Input Sought on Gold Mining Proposals
The Bureau of Land Management is seeking input on two proposals to conduct placer gold mining operations in southwest Baker County. The 30-day public comment period will open February 5th and continue through March 6th. Both proposals call for the use of mechanized equipment in quarter acre increments, and would include concurrent reclamation over 24 […]
Read MoreSearch on for Moose Killer
The hunt is now on for whoever is responsible for the killing of a cow moose in Malheur County. The Oregon State Police Fish and Wildlife Division is now asking for your help to find whoever took and wasted the cow moose which was discovered dead in a private agricultural field located off East Island […]
Read MoreGovernor Declares Drug Emergency
Oregon Governor Tina Kotek, along with Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler and other state officials on Tuesday, declared a fentanyl state of emergency for downtown Portland as drug use, dealing and overdose deaths continue to ravage Oregon’s largest city. The plan now is to attempt to synchronize city, state and county responses to the public health […]
Read MoreLa Grande Man Arrested for Assault
A young man from La Grande was arrested for assault and trying to fight police. 19-year-old Joseph Porras of La Grande is now in the Union County jail and facing multiple charges after a domestic disturbance at a home on 2nd street near La Grande High that happened on Saturday night. He now faces charges […]
Read MoreBody of Missing Fisherman Recovered
The body of a man from Granite who went through the ice while fishing at Phillips Reservoir has been recovered. The Baker County Sheriff’s Office says 69 year old Mark Norenberg of Granite, Oregon drowned while ice fishing. After sawing channels in the ice, and then using boats, search and rescuers located the body of […]
Read MoreTax Form Error Affects Thousands
A mailing error is affecting tax forms for Oregon residents who received unemployment in 2023. Apparently, the error occurred while sending the tax form 1099-G to those who have received benefits from the Unemployment Insurance program, and it has impacted 32,960 out of 122,245 mailings, meaning some individuals may have not received a tax form […]
Read More2 Rescued After Plane Crash
A plane crash that happened last Friday in Wallowa County remains under investigation. According to the Wallowa County Sheriff’s Office, searchers located the crash soon after it was first reported, but due to rough, steep terrain, rescuers had to rappel down from helicopters to the crash site. The two people in the plane, a pilot […]
Read MoreCrash Blamed on Icy Roads
Icy road conditions are being blamed for a crash last Thursday at the intersection of Wingville Lane and Highway 30, north of Baker City. The Baker County Sheriff’s Office says a truck lost control and slid through the intersection, colliding with another vehicle. A power pole was sheared off, but there were no serious injuries […]
Read MoreLa Grande Woman Accuses Man of Hitting Her with A Bat
A domestic dispute resulted in the arrest of a man from La Grande. Police were called to Jefferson Avenue in La Grande by a female who said that she’d been assaulted with a “bat.” Police arrived to find the victim bleeding from a wound on the back of her head. Her attacker was said to […]
Read MoreMissing Fisherman
The Baker County Search and Rescue team was deployed after the sheriff’s office got a call about a chair on the ice on Phillips Reservoir with a large hole next to it, but nobody around. A vehicle was parked at the boat ramp, there was a dog with the vehicle, but nobody else was around. […]
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