Baker County News

The superintendent of the Pine-Eagle School District in Halfway said the cows that were donated to the district by ranchers last year provided a superior source of protein compared with the chicken nuggets the district had been serving because of rising food costs and school budget cuts.

Nearly 250 ranchers and townspeople came together for a dinner and auction Friday that raised $7,300 for the Baker County Livestock Association's Beef to Schools program.

A tip from mushroom pickers led police to what they say is the first major marijuana plantation they have found in the Elkhorn Mountains.

These logs are the highlights of initial emergency calls and reports to the Douglas County Dispatch Center.

The Senate on Thursday voted to consolidate education service districts in Oregon, from 20 to 13, and to make the board positions appointed, not elected.

Grasshoppers, long the bane of Baker County ranchers, are returning, but insect control specialists say there is still a chance of avoiding a repeat of last year's widespread infestation.

Kirby Nagelhout Construction Co. of Bend will serve as construction manager-general contractor for the Lime Energy Wind Project in southern Baker County.

The two men are 1993 Baker High School graduates. "I was like, are you sure this is not a mistake - are you sure you have the right person?" he said during a telephone interview from Colorado Thursday.

Baker County sheriff's deputies are investigating who dumped a pair of month-old Appaloosa fillies between Sumpter and Whitney over the weekend.

Baker Loves Bikes might be a simple name, but this group has big plans for the local community.

A young wolf believed to have killed livestock in Eastern Oregon has been trapped and released with a radio collar, so that wildlife officials can keep track of it.

Ranchers are pressing the Oregon Legislature for legislation to let them track and kill wolves that attack livestock.

A herd of bighorn sheep appears to be thriving in the remote Burnt River Canyon in eastern Oregon after they were reintroduced in the late 1980s.

SALEM, Ore. - A bill introduced by two Western Oregon legislators could alter Idaho Power's plans to build a transmission line through Baker County.

BAKER CITY - The Republican leader of the Oregon Senate has introduced a bill he says is designed to get an Idaho utility company to move the proposed route of a high-voltage line off Eastern Oregon farmland.

Oregon's small-lot timber owners may be able to take advantage of the federal economic stimulus package.

BAKER CITY - Senate Minority Leader Ted Ferrioli warned his constituents to expect the worst when state economist Tom Potiowsky releases his revenue forecast Friday.

A lot of history and an estimated 55,000 emigrants passed Flagstaff Hill outside today's Baker City between 1840 and 1860.

A former youth pastor accused of sex crimes has been arraigned on accusations he sharpened a toothbrush for use as a weapon in the Baker County Jail.

A 9-percent drop in manufacturing employment in Baker County stems largely from layoffs of 47 workers representing half of the work force at Behlen Mfg.