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Deadly Baker City fire ruled accidental
BAKER CITY – A fire that ripped through a house and killed an elderly man in March has been deemed accidental, according to Baker City Police. On March 13 at about 9:00pm, the Baker City Fire Department and Baker City Police were dispatched to a report of a house fire at 2235 Ohio Street in Baker City, Oregon.
Baker City Downtown designated as a 2024 affiliate program by Main Street America
BAKER CITY — (Release from Baker City Downtown) Baker City Downtown has been designated as an Affiliate Main Street America program for meeting significant performance standards. Each year, Main Street America and its partners announce the list of designated programs to recognize their commitment to create meaningful improvements to their downtowns using preservation-based economic development and community revitalization through the Main Street Approach™.
Union County commissioners to consider appointments to boards
LA GRANDE —The Union County Board of Commissioners will meet on Wednesday, May 1. The session will start at 9 a.m. in the commissioner’s meeting room in the Joseph Building, 1106 K Ave. Appointments to the Union County Vector Control Board of Directors and the Union County Planning Commission will be among the items to be discussed at the meeting.
La Grande School District looking into student tracking system for buses
LA GRANDE – During the April 11th School board meeting, the La Grande School District examined current and future upgrades to its bus fleet. In addition to recently updated camera and radio systems, replacing the previous 20-year-old systems, the board discussed installing new student tracking systems for the district’s buses in the future. In the new system, students will sign into the buses when boarding, allowing the district to keep track of which students are on which bus. As explained by Superintendent Geroge Mendoza:
A touch of Scotland in Baker County: Dan and Eva Henes raise Scottish Highland cattle on their Old Souls Farm
Sigmund “Siggie” Henes just turned 2, he’s wearing tan Carhartt overalls that surpass normal standards of cuteness and ought to land him on the cover of the company’s catalog, but at the moment he’s fixated on convincing a 5-day-old calf to eat. Siggie has grabbed...
Event marking the future addition of pocket park in Wallowa set
WALLOWA — A new pocket park, part of a proposed 63-mile trail-with-rail between Elgin and Joseph, is on Wallowa’s horizon. Residents will have a chance to learn about the park at a community gathering in Wallowa from 4:30-6 p.m. Monday, May 6. The event will be hosted by the Joseph Branch Trail Consortium, which hopes to establish the 63-mile trail-with-rail between Elgin and Joseph.
70,000 larval tiger muskie stocked into Phillips Reservoir to improve yellow perch fishing
BAKER CITY — (Release from ODFW) Most people don’t get excited when they hear someone has 70,000 extra larval tiger muskie, but then again, most people aren’t fish biologists dealing with an overabundance of yellow perch. The yellow perch population in Phillips Lake (aka Phillips Reservoir) near...
Grande Ronde Hospital project on track to be complete by late August
LA GRANDE — This digital clock is silent but ticks loudly in the minds of some. The timepiece is a 3-foot long countdown clock in a temporary modular being used by BouTen Construction Co., of Spokane, Washington, during its $72.5 million renovation and expansion project at Grande Ronde Hospital.
Kathleen Cathey, Union County commissioner candidate, would focus on fentanyl crisis, mental health
LA GRANDE — Kathleen Cathey believes her 35 years of public service and her love of Union County make her uniquely qualified to run for county commissioner. Cathey, a candidate for Position 3 on the Union County Board of Commissioners, has served as a field representative for U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden for the last 18 years. She covers 11 counties in Eastern Oregon, including Union County — where she lives. Now, she would like to more intensely serve the residents of Union County.
Man arrested after entering Baker High School awaiting bed in treatment facility
The mother of a Baker City man who was arrested after walking into Baker High School around noon on Thursday, April 25 said her son is waiting for a space to open in a treatment facility. Joshua Mark Kelly Fulfer, 20, was diagnosed with schizophrenia during a 15-month stay at...
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