| Baker City Herald | |
| Type: | Tri-weekly newspaper |
| Foundation: | May 11, 1870 |
| Owners: | EO Media Group |
| Editor: | Jayson Jacoby |
| Circulation: | 1,948 Print 329 Digital |
| Circulation Date: | 2023 |
| Circulation Ref: | [1] |
| Headquarters: | 1915 1st Street, Baker City, Oregon 97814 United States |
The Baker City Herald is a tri-weekly paper published in Baker City, Oregon, United States, since 1870.[2] It is published on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays and is owned by EO Media Group.[2]
The Herald was established as the Bedrock-Democrat on May 11, 1870.[3] Its founders were Milton H. Abbott, who had previously launched the Oregon Herald, and Lewis Linn McArthur.[4] In 1887 Ira Bowen and George Small purchased the newspaper for $2500. Bowen and Small published the Daily Democrat and ran the Bedrock Democrat as a weekly edition.[5]
In 1929, the Bedrock-Democrat merged with the city's other daily paper, the Morning Herald, to become the Baker Democrat-Herald. When the city's name was changed from Baker back to Baker City in 1990, the paper was renamed to Baker City Herald. The Herald went from being published five days a week to three on June 1, 2009.
In 2019, EO Media Group acquired the Baker City Herald from Western Communications.[6] [7] In June 2024, EO Media Group announced the Baker City Herald will cease print publication and go online-only. All print subscribers will instead receive the East Oregonian, published weekly and including news from Baker City Herald's website.[8] [9]