Durkee News

DURKEE, Ore. - Although they got a week's reprieve, dozens of workers at an Eastern Oregon cement plant are being laid off.

Although they got a week's reprieve, dozens of workers at an Eastern Oregon cement plant are being laid off.

DURKEE, Ore. - At the Hungry Redneck Cafe, one of two businesses left in Durkee, Bozcho "Bo" Lettunich has seen his sales drop more than 30 percent since officials at the nearby Ash Grove Cement plant announced plans to lay off 68 of the factory's 116 workers in mid-December. "I have fewer customers coming in from Ash Grove.

The Ash Grove Cement Co. is halting production at its Durkee, Ore., plant south of Baker City, idling 68 workers.

The Ash Grove Cement Co. is shutting down production at it's Durkee plant south of Baker City along Interstate 84, idling 68 workers, because of the continued slowdown in construction nationwide.

The Senate Judiciary Committee has endorsed Jenny Durkan, a longtime friend and counselor of Democratic Gov.

It's remarkable how fast views have hardened about the Ash Grove Cement plant in Durkee, a small town in Oregon's Baker County.

The owners of this cement plant in Durkee are hoping to amend proposed federal rules that will limit mercury emissions.

The owners of this cement plant in Durkee are hoping to amend proposed federal rules that will limit mercury emissions.

BAKER CITY, Ore. - The Durkee Steak Feed has been canceled. Residents in the small community southeast of Baker City have gathered for the annual end-of-summer dinner every year since the mid-1940s, but the poor economy and declining attendance led the Durkee Community Corp.

BAKER CITY, Ore. - The Durkee Steak Feed has been canceled. Residents in the small community southeast of Baker City have gathered for the annual end-of-summer dinner every year since the mid-1940s, but the poor economy and declining attendance led the Durkee Community Corp.

AFTER an unholy row last week, the political establishment has agreed to "debate" the IMF report on Friday.