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Agency kills about 160 ravens in Baker County in final year of four-year effort to protect sage grouse. OSP finds suspect in elk poaching. Out and About: A tale of two trails in one: Maxwell Lake. Forest Service seeks help from public to identify people who damaged fee tubes on La Grande Ranger District, stole money.
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23 hours ago · Delca ‘Michelle’ Story-Wandke: 66, formerly of Baker City, died Sept. 15, 2024, at her home in Vancouver, Washington, surrounded by her family. A celebration of her life will be Dec. 7, 2024, at 11 a.m. at Orchards United Methodist Church, 11000 NE Plain Blvd. in Vancouver. Condolences and memories can be sent to [email protected].
Property owner seeks to overturn county's resolution declaring …
1 day ago · Attorneys for Baker County and for a property owner along Pine Creek west of Baker City will argue about the legality of the county’s 2022 resolution designating a section of the Pine Creek Road, which runs through the owner’s parcel, …
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1 day ago · As Steve Culley listened to the tribute to America’s military veterans he was thinking not of his own wartime service but of two others. They were not standing beside him on the damp and blustery morning of Monday, Nov. 11. But he could see them. Their names were etched in metal on the war memorial on the east side of the Baker County Courthouse.
Two of 3 juveniles plead guilty in Central Building fire
6 days ago · Two of the three juveniles charged with arson in the May 22 fire that destroyed Baker City's historic Central Building have pleaded guilty in juvenile court and will spend an unspecified amount of time in an Oregon Youth Authority prison, District Attorney Greg Baxter told the county commissioners on Wednesday morning, Nov. 6.
Mental Health Court designed to help Baker County residents …
5 days ago · Mental Health Court participant says program has given him hope. Jestin Harding said a special court program in Baker County has helped him get a job, a home and a future he is confident will be free of the drug abuse and criminal charges he …
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Attorneys spar over motion to dismiss former Baker City fire chief's $999,999 lawsuit against city. The attorney defending Baker City in former fire chief Todd Jaynes’ $999,999 civil lawsuit argued in a hearing on Friday, Nov. 1, that the contract Jaynes signed in July 2023 was not binding b….
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Attorneys spar over motion to dismiss former Baker City fire chief's $999,999 lawsuit against city. The attorney defending Baker City in former fire chief Todd Jaynes’ $999,999 civil lawsuit argued in a hearing on Friday, Nov. 1, that the contract Jaynes signed in July 2023 was not binding b….
Baker City's heat wave continues to break records
Jul 22, 2024 · Lisa Britton/Baker City Herald. The most severe heat wave on record in Baker City, now in its third week, continues to set records. The high temperature of 102 degrees on Sunday, July 21, at the Baker City Airport broke the record of 100 set in 2005. And on Monday, July 22, the temperature soared to 105, breaking the record of 102 set in 1961.
Storm batters Baker City with 66 mph winds, heavy rain
Jul 25, 2024 · The cold front that ended Baker City’s most severe heat wave also spawned a thunderstorm with gale-force winds that caused power and internet outages and littered streets with fallen trees and limbs on Wednesday afternoon, July 24. “There (were) about four or five emergency response calls that we had,” City Manager Barry Murphy said.