50YEARS AGO

from the Democrat-Herald

December 8, 1967

Leo Adler, Baker businessman and civic leader, has been elected to the national Board of Directors of the American Friends of the Hebrew University, it was announced by Samuel Rothberg of Peoria, Ill., Board Chairman of the American Friends.

25YEARS AGO

from the Baker City Herald

December 8, 1992

Some members of the U.S. Armed Forces serve in remote places and may have few comforts.

What they do have is peace of mind knowing that they can count on the American Red Cross to help them stay in touch with their families when emergencies arise.

That responsibility in Baker County belongs to Red Cross volunteer Mary Wright, 59, chairman of the Service to Military Families Committee.

10YEARS AGO

from the Baker City Herald

December 8, 2007

The Bureau of Land Management is set to embark on its once-in-a-decade Resource Management Plan for five Eastern Oregon counties and one in Washington, and Baker County wants to be a player in the process.

ONEYEAR AGO

from the Baker City Herald

December 9, 2016

Northeastern Oregon’s snowpack, which was more a matter of theory than a frigid reality just a few weeks ago, is beginning to bulk up.

A series of storms over the past week has boosted the snowpack to near average — and in a few places above.

Mountain snow is the biggest source of water for irrigation and recreation during the spring and summer.

But this winter will be especially important, as the region’s reservoirs and aquifers are depleted after four years of drought.

In late November the snowpack around the region was about half of average. As of this morning, based on measurements at 17 sites in the Grande Ronde, Powder, Burnt and Imnaha river basins, the water content in the snow was 88 percent of average.