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The three Baker County commissioners intend to meet the afternoon of Oct. 18 to hear from candidates and appoint four members to the Baker City Council, reconstituting a quorum for

After approving the budget Wednesday night, May 3, the 14-member Baker City Budget Board voted on a motion of no confidence for City Manager Jonathan Cannon.

The Baker City Council, facing a projected $1 million shortfall in the city’s general fund for the coming fiscal year, is proposing to bridge part of the gap by charging

Baker City councilors voted 4-2 Tuesday night, April 11, to remove Beverly Calder as mayor.

BAKER CITY — A Baker City man who apparently regretted the story he told police that landed his fiancee in jail Friday, Jan. 22, on a domestic violence charge later called 911 allegedly threatening to blow up a building if he also wasn’t arrested. Baker City Police Chief Ray Duman said the incident started when officers responded to the couple’s home on a report of a disturbance and arrested Kellie Marrae Neary, 50, for fourth-degree assault constituting domestic violence. Police...

BAKER CITY — A Baker City man who apparently regretted the story he told police that landed his fiancee in jail on Friday, Jan. 22, on a domestic violence charge later called 911 allegedly threatening to blow up a building if he also wasn’t arrested. Baker City Police Chief Ray Duman said the incident started when officers arrested Kellie Marrae Neary, 50, at the couple’s home after responding to a report of a disturbance. Neary was charged with fourth-degree assault constituting...

A friend who routinely checked in on a Baker City couple found the man and woman both dead in their home Saturday morning, Police Chief Ray Duman said Monday. The deceased are Wendi Page, 51, and Peter L. Cassinelli IV, 53, who both lived at 2985 Cedar St. Police were dispatched to the house at about 9:30 a.m. Saturday. “There were no signs of forced entry and no signs of trauma,” Duman said, noting that Page and Cassinelli both had “severe medical issues.” Dr. Eric Lamb, Ba...

Baker City Police Chief Ray Duman said officers, in separate incidents earlier this week, found two Baker City men in their vehicles, unresponsive, and both were later confirmed as having died of natural causes. The two men, Donald H. Phillips, 90, of 44484 Deer Haven Road, and Christopher Christie, 72, of 1985 15th St., both were found in the driver’s seats of their vehicles. Duman said Phillips was found in his 2018 Ford pickup truck about 9:05 a.m. Monday at Resort Street and Washington...