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<div><font size="2">July 14: (Coos Bay World) Zoning proposal irks neighbors</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.theworldlink.com/articles/2009/07/14/news/doc4a5b6c0a11bec876638512.txt"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.theworldlink.com/articles/2009/07/14/news/doc4a5b6c0a11bec876638512.txt</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2">NORTH BEND — Standing in front of the old Bangor School, only 60 feet from his front door, Michael Dean said he had concerns when the defunct elementary finally sold…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">July 13: (OPB News) City Forming Rose Quarter Task Force</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://news.opb.org/article/5411-city-forming-rose-quarter-task-force/"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://news.opb.org/article/5411-city-forming-rose-quarter-task-force/</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2">A newly announced task force is expected to help Portland leaders decide how to develop the Rose Quarter district…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">July 13: (Commentary, The Oregonian) Coliseum still the future of baseball</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/steve_duin/index.ssf/2009/07/coliseum_still_the_future_of_b.html"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/steve_duin/index.ssf/2009/07/coliseum_still_the_future_of_b.html</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2">I guess we need a show of hands. Is city Commissioner Randy Leonard the only one on the council who believes Memorial Coliseum is the best site remaining for a minor-league baseball park in Portland?</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">July 13: (Editorial, The Oregonian) Designs on Memorial Coliseum</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2009/07/designs_on_the_memorial_colise.html"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2009/07/designs_on_the_memorial_colise.html</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2">Thirty-two years ago this June, the Blazers captured their one and only NBA championship in Memorial Coliseum. It was a peak moment in Oregon sports history. And the arena's address…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">July 13: (Baker City Herald) Comments sought on property rules</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.bakercityherald.com/Local-News/Comments-sought-on-property-rules"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.bakercityherald.com/Local-News/Comments-sought-on-property-rules</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2">Baker City’s new property maintenance code is ready for public comment. The new ordinance, No. 3292, has been developed through the work of at least two City Council work sessions, and it’s seen many changes…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">July 13: (Ashland Daily Tidings) Planners to discuss A Street development</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.dailytidings.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090713/NEWS02/907130320/-1/NEWS"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.dailytidings.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090713/NEWS02/907130320/-1/NEWS</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2">Planning Commissioners will hear reports on a mixed-use development on A Street and Southern Oregon University's Master Plan at their Tuesday meeting…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">July 13: (Medford Mail Tribune) Noise level rises in Nunan Estate debate</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090713/NEWS/907130304"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><u>http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090713/NEWS/907130304</u></span></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2">JACKSONVILLE — The city has yet to settle a simmering debate between neighbors who don't want amplified music disturbing their evenings and a business that wants clarification on how it can operate…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">July 13: (Daily Journal of Commerce) Lebanon dreams big with 55.5-acre development</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.djcoregon.com/articleDetail.htm/2009/07/13/Lebanon-dreams-big-with-555acre-development-Medical-campus-is-the-first-phase-of-mixeduse-project-ex"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.djcoregon.com/articleDetail.htm/2009/07/13/Lebanon-dreams-big-with-555acre-development-Medical-campus-is-the-first-phase-of-mixeduse-project-ex</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2">During the early planning stage for Samaritan Health Services’ 55.5-acre mixed-use development in Lebanon, the town’s community development manager, Walt Wendolowski, started dreaming about what the project could bring the town…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2" color="#0000FF">July 12: (East Oregonian) Caught in the turbine<br>
Some aren’t so excited to see the region filled with new wind farms</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://eastoregonian.com/main.asp?SectionID=13&SubSectionID=48&ArticleID=95196"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#0000FF"><u>http://eastoregonian.com/main.asp?SectionID=13&SubSectionID=48&ArticleID=95196</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2" color="#0000FF">Even though wind energy companies are flocking to Oregon and the state is working to attract the business, not everyone is jumping for joy for the arrival of this new institution…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2" color="#0000FF">July 12: (East Oregonian) Morrow County projects promise cash, contention</font></div>
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<div><font size="2" color="#0000FF">The wind industry in Morrow County shows no signs of slowing. The county court recently signed its third strategic investment plan, this time with the behemoth Shepherds Flat Wind Farm, securing millions in new funds for
the county…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2" color="#0000FF">July 12: (East Oregonian) Shepherds Flat farm lifts off</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://eastoregonian.com/main.asp?SectionID=13&SubSectionID=48&ArticleID=95194&TM=45026.46"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#0000FF"><u>http://eastoregonian.com/main.asp?SectionID=13&SubSectionID=48&ArticleID=95194&TM=45026.46</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2" color="#0000FF">After seven years of planning, the Shepherds Flat wind project - the largest in Oregon, and once described as the largest in the world - will break ground soon in Gilliam and Morrow counties…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2" color="#0000FF">July 11: (East Oregonian) 'Just barely tapped'</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://eastoregonian.com/main.asp?SectionID=13&SubSectionID=48&ArticleID=95148&TM=45026.46"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#0000FF"><u>http://eastoregonian.com/main.asp?SectionID=13&SubSectionID=48&ArticleID=95148&TM=45026.46</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2" color="#0000FF">First, there's a step through a ship-like door. Then a climb up 280 rungs of a metal ladder. An overhead hatch finally emerges on top of tower 91 at Wheat Field Wind Farm, about 275 feet above ground…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">July 10: (Commentary, The Oregonian) Land use ruling clips farm activities</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/anna_griffin/index.ssf/2009/07/land_use_ruling_clips_farm_act.html"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/anna_griffin/index.ssf/2009/07/land_use_ruling_clips_farm_act.html</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2">Don Kruger always figured it was just a matter of time before somebody complained. Kruger, a Sauvie Island farmer, began offering happy couples the right to wed on his 160-acre spread seven years ago. He's since added birthday parties, corporate
picnics, summer concerts and bike races…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">July 9: (Commentary, Daily Journal of Commerce) Little done with task force’s recommendations</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.djcoregon.com/articleDetail.htm/2009/07/09/Little-done-with-task-forces-recommendations-Oregon-Legislature-in-2009-session-does-virtually-nothi"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.djcoregon.com/articleDetail.htm/2009/07/09/Little-done-with-task-forces-recommendations-Oregon-Legislature-in-2009-session-does-virtually-nothi</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2">The 2009 Oregon legislative session is over. While taxes, the budget and health-care reform all were important legislative topics, there was precious little done to reform the Oregon planning system…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">July 9: (OPB News) New Map Shows Metro's Future Light Rail Plans</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://news.opb.org/article/5394-new-map-shows-metros-future-light-rail-plans/"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://news.opb.org/article/5394-new-map-shows-metros-future-light-rail-plans/</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2">Portland’s regional government, Metro, unanimously approved a new map Thursday of where future light rail lines or new high speed routes are planned…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">July 9: (Editorial, Daily Astorian) We must be patient with Safeway block</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.dailyastorian.info/main.asp?SectionID=23&SubSectionID=392&ArticleID=62364"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.dailyastorian.info/main.asp?SectionID=23&SubSectionID=392&ArticleID=62364</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2">Parking is one of the most frequent topics in cities and towns. Is there enough of it? How much does it cost? The Astoria City Council had a useful conversation…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">July 9: (Statesman Journal) Land-use board won't make Elkhorn decision just yet</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20090709/UPDATE/90709014/1133/Land-use-board-won-t-make-Elkhorn-decision-just-yet"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20090709/UPDATE/90709014/1133/Land-use-board-won-t-make-Elkhorn-decision-just-yet</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2">The state’s land use board of appeals (LUBA) will delay its final decision regarding an appeal of Marion County’s approval of a destination resort targeted for the Little North Fork River…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">July 8: (Roseburg News-Review) Morgan questions wave energy viability</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.nrtoday.com/article/20090708/NEWS/907089990/1001/NONE&parentprofile=1055"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.nrtoday.com/article/20090708/NEWS/907089990/1001/NONE&parentprofile=1055</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2">Douglas County Commissioner Susan Morgan on Tuesday questioned whether a proposed wave energy plant at Winchester Bay would make money or end up costing the county money it cannot afford to waste…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">July 8: (East Oregonian) Quenching desert's thirst: Columbia River water can restore declining aquifers</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://eastoregonian.com/main.asp?SectionID=13&SubSectionID=48&ArticleID=94999&TM=48614.39"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://eastoregonian.com/main.asp?SectionID=13&SubSectionID=48&ArticleID=94999&TM=48614.39</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2">The Umatilla Aquifer Recharge Project, in its most basic form, aims to take water from the Columbia River during high-flow times in the winter and early spring and store it in aquifers…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">July 8: (Daily Astorian) County concludes LNG remand hearing without decision</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.dailyastorian.info/main.asp?FromHome=1&TypeID=1&ArticleID=62338&SectionID=2&SubSectionID=398"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.dailyastorian.info/main.asp?FromHome=1&TypeID=1&ArticleID=62338&SectionID=2&SubSectionID=398</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2">After five hours of testimony on the Bradwood Landing liquefied natural gas project, Clatsop County commissioners called it quits Wednesday without taking a vote on the two land-use issues remanded to them by the Oregon Land Use Board of
Appeals…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">July 8: (Daily Astorian) Chickens take roost in Cannon Beach</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.dailyastorian.info/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=398&ArticleID=62317"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.dailyastorian.info/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=398&ArticleID=62317</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2">CANNON BEACH - The chickens have come home to roost, finally. Residents in Cannon Beach may soon be clucking over their new feathered friends now that the City Council has approved an ordinance allowing up to four chickens per household…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">July 8: (Eugene Register-Guard) Wetlands demand becomes an issue</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/cityregion/16307075-41/story.csp"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/cityregion/16307075-41/story.csp</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2">HARRISBURG — Big development in Junction City is beginning to cause concern in Harrisburg, as a nervous city administrator worries that an upcoming prison and wastewater treatment plant expansion will use the majority of available “wetlands
credits” needed to develop the area…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">July 7: (Roseburg News-Review) Citizens speak out on proposed Riddle ash pit</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.nrtoday.com/article/20090707/NEWS/907079981/1001/NONE&parentprofile=1055"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.nrtoday.com/article/20090707/NEWS/907079981/1001/NONE&parentprofile=1055</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2">An ash disposal landfill proposed by Roseburg Forest Products in Riddle is drawing fire from both nearby residents and elsewhere in the county….</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">June 30: (OPB News) Memorial Coliseum Headed to National Register</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://news.opb.org/article/5334-memorial-coliseum-headed-national-register/"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://news.opb.org/article/5334-memorial-coliseum-headed-national-register/</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2">The Portland sports arena that was recently threatened with demolition is on its way to being listed on the National Register of Historic Places…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">June 5: (Guest Commentary, High Country News) California prepares for the next burn</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.hcn.org/issues/41.10/california-prepares-for-the-next-burn"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.hcn.org/issues/41.10/california-prepares-for-the-next-burn</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2">When Steve Quarles drives the narrow roads that wind through the steep wooded hills above Oakland and Berkeley, he doesn't get distracted by the million-dollar views of San Francisco Bay…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">May 1: (Guest Commentary, High Country News) To fight fire, fight forest development</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.hcn.org/wotr/fight-forest-development"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.hcn.org/wotr/fight-forest-development</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2">Spring is here, and the forest fire season will soon be upon us. Every year, the cost of fighting forest fires increases so that now, firefighting accounts for close to half the Forest Service's budget. The cost to tax payers has risen to
the billions of dollars…</font></div>
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