2+ hour ago  (673+ words) Published 6: 11 pm Friday, June 19, 2026 BAKER CITY " Lupita Kirklin walked toward the 2001 Jaguar XJ8 sedan she has owned for more than 20 years and was shocked to see that the rear bumper was crushed and that the impact from another vehicle had pushed…...

9+ hour, 46+ min ago  (495+ words) Published 10: 29 am Friday, June 19, 2026 BAKER CITY " After slightly more than a year with a single pharmacy, a prescription for long lines and frustrated customers, Baker City and Baker County residents will soon have a second option. Baker City Pharmacy, owned…...

11+ hour ago  (273+ words) Published 9: 10 am Friday, June 19, 2026 The lead investigator in the wildfire that burned near Huntington on June 6 said he hopes to finish a report within a few weeks. Craig Kretschmer of the Oregon State Fire Marshal's Office said on Thursday, June…...

10+ hour, 51+ min ago  (114+ words) Published 9: 34 am Friday, June 19, 2026 BAKER CITY " Oregon Trail Electric Cooperative is responding to two power outages, one just south of Baker City and the other in Sumpter Valley, both caused by a tree falling across a line. The outage started…...

14+ hour, 15+ min ago  (501+ words) Published 5: 55 am Friday, June 19, 2026 BAKER CITY " A Baker City teenager is planning to race his motorcycle most of the length of Nevada. And Kane Hellberg won't be taking the freeway. Hellberg, 17, is already an accomplished off-road motorcycle racer. After five…...

14+ hour, 12+ min ago  (124+ words) Published 5: 57 am Friday, June 19, 2026 THIRD-DEGREE THEFT, RESISTING ARREST: Travis Clyde Hancock, 30, Baker City, 12: 46 a. m. June 19 in the 200 block of Campbell Street; jailed. WARRANT (King County, Washington, Superior Court): Christopher John Carroll Jr. , 39, Baker City, 10: 03 p. m. June 18 at Second and Broadway streets; jailed....

15+ hour, 6+ min ago  (357+ words) Published 5: 00 am Friday, June 19, 2026 LA GRANDE " Oregon Humanities is helping Oregonians talk about democracy, freedom and what it means to be American in community conversations across the state. These programs are part of Beyond 250, a series of conversations in honor…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago  (433+ words) Published 10: 09 am Thursday, June 18, 2026 BAKER CITY " Eric Vincent Swanlund, the 43-year-old Baker City man accused of raping a 15-year-old girl several times in 2024, will have a new attorney. Judge Matt Shirtcliff in Baker County Circuit Court on Thursday, June 18, approved…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago  (380+ words) Published 5: 00 am Thursday, June 18, 2026 LA GRANDE " Don Gavitte's comedy started at a funeral. It was 2018, and he was delivering the eulogy at his dad's funeral. "I always made him laugh, and that's how we communicated," he said. His dad worked…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago  (584+ words) Published 5: 00 am Thursday, June 18, 2026 BAKER CITY " The Baker City Cycling Classic races into town for a three-day, four-stage competition June 26-28. For 25 years, this summer event has welcomed bicyclists to race the roads around Baker and Union counties. Brian Cimmiyotti, race…...