U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today announced that the Baker Technical Institute has secured a $147,203 federal grant to increase access to health care training for rural students in remote and frontier areas of eastern Oregon.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development is investing nearly $150,000 to increase access to health care training for rural residents in remote and frontier areas of eastern Oregon, announced State Director John Huffman today.

Doug Dalton hopes the Baker Technical Institute’s latest, and largest, contract for job training is just the start.

The Idaho Transportation Department hired Baker Technical Institute (BTI) to train 20 people to operate heavy equipment used in highway construction and repair work.

Baker Technical Institute (BTI) is pleased to announce that the Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) has selected BTI to provide heavy highway construction training in Boise, Idaho. The training is part of a Federal Highway Administration pilot program to increase the pipeline of skilled workers for highway construction projects.

The young men spending time at the Camp Florence Youth Transitional Facility, located on South Jetty Road, are in the area as part of a comprehensive program designed to improve their life skills and return them to the world and workforce better prepared to succeed.

Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing that nine Northwest tribes and communities will receive a total of $4.75 million to assess and clean up contaminated properties under the agency’s Brownfields Program.

Baker Technical Institute (BTI) is pleased to announce that the Oregon Department of Human Services (DHS) has awarded a contract to BTI to provide workforce development training and support services to individuals who are recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).

When Dawson Vanderwiele walks into a heavy equipment operator training class in Baker Technical Institute in Baker City, Ore., not many students suspect that she’s the instructor.