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Oregon COVID-19 Cases
Oregon Total Coronavirus Cases: 974,924
Oregon New Coronavirus Deaths:
Oregon Total Coronavirus Deaths: 9,544
U.S. Total Coronavirus Cases: 107,184,620
U.S. New Coronavirus Deaths: 8
U.S. Total Coronavirus Deaths: 1,166,662
Coronavirus News for Baker City
Jury begins deliberating in former Baker City firefighter’s lawsuit against city, former city manager
A fundamental question emerged during attorneys’ closing arguments to the jury in a former Baker City firefighter’s $800,000 civil lawsuit against the city and a former city manager, alleging they ... More info »
Baker City Herald - 03/19/2025 10:51amEx-Baker City, OR, Firefighter Awarded $200K After COVID Diagnosis
Jurors decided Baker ... city manager Jonathan Cannon. The jury found that the city failed to make reasonable accommodations to Bybee after he went on medical leave after contracting COVID-19 ... More info »
Firehouse - 03/23/2025 12:01pmTrial underway in former Baker City firefighters’s $800,000 lawsuit against city, former city manager
A 12-member jury in Baker County Circuit Court will decide whether Baker City and its former city manager violated a former city firefighter’s rights by firing him in February 2022 after he contracted ... More info »
Baker City Herald - 03/17/2025 07:14am