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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Jan. 5: (Statesman Journal) Salem planning panel to address West Salem school sites</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif" size="3"><a href="http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20100105/NEWS/1050334/1001/NEWS"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20100105/NEWS/1050334/1001/NEWS</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">The proposed location of two new schools off Orchard Heights Road NW in West Salem will be discussed today at the Salem Planning Commission, and residents can voice their thoughts during a public hearing then…</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Jan. 4: (The Oregonian) Energy regulators up timeline for liquid gas terminal</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif" size="3"><a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2010/01/energy_regulators_up_timeline.html"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2010/01/energy_regulators_up_timeline.html</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">The molasses-slow regulatory process governing proposed liquefied natural gas projects in Oregon moves to the high burner this week after federal energy regulators told their fisheries counterparts to get on with
their analysis of whether the Bradwood Landing LNG terminal and pipeline would jeopardize endangered species…</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Jan. 4: (Ashland Daily Tidings) Developments are ruining area, Eugene residents say</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif" size="3"><a href="http://www.dailytidings.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100104/NEWS02/1040324/-1/NEWS"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.dailytidings.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100104/NEWS02/1040324/-1/NEWS</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">EUGENE — Deborah Healey said a successful year in her neighborhood is measured by how much tear gas is administered. A good week is when her blue- and white-trimmed home doesn't shake from a car's speaker bass…</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Jan. 4: (The Oregonian) Measure 37 case heads to Oregon Supreme Court</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif" size="3"><a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2010/01/oregon_supreme_court_gets_the.html"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2010/01/oregon_supreme_court_gets_the.html</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Dorothy English is gone but not forgotten, and not fully litigated, either. Oregon's longest-running property rights case, involving the late "poster girl" of Measure 37, will be taken up Wednesday by the Oregon
Supreme Court…</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Jan. 4: (The Oregonian) Portland-area counties close to designating land for urban and rural reserves</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif" size="3"><a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2010/01/portland-area_counties_closing.html"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2010/01/portland-area_counties_closing.html</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">The Portland area's two-year quest to make long-range designations for urban development and farms and forests is chugging to a close, with a final round of meetings this month and a collective decision by Metro
and its county partners in February…</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Jan. 4: (OPB News) Oregon's Land Use Planners Face The New Year</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif" size="3"><a href="http://news.opb.org/article/6474-oregons-land-use-planners-face-new-year/"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://news.opb.org/article/6474-oregons-land-use-planners-face-new-year/</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Ten years ago, Oregon’s land-use planners were bracing for a seismic shift. The last of those tremors may subside in the early part of this year. A series of ballot measures…</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Jan. 4: (Eugene Register-Guard) Web site to serve ‘rural Northwest’</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif" size="3"><a href="http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/cityregion/24312405-41/rural-site-web-agency-communities.csp"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/cityregion/24312405-41/rural-site-web-agency-communities.csp</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">A Eugene-based nonprofit agency has unveiled a new Web site designed to be a platform for the “views and voices of the rural Northwest…”</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Jan. 4: (Eugene Register-Guard) Crest Drive: A tight squeeze</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif" size="3"><a href="http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/cityregion/24282346-41/streets-crest-drive-street-bus.csp"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/cityregion/24282346-41/streets-crest-drive-street-bus.csp</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Unlike most streets, the newly rebuilt section of Crest Drive in south Eugene is not designed to make life easy for drivers. The narrow width…</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Jan. 2: (Capital Press) Winery shindigs raise land-use questions</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif" size="3"><a href="http://www.capitalpress.com/oregon/ml-winery-flap-122509-art"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.capitalpress.com/oregon/ml-winery-flap-122509-art</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">PORTLAND -- Can an Oregon winery hold a concert or host a wedding party on the farm? The answer depends on whom you ask…</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Jan. 1: (Editorial, The Oregonian) The Northwest discovers that the once-scorned timber industry is better than the alternative: rural subdivisions</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif" size="3"><a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2010/01/the_northwest_discovers_that_t.html"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2010/01/the_northwest_discovers_that_t.html</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">For 20 years, the Northwest all but demonized timberland owners, blaming them for everything from landslides to the demise of salmon…</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Jan. 1: (Daily Astorian) State board rejects LNG foes' challenge</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif" size="3"><a href="http://www.dailyastorian.com/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=398&ArticleID=66826"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.dailyastorian.com/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=398&ArticleID=66826</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">The Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals has rejected a challenge filed by Bradwood Landing LNG opponents, clearing the way for the board to rule on the two land-use issues that were remanded back to the county…</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Jan. 1: (Los Angeles Times) Federal agencies may have to consider climate before they act</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif" size="3"><a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/nation-and-world/la-na-climate-nepa1-2010jan01,0,438175.story"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.latimes.com/news/nation-and-world/la-na-climate-nepa1-2010jan01,0,438175.story</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">WASHINGTON - The White House is poised to order all federal agencies to evaluate any major actions they take, such as building highways or logging national forests, to determine how they would contribute to and be
affected by climate change, a step long sought by environmentalists…</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Dec. 31: (Portland Tribune) River fight ignites again</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif" size="3"><a href="http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126220977694258500"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126220977694258500</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Comments by a top Portland official are increasing business-related concerns about an ambitious city plan intended to improve the environmental and economic vitality in and around the Portland harbor…</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Dec. 31: (Portland Tribune) Streetcar project sees five options identified</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif" size="3"><a href="http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126220605429121700"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126220605429121700</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">The Portland to Lake Oswego Transit project is inching forward as Metro identifies five areas with additional options for streetcar routes…</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Dec. 30: (Daily Journal of Commerce) Greening zoning codes to match city’s sustainable mindset</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif" size="3"><a href="http://djcoregon.com/news/2009/12/30/greening-zoning-codes-to-match-citys-sustainable-mindset/"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://djcoregon.com/news/2009/12/30/greening-zoning-codes-to-match-citys-sustainable-mindset/</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Portland has a reputation of being at the cutting edge of sustainable building and design. But its current zoning codes that regulate installations of solar panels, eco-roofs and other energy-efficient technologies
on new and existing buildings are behind the times…</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Dec. 30: (Oregon City News) Clackamas County drops sewer lawsuit</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif" size="3"><a href="http://www.oregoncitynewsonline.com/news/story.php?story_id=126220024344962500"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.oregoncitynewsonline.com/news/story.php?story_id=126220024344962500</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Clackamas County has dropped its lawsuit against Milwaukie over maintenance at the Kellogg Treatment Plant despite not having received the permits that instigated the litigation…</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Dec. 29: (Portland Tribune) Students wow Rockwood with ideas</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif" size="3"><a href="http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126213403836079600"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126213403836079600</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">About half a year ago, Gresham urban renewal leaders parted ways with a promising developer whose vision for Rockwood didn’t agree with theirs. Now, some of those same leaders are wide-eyed in amazement and awe at
what a group of college students have proposed for the same area…</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Dec. 29: (Corvallis Gazette-Times) Albany wins preliminary round in Gatorade suit</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif" size="3"><a href="http://www.gazettetimes.com/news/local/article_bdde2878-f50b-11de-974c-001cc4c002e0.html"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.gazettetimes.com/news/local/article_bdde2878-f50b-11de-974c-001cc4c002e0.html</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">ALBANY - The city of Albany has won another preliminary round in its $105 million lawsuit against the makers of Gatorade for breaking a contract to build a factory in the city…</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Dec. 29: (Albany Democrat-Herald) Lebanon keeps growing</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif" size="3"><a href="http://www.democratherald.com/news/local/article_5f6747d0-f4ba-11de-a3d0-001cc4c03286.html"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.democratherald.com/news/local/article_5f6747d0-f4ba-11de-a3d0-001cc4c03286.html</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">LEBANON — Twenty years ago, when the bottom fell out of the timber and wood products industry, Lebanon faced bleak times. Downtown storefronts were empty and unemployment was rampant…</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Dec. 29: (Guest Commentary, The Oregonian) Urban growth boundary: an opportunity ripe for job creation</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif" size="3"><a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2009/12/urban_growth_boundary_an_oppor.html"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2009/12/urban_growth_boundary_an_oppor.html</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Much has been written recently about the correlation in this region between land and infrastructure on the one hand and jobs and economic growth on the other -- for two good reasons…</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Dec. 29: (The Oregonian) Bandon's waterfront: retail shops or marine industrial facility?</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">BANDON – In a dispute over the fate of a 1.28-acre chunk of coastal waterfront, the Port of Bandon and Pacific Seafood Group will try mediation to settle their differences….</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Dec. 28: (Coos Bay World) Sidewalk crew finds artifacts</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif" size="3"><a href="http://www.theworldlink.com/articles/2009/12/28/news/doc4b38f2f76da45763850020.txt"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.theworldlink.com/articles/2009/12/28/news/doc4b38f2f76da45763850020.txt</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">BANDON — Pouring concrete for a new sidewalk doesn’t seem to be a complicated endeavor, unless it’s in Old Town Bandon. When city workers recently began digging…</font></div>
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