Business

Baker City barley malter wins three awards in international competition

BAKER CITY — Behind the glass of beer, with its photogenic bubbles and foamy white head, there are…

Local

Fed court hears arguments over controversial transmission line

SALEM — Opponents of a 300-mile transmission line in Eastern Oregon claim the U.S. Bureau of Land Management’s…

Northwest

Congressman hopes politics align on divisive Northwest dams

SPOKANE, Wash. — Nearly two decades ago, Republican President George W. Bush stood on a bank of the…

Northwest

Officials say floods are nowhere on the horizon after snow blankets Blue Mountains

PENDLETON — After last week’s winter storms covered Northeast Oregon in snow, followed by sunshine and warmer temperatures…

Northwest

Snow scarcely stops at ski area

ANTHONY LAKES — Peter Johnson is not the sort who begrudges a blizzard. But even as someone who…

Northwest

Baker School District asks voters to approve $4 million bond in May

BAKER CITY — The Baker School Board decided officially on Thursday, Feb. 18, to ask voters in the…

Business

Beef association elects Ione man as policy VP

WASHINGTON — The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association during its regional caucus elected Skye Krebs, a native of Ione,…

Coronavirus

Umatilla County infant dies with COVID-19

UMATILLA COUNTY — Oregon’s first COVID-19-related death of a child between 0-9 years old has occurred — an…

Local

Reflecting on the flood

ELGIN — Many in Umatilla County and Walla Walla County in Washington continue to struggle to recover a…

Northwest

OTEC crews helping in ice storm

BAKER CITY — Oregon Trail Electric Cooperative’s four-man crew is working to help fellow utilities restore power in…

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