Business
Forest Service axes 21-inch logging ban in Eastern Oregon
PORTLAND — The Trump administration is removing a decades-old ban on logging large trees in six national forests…
Northwest
Drilling continues on city’s new well
Drilling continues on Baker City’s new drinking-water well, but progress has been slower than expected since the $677,000…
Northwest
Umatilla prison COVID-19 outbreak claims three more lives
UMATILLA — Three inmates who tested positive for COVID-19 in the ongoing outbreak at Two Rivers Correctional Institution…
Coronavirus
Baker County back in extreme category
BAKER COUNTY — Baker County’s respite from Oregon’s most extreme COVID-19 restrictions will last just two weeks. The…
Northwest
Northwest news in brief
Hanford contractor to lay off 30 workers KENNEWICK, Wash. — Hanford contractor Mission Support Alliance plans to lay…
Northwest
Baker City has new mayor
BAKER CITY — Kerry McQuisten is Baker City’s new mayor. City councilors, who choose the mayor from among…
Northwest
Environmentalists move toward lawsuit over fuel break plan
RENO, Nev. — Environmentalists have filed a notice of intent to sue the U.S government to block plans…
Northwest
John Day Logging company sues, halts distributions from COVID-19 fund for Black Oregonians
JOHN DAY — A John Day-based lawsuit has halted further distributions of COVID-19 funds earmarked by the governor…
Northwest
Doing its part
HERMISTON — As rising COVID-19 numbers spark worry about hospital capacity in Oregon, the ability to quickly move…
Northwest
Don’t toss your federal stimulus aid into the trash
BAKER CITY — Cherie Ward considered tossing the envelope into the trash. It would have been the most…
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