Author: Jayson Jacoby | Baker City Herald | Blue Mountain Eagle

Jayson has worked at the Baker City Herald since November 1992, starting as a reporter. He has been editor since December 2007. He graduated from the University of Oregon Journalism School in 1992 with a bachelor's degree in news-editorial journalism.

Recreation

ODFW schedules online meetings to discuss proposed 2026 changes to mule deer hunting

SALEM — The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife will host a series of online public meetings July ... Read more

Local

Forest Service schedules public meetings across NE Oregon for Blue Mountains Forest Plan revision

The three national forests in the Blue Mountains have scheduled a series of public meetings during July to ... Read more

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Oregon Department of Forestry adds fire restrictions starting July 2

With hot, dry weather forecast to continue, the Oregon Department of Forestry is tightening restrictions designed to reduce ... Read more

News

Bentz: Sale of public lands in West not right for federal spending bill

Rep. Cliff Bentz, the lone Republican in Oregon’s congressional delegation, said June 25 that he opposes a provision ... Read more

Local

Federal payments in lieu of property taxes total more than $6 million in NE Oregon

A federal program dating to 1977 that sends millions of dollars annually to counties based on the amount ... Read more

Local

Nonprofit that encourages Eastern Oregon students to consider health care careers fears potential loss of federal funding

Proposed cuts in federal spending could jeopardize the future of a nonprofit that encourages residents in 11 counties ... Read more

Local

Oregon Department of Forestry declares start of fire season, with permits and other requirements for outdoor burning, starting June 5 in NE Oregon

LA GRANDE — Although snow still covers the higher mountains and the grass is still green in places, ... Read more

Local

Umatilla National Forest planning major project

PENDLETON — The Umatilla National Forest is taking public comments about one of the bigger logging and prescribed ... Read more

Agriculture

State president says FFA ‘like a second family’

Alex Wise is a senior at Baker High School BAKER CITY — Alex Wise thought he was joining ... Read more

News

Baker City man dies when car goes off road into Burnt River near Huntington

BAKER COUNTY — A Baker City man died when the car he was driving went off a steep ... Read more

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