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Baker City Police chief to discuss staffing with city council Tuesday night
Baker City Police Chief Ty Duby will talk with city councilors about staffing challenges in the police department during the city council meeting Tuesday, Oct. 8. The meeting starts at 6 p.m. at City Hall, 1655 First St. According to a report to councilors from City Manager Barry Murphy, “Based on an evaluation on the health of the Police Department over the last nine months, the City Manager ...
Baker County Juvenile Department director worried about rising trend in youth crime
Baker County’s Juvenile Department is dealing with children who committed more serious crimes than in the past, including stealing guns, setting fires and assaulting other juveniles, and at younger ages. Staci Erickson, the department’s director, told county commissioners on Wednesday morning, Oct. 2, that the situation this year “is getting concerning.” Erickson told commissioners that seven ...
Oregon law rolling back drug decriminalization takes effect. Here's how it's going
BOISE, Idaho — It's been a few weeks since possessing hard drugs became a crime once again in Oregon, ending the state's experiment with decriminalization. A little more than three years ago, voters in the state of Oregon decided it would decriminalize hard drugs by approving Measure 110. The...
Crews holding fire in Elkhorns at 7 acres
Fire crews have kept a wildfire on the east slopes of the Elkhorn Mountains northwest of Haines at 7 acres since Monday, Sept. 30. The Dutch Flat Fire was reported late on Sept. 27, said Joel McCraw, assistant fire management officer for the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest. Firefighters rappelled from a helicopter on Sept. 28 to reach the remote spot in steep terrain north of Dutch Flat Creek ...