Baker City

For the fifth installment of Stop Requested, we solve a public transit mystery to Baker City, where we attend The Great Salt Lick Auction. And then end up in back of a patrol car.

Whit Deschner, the founder of the Great Salt Lick auction and contest in Baker City, and Mib Dailey, a rancher and auctioneer, share their perspectives on the enduring success of the annual event which has raised more than $200,000 for Parkinson's disease research since 2006.

Caused by a July 17 lightning strike, the uncontained Durkee Fire has already consumed more than 170,000 acres in Malheur and Baker counties as of Monday.

City manager pursues tourism revenue as voters reject tax levy to help fund police, fire departments

A previous iteration of the council imploded in September after political acrimony and a wave of resignations left the city’s governing body with no members. The Baker County Board of Commissioners appointed new councilors in October, who faced one of their first challenges when they took action on a contentious public safety fee that helped tear apart the last council.

Baker City's government and political system essentially ceased to exist for weeks this year, and the pieces are just now getting put back together. On the latest episode of OPB Politics Now, editor Ryan Haas and reporter Antonio Sierra discuss the political acrimony in Baker City and much more.

Tasked with reforming a City Council where every member had resigned, the Baker County Board of Commissioners appointed four new councilors and swore them in immediately at a meeting Wednesday.

Wave of September resignations left the council with no members amid budget challenges

In the short-term, county residents still need to travel dozens of miles to get maternity care

Senators and governor tell local hospital, "the community now understands it’s on its own."