Baker City Herald

10/11/2025

Baker High School 2025 homecoming queen Kara Regan. The princesses are Gracie Spike, Mary Schwartz, Marley Barrett, Stella Carlson, Jocelyn Bork, Gwen Rasmussen, Meren Jesenko, Andie Jo Craigmile, Paige Anderson, Madi Rudi and Claire Bachman.

10/11/2025

Final score: La Grande 49, Baker 9

The Baker football team, coming off a dramatic rally to beat Pendleton 27-21 in overtime on Oct. 3, return to Baker Bulldog Memorial Stadium Friday, Oct. 10, to take on La Grande in the homecoming game at 7 p.m.

10/10/2025

Fire season officially ends Saturday, Oct. 11, on lands protected by the Oregon Department of Forestry in Northeastern Oregon.

LA GRANDE — Fire season will officially end at 12:01 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 11, on lands protected by the Oregon Department of Forestry's Northeast Oregon District.

10/10/2025

Sheriff Travis Ash says plastic cylinder contained what appeared to be "explosive powder." Oregon State Police is analyzing the contents of the device that a local man found in a borrowed car he was driving on Tuesday, Oct. 7.

The Baker County Sheriff’s Office is still trying to find out how an apparent pipe bomb ended up in a vehicle earlier this week.

10/10/2025

https://bakercityherald.com/2025/10/10/proposed-wetlands-project-along-eagle-creek-near-richland-prompts-concerns-from-city-others/

10/10/2025

Baker School District also replacing classroom floors as part of multi-year project.

A multi-year project to replace single-pane windows with more energy efficient double-pane windows, as well as front doors, continued this summer in several Baker School District buildings.

10/10/2025

Students can scan a card when they get on and off a bus, allowing parents to track their children through an app.

Baker School District parents can now track their students, in real time, when they are riding a daily route or traveling to a game.

10/10/2025

10/10/2025

The Baker volleyball team is on its home court Thursday evening to play Pendleton with the Greater Oregon League lead, and an inside track to a Class 4A playoff berth, at stake.

10/10/2025

https://bakercityherald.com/2025/10/09/baker-cross-country-bulldog-girls-2nd-boys-4th-at-ontario-meet/

ONTARIO — The Baker girls placed second and the boys fourth in the Glenn Crosby Invitational Cross-Country meet Thursday, Oct. 9, at Treasure Valley Community College. In the varsity girls race, Baker’s Gwen Rasmussen was 8th overall, and Austin Hilton was 10th. Gabe Schwartz placed sixth in the...

10/09/2025

Advisory prompted by cyanobacteria levels.

The Oregon Health Authority has issued a recreational use health advisory for the Powder River Arm of Brownlee Reservoir near Richland due to cyanobacteria levels from an algae bloom.

10/09/2025

https://bakercityherald.com/2025/10/09/out-and-about-the-splendor-of-fall-foliage-along-crane-creek-trail/