About 70 people gathered at the new Baker Middle School cafeteria on the evening of Nov. 14 to talk about the future of health care in Baker County, in the wake of the 2023 closures of the ICU and birthing center at Saint Alphonsus Medical Center-Baker City, the county’s only hospital.

https://www.bakercityherald.com/news/local/residents-gather-to-talk-about-future-of-health-care-in-baker-county/article_1a00eef6-a35c-11ef-9175-4bfe9dc5d049.html

Uber, the ride-sharing service that’s widespread in urban areas, has arrived in Baker City with one driver so far, Kaylee Berg.

https://www.bakercityherald.com/news/local/uber-arrives-in-baker-city/article_7de3df34-a2c9-11ef-b982-ff0d98d0569f.html

A series of early snowstorms has raised optimism that Anthony Lakes Mountain Resort could open the ski season the weekend after Thanksgiving.

https://www.bakercityherald.com/news/local/snow-piling-up-at-anthony-lakes/article_6d111a12-a361-11ef-bed4-1baa3b7f4e34.html

A project designed to collect oral stories about movies filmed in Oregon visited Baker City on Nov. 12 to hear from local residents about the summer of 1968, when the musical “Paint Your Wagon” was filmed in Baker County.

https://www.bakercityherald.com/news/local/oral-history-project-starts-with-paint-your-wagon/article_011c2cf0-a20f-11ef-b37d-53a9aeeb963e.html

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