After a period of mostly dry and mild weather that dominated the first half of December, a series of storms starting the week before Christmas and continuing past the holiday has pushed the mountain snowpack to record levels in some parts of Northeastern Oregon. The southern Wallowa Mountains, and parts of the Elkhorns, have fared especially well.

https://www.bakercityherald.com/news/local/storms-push-snowpack-to-record-highs-in-some-places/article_4ed9e544-c39e-11ef-b36f-03fc542cacd0.html

An 18-year-old Baker City man is charged with multiple felonies after the car he was driving, with six passengers, crashed into a tree early on Dec. 23. Two of the passengers were seriously injured.

https://www.bakercityherald.com/news/local/driver-in-dec-23-crash-that-injured-6-admitted-using-cocaine-alcohol-according-to-police/article_dda0a5b2-c220-11ef-b4f3-4b5c6151bb3a.html

A former employee at Ash Grove Cement’s plant near Durkee is suing the company contending he was fired in retaliation for reporting potential safety issues at the plant.

https://www.bakercityherald.com/news/local/former-employee-at-ash-grove-cements-durkee-plant-sues-company-claiming-he-was-fired-in/article_decdb772-be1a-11ef-9bd8-035e2d31e8f5.html

A series of stories at www.bakercityherald.com features some of the top stories from each month in 2024.

https://www.bakercityherald.com/news/local/2024-year-in-review-january/article_e1370d74-bcbc-11ef-ad77-0b3a9a6518c0.html

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