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<div><font size="2">June 9: (OPB News) Urbanization Not All Gloom And Doom For Bird Life</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://news.opb.org/article/5161-urbanization-not-all-gloom-and-doom-bird-life/"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#0000FF"><u>http://news.opb.org/article/5161-urbanization-not-all-gloom-and-doom-bird-life/</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2">A long-term bird research project is pecking some holes in the conventional wisdom about the environmental effects of suburban sprawl…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">June 8: (Medford Mail Tribune) LUBA rejects brings across Applegate River</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090608/NEWS/906080311"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090608/NEWS/906080311</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2">The state Land Use Board of Appeals has rejected a decision by the Jackson County Board of Commissioners to approve a proposed bridge across the Applegate River, citing lack of a public hearing…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">June 8: (Daily Journal of Commerce) City Club group to discuss ’80 Portland Comprehensive Plan</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.djcoregon.com/articleDetail.htm/2009/06/08/City-Club-group-to-discuss-80-Portland-Comprehensive-Plan"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.djcoregon.com/articleDetail.htm/2009/06/08/City-Club-group-to-discuss-80-Portland-Comprehensive-Plan</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2">The City Club of Portland’s Agora group on Tuesday will present a talk on the 1980 Portland Comprehensive Plan. The talk is part of the City Club’s Civic 101 outreach program…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">June 5: (Commentary, The Oregonian) Once more into the Metolius</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/steve_duin/index.ssf/2009/06/once_more_into_the_metolius.html"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/steve_duin/index.ssf/2009/06/once_more_into_the_metolius.html</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2">This is power, folks. This is control. This is why you dine with the Rotary Clubs, cuddle the babies and press the flesh at retirement homes…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">June 5: (The Oregonian) I-5 bridge planners want public's thoughts about tolls</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/06/i5_bridge_planners_want_public.html"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/06/i5_bridge_planners_want_public.html</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2">The Columbia River Crossing project, a $4.1 billion plan to replace the Interstate 5 bridge between Portland and Vancouver, is launching a campaign to hear residents' concerns about tolls…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">June 5: (Medford Mail Tribune) Medford delays challenge to WalMart ruling</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">MEDFORD — The City Council Thursday narrowly rejected challenging a Land Use Board of Appeals decision that at least temporarily blocks a proposed WalMart store in south Medford….</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">June 5: (East Oregonian) Breweries, wineries get approval</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://eastoregonian.com/main.asp?SectionID=13&SubSectionID=48&ArticleID=93497&TM=49473.85"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#0000FF"><u>http://eastoregonian.com/main.asp?SectionID=13&SubSectionID=48&ArticleID=93497&TM=49473.85</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2">The Pendleton Planning Commission voted 5-0 Thursday night to allow brew pubs, wineries and leather working in the downtown zone…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">June 5: (Bend Bulletin) Fight over Metolius resort ban may hinge on money</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">SALEM — Will a proposed destination resort ban for the Metolius River Basin hit state taxpayers’ wallets? And if so, for how much? These questions represent the latest battleground in the political war over the Metolius that could be settled
in the waning weeks of the Oregon Legislature’s 2009 session…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">June 5: (Bend Bulletin) Jury awards $1 million to Prineville developer</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">PRINEVILLE — After a six-year battle with Crook County over a road, a federal jury awarded a Prineville-based developer more than $1 million in damages last week…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">June 5: (Bend Bulletin) Report: Deschutes housing overvalued</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">Home prices in Deschutes County in the first quarter of 2009 were 24.9 percent overvalued, according to the quarterly House Prices in America report…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">June 5: (Medford Mail Tribune) Oil flows in Sams Valley: Canola oil, that is. The crop thrives here, and is a good source of biodiesel</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090605/NEWS/906050327"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090605/NEWS/906050327</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2">Tired of searching for enough material to make his own biodiesel, Applegate Valley resident Roarke Ball is considering going into the oil business. Oil seed in the form of camelina sativa, or canola, that is…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">June 5: (Medford Mail Tribune) Hearings officer rejects park appeal</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090605/NEWS07/906040350"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090605/NEWS07/906040350</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2">A county hearings officer has upheld park designation for 880 acres in Jacksonville's watershed. In the May 27 ruling, Hearings Officer Donald Rubenstein rejected appeals that the county's planning department had erred in making a decision
to allow park designation in a woodland and forest zone…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">June 4: (Medford Mail Tribune) LUBA stalls south Medford WalMart</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090604/NEWS/906040326"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090604/NEWS/906040326</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2">A cloud has developed over a proposal to build a WalMart store in south Medford after the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals ruled this week that the city of Medford needs to complete a traffic study of the project..</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">June 4: (Statesman Journal) Council approves update to transportation plan</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20090604/NEWS/906040356/1001/ARCHIVE"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20090604/NEWS/906040356/1001/ARCHIVE</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2">Keizer City Council on Monday approved a transportation-plan update and amendments to a noxious-vegetation ordinance…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">June 3: (The Oregonian) Metolius resort bill gets new life in Salem</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2009/06/metolius_resort_bill_gets_new.html"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2009/06/metolius_resort_bill_gets_new.html</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2">SALEM -- Legislation aimed at blocking the siting of resort developments in the Metolius River area gained new life late Wednesday…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">June 3: (Daily Journal of Commerce) Metro wants excise tax extension</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.djcoregon.com/articleDetail.htm/2009/06/03/Metro-wants-excise-tax-extension-Home-Builders-Association-opposes-agencys-plan-for-tax-on-new-const"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.djcoregon.com/articleDetail.htm/2009/06/03/Metro-wants-excise-tax-extension-Home-Builders-Association-opposes-agencys-plan-for-tax-on-new-const</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2">As counties continue to grapple with ways to raise revenue to pay for land-use planning, Metro looks to extend its excise tax on new construction for five more years so the metropolitan counties can afford to plan future growth…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">May 28: (Guest Commentary, Daily Journal of Commerce) Bill’s effects on land use seem small</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.djcoregon.com/articleDetail.htm/2009/05/28/Bills-effects-on-land-use-seem-small-Is-HB-2229A-the-Big-Look-forward-for-Oregons-land-use-system-or"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.djcoregon.com/articleDetail.htm/2009/05/28/Bills-effects-on-land-use-seem-small-Is-HB-2229A-the-Big-Look-forward-for-Oregons-land-use-system-or</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2">In politics, it is often said that compromise is the key to getting anything accomplished. But the real question is whether the compromise bridges the differences…</font></div>
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