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Hello Baker City! Stay connected with the latest updates from around town. Let's dive in! ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • How new thinning work could protect Baker City's drinking water
  • Fatal I‑84 crash near North Powder injures Baker City truck driver
  • What does a FINRA ban mean for Baker City investors now?

Also on today's calendar: Business Analytics Certification (CBAP) Training in Baker City, OR and 6 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you call a belt that is made of watches? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Thursday: Pleasant with plenty of sun, with a high of 77 and low of 36 degrees.
  • Friday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 81, low: 36.
  • Saturday: Sunshine, with a high of 80 and low of 36 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Commercial thinning planned in Baker City Watershed (elkhornmediagroup.com) — Work is starting this week on 920 acres of commercial thinning in the Baker City Watershed, part of a long-planned project to protect the city's drinking water and reduce wildfire danger. Residents should watch for increased logging traffic on signed Forest Service roads west of town as crews continue thinning and prepare for possible prescribed burns later this fall.
   

2. Arkansas man killed in I-84 crash near North Powder (elkhornmediagroup.com) — A Baker City truck driver suffered minor injuries in a fatal crash on I‑84 near North Powder that killed an Arkansas man whose semi had broken down on the shoulder. State Police say the westbound truck driven by the Baker City man left the roadway, struck the disabled rig, and hit its driver, closing the highway for about six hours during the investigation.
   

3. FINRA Bars Former LPL Rep Over Alleged $1.7 Million Theft From Clients (thewealthadvisor.com) — A former investment advisor who worked in Baker City for years has been permanently barred from the brokerage industry after refusing to cooperate with a FINRA investigation into alleged long‑running client fraud. Federal prosecutors say he misled investors about discounted stock purchases from 2007 to 2024, and while the criminal case continues, the industry ban means he cannot return to advising clients.
   

4. Record 2026 Oregon wildfire season burned 2.1M acres, cost $1.4B (idahobusinessreview.com) — Oregon's record 2026 wildfire season burned 2.1 million acres and cost an estimated $1.4 billion, with smoke hitting Baker City hard for 19 days of unhealthy air. While firefighters largely kept flames out of towns, residents across eastern Oregon, including Baker City, endured weeks of hazardous conditions, resource shortages, and frustration with young, overstretched fire crews.
   

5. Baker County's official comments endorse Alternative 2 in forest plan revision, rescinding Roadless Rule, changing Travel Management regulations (bakercityherald.com) — Baker County leaders are backing a forest management plan that would boost logging, grazing, and motorized access on nearby national forests that surround Baker City and feed its watershed. Their official comments also urge rescinding the federal Roadless Rule and opposing new wilderness, arguing this would protect local jobs, reduce wildfire fuels, and keep more forest roads open to residents and ranchers.
   

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A waist of time. (Thank you Martin L. for sending it in!)
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