Community Corner
🌱 Where one Baker City yard turns Christmas lights into food donations
Coming up: unWINEd Wine Walk – Baker City Downtown on the Baker City Patch calendar
Morning Baker City! We've got the scoop on the latest happenings in town. Read on to get looped in. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- Where one Baker City yard turns Christmas lights into food donations
- How much OTEC is sending back to Baker County members this year
- How a simple Baker City traffic stop led to a fugitive arrest
Also on today's calendar: Winter Break Cooking Camp.
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Today's riddle: What did one tuna say to the other after getting caught stealing files from work? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high of 53 and low of 35 degrees.
- Friday: Rather cloudy, temps: high: 53, low: 25.
- Saturday: Intervals of clouds and sun, with a high of 50 and low of 26 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Lighting the night and collecting food in Baker City (bakercityherald.com) — A Baker City couple is once again lighting up their yard at 915 D Street and inviting neighbors to stroll through the elaborate Christmas display. Visitors are encouraged to bring canned food, which the family regularly delivers to a local church food bank, hoping to boost donations after a couple of slower years. 
• Oregon Trail Electric Cooperative announces $3 million capital credit retirement (elkhornmediagroup.com) — Baker City-based Oregon Trail Electric Cooperative will return $3 million in capital credits to its member-owners in 2025, continuing a 29-year streak of payouts. The co-op says the refunds reflect strong finances and help keep local electric rates competitive while funding system upgrades. Smaller refunds will appear as bill credits, while larger amounts will be mailed as checks by year’s end.
• Baker City OSP busts California fugitive (elkhornmediagroup.com) — An Oregon State Police traffic stop in Baker City on December 4 led to the arrest of a Halfway resident wanted in California on serious felony charges. The man was booked into Baker County Jail on a high bail, and a status hearing is set for December 17, while family members collected his vehicle and dog from the scene.
📸 Around Baker City
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Baker City
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★ Featured events ★
- unWINEd Wine Walk – Baker City Downtown
Baker City Downtown, 1655 1st St, Baker City
5:00 pm
Thursday December 18
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Other local events
- Winter Break Cooking Camp
Baker County YMCA Fitness & Family Center , 3715 Pocahontas Rd , Baker City
9:30 am
Monday December 22
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🗓 Events Nearby
- South American Inspired Foods — The Dog Spot
The Dog Spot , 19 S Main St , Joseph
11:00 am - 3044676 - DO Birthday Celebration
La Grande SD 1 , 1305 N Willow St. , La Grande
1:00 pm - 3183177 - V Girls Basketball at Molalla
La Grande SD 1 , 708 K Avenue , La Grande
4:00 pm - Varsity Basketball - @ Moro vs Sherman County
Cove Charter School Cove, OR 97824
4:00 pm - 3149606 - Fiddle Club Performance
La Grande SD 1 , 708 K Avenue , La Grande
5:30 pm - 3183169 - LHS V Boys Basketball at Molalla
La Grande SD 1 , 708 K Avenue , La Grande
5:30 pm - HS BBALL @ HELIX
Pine Eagle Charter Halfway, OR 97834 - JH BBALL @ COVE/UNION TOURNAMENT
Pine Eagle Charter Halfway, OR 97834 - JR HI Basketball - Cove Tournament (@ Cove and Union)
Cove Charter School Cove, OR 97824
8:00 am - Joseph Library Storytime
Joseph Public Library , 201 N Main St , Joseph
10:15 am
Thursday December 11
Friday December 12
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Bi-Mart Corporation posted a job opening for Freight Clerk in Baker City. Apply here.
- Papa Murphy's Holdings, Inc. posted a job opening for Crew Member in Baker City. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Baker City here.
🗞 Nearby News
La Grande
- La Grande URA approves loan forgiveness for local business (lagrandeobserver.com)
- Mike Surber plays album release party in La Grande on Dec. 12 (lagrandeobserver.com)
- Births: Dec. 10, 2025 (lagrandeobserver.com)
John Day
- Fake beaver dams have a lot of environmental benefits (futurity.org)
Ok Baker City! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!
-- The Patch AM Team
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