board.

Police arrested a 24-year-old man wanted for an Oct. 22 shooting in Baker City. District Attorney Matt Shirtcliff of Baker County says investigators traveled to Portland to arrest Zachary Persicke on a charge of first-degree assault.

Authorities have identified a suspect in the shooting of a 46-year-old man at a Baker City home last week.

BAKER CITY, Ore. - A Baker City man has asked the Oregon Elections Division to investigate whether former City Manager Steve Brocato and a current city employee violated state law by twice signing petitions in the City Council recall campaign.

BAKER CITY, Ore. - Joseph Kehoe shrugs off his jacket to reveal a black T-shirt emblazoned with a lime green ox and wagon and the words "You have died of dysentery." His says this design, inspired by the 1970s computer game "Oregon Trail," lends a mood to his presentation of adventures and scary stories.

Committee collects six times more money than the group promoting the recall of Mayor Dennis Dorrah and City Councilor Beverly Calder A committee that supports Baker City Mayor Dennis Dorrah and Councilor Beverly Calder has raised six times more money than the group that urges voters to remove the pair from office through a recall.

The body of a Portland man missing since August has been found in Baker County. Undersheriff Warren Thompson says three hunters brought a cooler to the sheriff's office Friday afternoon.

When President Barack Obama signed the $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act in February, he challenged states to implement the economic stimulus package with an "unprecedented level of public transparency and accountability." In Oregon, we took that challenge very seriously.

Baker City, OR . On Friday, October 2 at 8:00 a.m., the Deer Creek Road up Big Canyon, Forest Road 8270, will open for public access to the Cougar Ridge Trailhead.

Sen. Ron Wyden and his colleagues had a good idea: Examine whether it makes economic sense to restore Amtrak service through the Columbia Gorge, Eastern Oregon and Southern Idaho.

The blend may sound a bit odd, but brewers Ron Gansberg and Curtis Bain say you'll be surprised by the "lift and color found in the final result." Barley Brown's Baker City Wild Wet-Hopped American Strong Pale Ale : Employing country roadside hops from Baker City, Oregon, this beer is a kind one of kind.

The Ash Grove Cement Co. is shutting down production at it's Durkee plant south of Baker City along Interstate 84, idling 68 workers, because of the continued slowdown in construction nationwide.

September 30, 2009, 8 a.m. Judy Wing, 541-519-4623 Christie Shaw, 541-886-2881 Big Sheep Fire Cools Baker City, OR.

September 29, 2009, 8 a.m. Judy Wing, 541-519-4623 Christie Shaw, 541-886-2881 Baker City, OR.

Two people are dead and three others are injured after a car crash on I-84 Sunday morning.

A 62-year-old man from Vale was killed Friday night after the car in which he was riding struck a cow on Interstate 84 approximately 30 miles east of Baker City.

Jeanice, 87, and Bill Raper, 91, were married Sept. 2, 1939, in Bend. Earlier this month, they celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary.

Baker City is one of eastern Oregon's most progressive communities. One reason to visit is the charming Earth & Vine restaurant and art gallery.

A group of friends re-create the '08 tour through the scenic northeast corner -- serious hill climbs, friendly towns and all -- but with a Support Subaru and lots more comfort Greg Lee, Cycle Oregon From sunlight-dappled foothills to the majestic Wallowa Mountains, the views in northeastern Oregon are spectacular.