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<div><font size="2">Nov. 17: (Medford Mail Tribune) Land group challenges county over 10-acre rule</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">A land-use watchdog group has charged that Jackson County is attempting an end run around its own zoning laws that could clear the way for sprawl in rural areas…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">Nov. 17: (Eugene Register-Guard) Springfield site review fees bring complaint</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">SPRINGFIELD — You wouldn’t expect a stinging rebuke from the construction company that has built the city’s new police station and municipal jail, and recently finished two new schools for the school district…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">Nov. 17: (Bend Bulletin) County pushes DEQ on nitrates</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">A Deschutes County commissioner is pushing Oregon’s environmental agency to decide on a plan to prevent septic tanks from contaminating the groundwater in south county…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">Nov. 16: (Ashland Daily Tidings) City to consider buffer zones for wetlands, streams</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">The City Council will consider whether to adopt new rules to help protect land around streams and wetlands…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">Nov. 16: (Ashland Daily Tidings) Feds uncertain if Hyatt Lake owner ran afoul of lease</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">A U.S. agency is worried Hyatt Lake Resort might have run afoul of its lease by remodeling a restaurant and other facilities without permission and using federal property to access private lands…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">Nov. 16: (Portland Tribune) City gatherings focus on vision for area’s future</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">Portland-area leaders kick off the most ambitious city planning process ever Monday setting up a series of community meetings though mid-December…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">Nov. 16: (Statesman Journal) Keizer council to discuss system development fees</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">Parks system development charges are back on the table and will be under discussion tonight at the Keizer City Council meeting…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">Nov. 16: (Medford Mail Tribune) Neighbor appeals Nunan Estate ruling</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">JACKSONVILLE — A neighbor has appealed a Planning Commission decision that set noise levels for outdoor amplified music events at the Nunan Estate, saying the decision is in conflict with state law…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">Nov. 16: (Coos Bay World) Water, water everywhere - but land?</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">Unless you’re willing to renovate a downtown building in Coos Bay or North Bend, the property pickings are slim for big commercial or industrial developments. That’s according to Jon Barton, chairman of the South Coast Development Council…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">Nov. 16: (Editorial, Albany Democrat-Herald) What DLCD really means</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">DLCD stands for the Department of Land Conservation and Development. But judging by the way it does business, it should be called by its real name, the Department of Legal Confusion and Delay…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">Nov. 15: (Editorial, Medford Mail Tribune) ‘After further review…’: The court ruling on a new Walmart was correct; now the city should fix its code</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091115/OPINION/911150305"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091115/OPINION/911150305</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2">Barring an appeal to the Oregon Supreme Court, it appears the final obstacle to a new Walmart Supercenter where Miles Field used to be has been removed. But city leaders…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">Nov. 15: (East Oregonian) County says state siting rules for area wind farms unfair</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">Umatilla County is again asking the Oregon Energy Facility Siting Council to do away with a 400,000 acre box designated as an energy generation area…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">Nov. 14: (Corvallis Gazette-Times) Towne wraps up nearly two decades of city planning</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">It might help to be an optimist to manage the Planning Department in a state like Oregon where public input is built into every step of the land-use process and in a city like Corvallis that so prizes citizen input…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">Nov. 14: (Guest Commentary, Houston Chronicle) Smart-growth plans are a failure in Portland</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/editorial/outlook/6721044.html"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/editorial/outlook/6721044.html</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2">Some people have suggested that Houston could have avoided the Ashby high-rise controversy if it had more planning and smart growth. In fact, the opposite is true: Smart-growth planning makes land-use debates even more contentious…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">Nov. 13: (Daily Journal of Commerce) Contractors tired of waiting game</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://djcoregon.com/news/2009/11/13/contractors-tired-of-waiting-game/"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://djcoregon.com/news/2009/11/13/contractors-tired-of-waiting-game/</u></font></a></font></div>
<div style="margin-top: 6pt; "><font size="2">Time, as contractors will tell you, is money. That’s why they say the most recent round of layoffs of building inspectors by the Bureau of Development Services was too hasty…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">Nov. 13: (Albany Democrat-Herald) STATE DENIES LINN COUPLE’S LAND REQUEST</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">Ron and Sandy Whitelaw have owned their 21-acre property on Bellinger Road outside Lebanon since 1978. But state land-use officials either don’t believe or don’t understand this…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">Nov. 13: (Newberg Graphic) Landfill opponents vow to fight decision</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.newberggraphic.com/news/2009/November/13/Local.News/landfill.opponents.vow.to.fight.decision/news.aspx"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.newberggraphic.com/news/2009/November/13/Local.News/landfill.opponents.vow.to.fight.decision/news.aspx</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2">Waste Not of Yamhill County, the citizen’s group opposed to the Riverbend Landfill expansion, will likely argue before the state Land Use Board of Appeals that the Yamhill County Board of Commissioners improperly granted the facility a statewide
land use goal exemption…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">Nov. 13: (Corvallis Gazette-Times) City orders Bald Hill Farm store to close</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.gazettetimes.com/news/local/article_d36a7714-cfef-11de-b479-001cc4c002e0.html"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.gazettetimes.com/news/local/article_d36a7714-cfef-11de-b479-001cc4c002e0.html</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2">This summer, a development partnership between an entrepreneurial landowner and county government along Reservoir Road in west Corvallis was being lauded as a rare collaboration. But after anonymous complaints triggered a closer look by
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<div><font size="2">Nov. 13: (Medford Mail Tribune) Rural sewer access: Decision could permit sewer-system hookups on property already developed in rural areas</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091113/NEWS/911130314"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091113/NEWS/911130314</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2">A smelly and potentially dangerous problem with failing septic systems in Jackson County soon could be resolved for up to 1,603 property owners in rural areas who might want to hook up to a regional sewer system….</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">Nov. 13: (The Oregonian) Oregon's greenhouse gas emissions rise, despite drop in vehicle pollution, report says</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">Despite Oregon's green reputation, the state saw a disturbing rise in greenhouse gas emissions from burning fossil fuels for electricity, according to a report released Thursday…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">Nov. 12: (OPB News) Portland And Metro Leaders Debate Long-Term Road Plan</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">Portland’s mayor and Metro councilors are on a collision course over a federally required transportation plan. As Rob Manning reports, Mayor Sam Adams threatened Thursday to oppose the long-term road plan…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">Nov. 12: (Portland Tribune) Columbia River Crossing staff scales back I-5 bridge plan</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">Reacting to criticism that the proposed Columbia River Crossing is too big and expensive, the project staff recommended this week that lanes be dropped and interchange work be delayed to help cut the cost by up to $650 million…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">Nov. 12: (The Oregonian) New concept for I-5 bridge over Columbia reduces lanes from 12 to 10</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">The Interstate 5 bridge over the Columbia River would shrink from 12 to 10 lanes and that, along with other changes, could save up to a net of $650 million, project officials said Thursday…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">Nov. 12: (Daily Journal of Commerce) Columbia River Crossing faces obstacles in its path</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://djcoregon.com/news/2009/11/12/columbia-river-crossing-faces-obstacles-in-its-path/"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://djcoregon.com/news/2009/11/12/columbia-river-crossing-faces-obstacles-in-its-path/</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2">If the effort to replace the Interstate 5 bridge has ground to a halt, that’s news to Columbia River Crossing officials. The Oregon and Washington transportation departments are still working on the joint project despite pronouncements of
doubt from both sides of the river…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">Nov. 12: (Portland Tribune) Projected carbon emissions skyrocket</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=125797699321413000"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=125797699321413000</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2">The Portland area’s $20 billion transportation wish list and its pledge to reduce greenhouse gases are on a collision course. A new Metro study shows that population growth coupled with a soon-to-be-approved Regional Transportation Plan
will result in so much metro-area traffic that greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles will jump 49 percent…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">Nov. 12: (Portland Tribune) Sources Say • Did Metro land-use survey get it right?</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=125797705545087100"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=125797705545087100</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2">Everyone knows that online public opinion surveys are not as accurate as scientific ones, but Metro recently demonstrated just how different they can be. As part of its regional land-use planning initiative…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">Nov. 12: (Portland Tribune) Builders intend to sue Metro over tax</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=125797701498807500"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=125797701498807500</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2">Future Portland-area plans are threatened by a dispute between regional land-use planners and a large segment of the construction industry. At issue is a tax imposed on new construction to help local governments plan for building projects…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">Nov. 12: (Portland Tribune) LUBA dismisses West Linn hotel decision</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=125797724561773500"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=125797724561773500</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2">The Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals has dismissed a request to overturn the city’s rejection of a proposed Holiday Inn Express in West Linn, ending a long and contentious debate over how much development to allow in sensitive wetlands areas…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">Nov. 12: (Editorial, Portland Tribune) Clackamas County’s Damascus at age 5: Pastoral and liking it</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.lakeoswegoreview.com/opinion/story.php?story_id=125798340301157900"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.lakeoswegoreview.com/opinion/story.php?story_id=125798340301157900</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2">Even before it formed as a city five years ago, Damascus was envisioned as place that could help feed the Portland metropolitan area’s appetite for undeveloped land for years to come…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">Nov. 12: (The Oregonian) Portlanders find housing a bit more affordable and still love their cars, survey shows</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2009/11/portlanders_find_housing_a_bit.html"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2009/11/portlanders_find_housing_a_bit.html</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2">Portland residents feel better about city government and general livability, although some areas -- such as street maintenance -- remain a sore point, according to a citywide survey released today…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">Nov. 12: (Statesman Journal) Drive-through spurs accusations against developer, city officials</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20091112/NEWS/311120003/1001?GID=8MrxzCVwzfrlSCvMWZ2TEpnRJbSQwYPEuUOdLygHrAk%3D"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20091112/NEWS/311120003/1001?GID=8MrxzCVwzfrlSCvMWZ2TEpnRJbSQwYPEuUOdLygHrAk%3D</u></font></a><br>
<font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">A Subway sandwich franchise under construction in a northeast Salem neighborhood has some local residents seeing red, accusing city officials of violating land-use laws and bending over backward for a Salem developer…</font></font></div>
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<div><font size="2">Nov. 12: (McMinnville News-Register) City's plan seeks $34 million for Mac street expansion</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.newsregister.com/article/42218-city039s+plan+seeks+34+million+mac+street+expansion"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.newsregister.com/article/42218-city039s+plan+seeks+34+million+mac+street+expansion</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2">In January, the city of McMinnville will present its residents with a meticulously detailed plan for expansion and improvement of its street system for all users - motorists, pedestrians, bicyclists and bus riders - for the next 20 years…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">Nov. 12: (Bend Bulletin) Housing inventory plummets in Bend</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091112/BIZ0102/911120373/1001/NEWS01&nav_category=NEWS01"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091112/BIZ0102/911120373/1001/NEWS01&nav_category=NEWS01</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font size="2">In an encouraging sign that the local real estate market is shaping up for recovery, the number of single-family homes for sale in Bend is roughly 50 percent off its peak…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">Nov. 12: (Bend Bulletin) Ranchers worry about impact of sage grouse protection</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">Ranchers Janet and Keith Nash, who have about 200 cows at Evans Well Ranch near Millican, are worried they could be forced out of business by new sage grouse protections Deschutes County officials are considering…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">Nov. 11: (McMinnville News-Register) Riverbend appeal seen as virtual certainty</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">The symphony of opinion, input and testimony that culminated in Monday's decision on Riverbend Landfill's expansion will likely have a coda - potentially a very long, drawn-out coda - added in the form of an appeal…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">Nov. 11: (McMinnville News-Register) Commissioners give Riverbend green light on expansion</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">McMinnville's Riverbend Landfill won authorization to add 109 acres and continue operation for another 25 years Monday on the votes of Yamhill County Commissioners Leslie Lewis and Kathy George…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">Nov. 11: (Daily Astorian) Growth sparks ‘dire’ crisis in Warrenton</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">WARRENTON -<font face="Arial Unicode MS Western, sans-serif"> </font>As businesses and residential developments in Warrenton continue to come on line, the city's mainly volunteer fire department has not been able to keep pace…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">Nov. 11: (Ashland Daily Tidings) Planners OK more 30-foot freeway signs</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">The Planning Commission on Tuesday voted to allow two more 30-foot freeway signs in south Ashland…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">Nov. 11: (Guest Commentary, Daily Journal of Commerce) Group is content to accept climate change</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">In July, the Land Conservation and Development Commission rejected a request by the Oregon Shores Conservation Coalition to adopt a new land-use goal…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">Nov. 10: (Portland Tribune) Planners say MAX will end at Park regardless of federal funding</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">Milwaukie last month sent official light rail station design requests to TriMet, asking for a central track with side platforms rather than the central platform included in earlier plans…</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">Nov. 10: (American Agriculturist) Looking at How Land Use May Impact the Climate</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">In what might appear to be common sense among most farmers, researchers at the University of Maryland, Purdue University and the University of Colorado in Boulder have concluded that most land use changes in the United States reduce vegetative
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<div><font size="2">Nov. 5: (Medford Mail Tribune) Ruling opens door for south Medford Walmart’s growth</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">A ruling by the Oregon Court of Appeals Wednesday could boost Walmart's plans to build a Supercenter in south Medford. The court affirmed the city of Medford's decision not to require a new traffic analysis from Walmart, reversing a June
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<div><font size="2">Nov. 5: (Eugene Register-Guard) Residents question boundary expansion</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">A group of Junction City residents has raised objections to a planned expansion of the city’s urban growth boundary. The problem, they told Lane County commissioners on Wednesday, is that they feel like they’re being left out of the mammoth
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