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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif">March 16: (Bend Bulletin) Christmas Valley resists solar push <a href="http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100316/NEWS0107/3160403/1001/NEWS01&nav_category=NEWS01"><u>http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100316/NEWS0107/3160403/1001/NEWS01&nav_category=NEWS01</u></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif">CHRISTMAS VALLEY — When Gary Perkins heard that solar companies were buying nearby fields and planning to fill them with commercial solar arrays, the Christmas Valley alfalfa farmer snapped up two parcels in front of his
log cabin…</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif">March 16: (Bend Bulletin) County told Bend that its UGB plan was lacking</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif">SALEM — If Bend’s urban growth boundary plan is eventually struck down, Deschutes County officials will be able to say, “I told you so…”</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif">March 16: (Eugene Register-Guard) Cottage Grove vote rejects two measures</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif" size="3"><a href="http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/cityregion/24568317-41/conrad-initiatives-planning-vote-commission.csp"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/cityregion/24568317-41/conrad-initiatives-planning-vote-commission.csp</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif">COTTAGE GROVE — Diane Conrad said Monday that she’s disappointed that voters decided against a pair of initiatives that would change the way the city conducts its business…</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif">March 15: (Klamath Falls Herald and News) Group raising funds to buy foreclosed subdivision</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif" size="3"><a href="http://www.heraldandnews.com/news/top_stories/article_cb695528-30c3-11df-bfcb-001cc4c002e0.html"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.heraldandnews.com/news/top_stories/article_cb695528-30c3-11df-bfcb-001cc4c002e0.html</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif">A group of Klamath Falls residents is trying to raise at least $800,000 to stop development of a subdivision on the east side of the Link River…</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif">March 15: (McMinnville News-Register) Mountain development scaled back</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif" size="3"><a href="http://www.newsregister.com/article/43611-mountain+development+scaled+back"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.newsregister.com/article/43611-mountain+development+scaled+back</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif">For all intents and purposes, Gale Mills is running up the white flag on the 50 acres he owns on Chehalem Mountain…</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif">March 15: (Editorial, Eugene Register-Guard) The Steens dilemma: Man’s green power vs. nature’s stark beauty</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif" size="3"><a href="http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/sevendays/24549327-35/echanis-mountain-crowley-state-wind.csp"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/sevendays/24549327-35/echanis-mountain-crowley-state-wind.csp</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif">On the northeast slope of Steens Mountain, Chris Crowley wants to plant 150 wind turbines — towers more than 400 feet high sporting giant propellers. Those machines will produce 300 megawatts of electricity, enough to serve
90,000 homes…</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif">March 15: (Eugene Register-Guard) State planning Belt Line upgrade</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif" size="3"><a href="http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/sevendays/24557746-35/road-belt-highway-coburg-river.csp"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/sevendays/24557746-35/road-belt-highway-coburg-river.csp</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Three months ago, after leaving Eugene Sand & Gravel on Delta Highway, a 123-foot-long tractor-trailer rig got stuck on the tight onramp to eastbound Belt Line Road, blocking traffic for almost a day…</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif">March 12: (Editorial, Eugene Register-Guard) Councilors don’t want LCC downtown campus</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif" size="3"><a href="http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/opinion/24553561-47/lcc-downtown-building-campus-councilors.csp"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/opinion/24553561-47/lcc-downtown-building-campus-councilors.csp</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif">The Eugene City Council’s reluctance to accept Lane Community College’s old downtown campus speaks volumes about the state of the downtown and the city’s long-standing struggle to revitalize it…</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif">March 12: (Baker City Herald) Parkway extension starts soon</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif" size="3"><a href="http://www.bakercityherald.com/Local-News/Parkway-extension-starts-soon"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.bakercityherald.com/Local-News/Parkway-extension-starts-soon</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif">After years, and in some cases decades of planning, Baker City is undergoing one of its largest parks and street improvement campaigns since the gold mining heyday…</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif">March 12: (The Oregonian) At ground zero in Cornelius, Dave Vanasche leads fight to preserve Washington County farmland</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif" size="3"><a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2010/03/at_ground_zero_in_cornelius_da.html"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2010/03/at_ground_zero_in_cornelius_da.html</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif">CORNELIUS -- It wasn't exactly a burning bush, but it had the same life-changing effect. Dave Vanasche, making his way across a rocky slope while bow-hunting for elk in the Coast Range, grabbed a bush to steady himself and
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif">March 12: (Statesman Journal) Developer courts tenant for Fairview site</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif" size="3"><a href="http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20100312/NEWS/3120330/1001&referrer=NEWSFRONTCAROUSEL"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20100312/NEWS/3120330/1001&referrer=NEWSFRONTCAROUSEL</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif">John Miller, a local developer known for his interest in sustainable development and biodiesel, wants to bring a food processor to an 11-acre site at Fairview Industrial Park in southeast Salem…</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif">March 11: (Albany Democrat-Herald) Lowe’s wants more time for proposal</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif" size="3"><a href="http://www.democratherald.com/news/local/article_ca5f9b70-2d52-11df-9c1b-001cc4c03286.html"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.democratherald.com/news/local/article_ca5f9b70-2d52-11df-9c1b-001cc4c03286.html</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Albany will have to wait until mid-May to find out if a Lowe’s home improvement center goes in at the southeast corner of Ninth and Oak. Representatives from Lowe’s told City Manager Wes Hare just before a public hearing
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif">March 11: (Portland Tribune) Looking past the coliseum</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif" size="3"><a href="http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126826380514582900"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126826380514582900</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif">As the Portland City Council moves closer to deciding the fate of Memorial Coliseum, two larger questions are starting to loom — what to do with the rest of the Rose Quarter and how to pay for all the improvements that the
city and other interests would like to see…</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif">March 11: (Portland Tribune) Urban-rural debate far from over</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif" size="3"><a href="http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126826390655265300"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126826390655265300</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif">“Remarkable.” “Monumental.” “Historic.” It’s rare for local governments in the Portland area to garner such accolades, but that’s what occurred when Metro and the three area counties reached a grand compromise…</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif">March 11: (Coos Bay World) Ore plant approved</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif" size="3"><a href="http://www.theworldlink.com/articles/2010/03/11/news/ore_plant_approved_c04.txt"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.theworldlink.com/articles/2010/03/11/news/ore_plant_approved_c04.txt</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif">COOS BAY -- More than 20 years, $29 million and 14 permits later, Oregon Resources Corp. finally has the go-ahead to begin construction on its Bunker Hill ore processing plant…</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif">March 11: (Ashland Daily Tidings) Planners approve SOU's master plan</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif" size="3"><a href="http://www.dailytidings.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100311/NEWS02/3110308/-1/NEWS"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.dailytidings.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100311/NEWS02/3110308/-1/NEWS</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif">The Ashland Planning Commission unanimously approved Southern Oregon University's 10-year master plan Tuesday as long as the university adheres to a set of stipulations suggested by city planners…</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif">March 10: (The Oregonian) Molalla fee-waiver experiment pays off with new downtown development</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif" size="3"><a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/clackamascounty/index.ssf/2010/03/molalla_development_experiemen.html"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.oregonlive.com/clackamascounty/index.ssf/2010/03/molalla_development_experiemen.html</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Molalla took an an economic-development step in December that no other Oregon city has tried in at least 15 years, waiving building fees for all of 2010 or until it rings up $1 million in waivers, whichever comes first…</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif">March 10: (Guest Commentary, Daily Journal of Commerce) Legislative session: Less than a whimper</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif" size="3"><a href="http://djcoregon.com/news/2010/03/10/legislative-session-less-than-a-whimper/"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://djcoregon.com/news/2010/03/10/legislative-session-less-than-a-whimper/</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif">The 25-day short session of the Oregon Legislation is now over. Although there briefly seemed to be a whirlwind of activity coming from Salem, the activities relating to planning law…</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif">March 10: (Baker City Herald) Brownlee owners seek help from Congress, county</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif" size="3"><a href="http://www.bakercityherald.com/Local-News/Brownlee-owners-seek-help-from-Congress-county"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.bakercityherald.com/Local-News/Brownlee-owners-seek-help-from-Congress-county</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Landowners on Brownlee Reservoir who have been told by Idaho Power Co. that they must move mobile structures or sign leases limiting their ability to sell homes and other permanent buildings are asking the Baker County Board
of Commissioners for help…</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif">March 10: (Baker City Herald) City unveils ‘vision 2030’ concept</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif" size="3"><a href="http://www.bakercityherald.com/Local-News/City-unveils-vision-2030-concept"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.bakercityherald.com/Local-News/City-unveils-vision-2030-concept</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif">The vision of a spruced up Baker City, where young families can make a home because there are more jobs that pay near the Oregon average…</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif">March 10: (Statesman Journal) Polk County will revisit quarry proposal</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif" size="3"><a href="http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20100310/NEWS/3100432/1001/news"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20100310/NEWS/3100432/1001/news</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif">One of the longest ongoing land-use clashes in Polk County will have another airing tonight…</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif">March 9: (Editorial, Daily Astorian) Inconvenient questions are urgent</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif" size="3"><a href="http://www.dailyastorian.info/main.asp?SectionID=23&SubSectionID=392&ArticleID=68536"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.dailyastorian.info/main.asp?SectionID=23&SubSectionID=392&ArticleID=68536</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif">There has been a certain turn in the long road of government deliberation over whether a liquefied natural gas terminal will be sited on the Columbia River at Bradwood…</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif">March 9: (Daily Journal of Commerce) Beaverton plans canal district</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif" size="3"><a href="http://djcoregon.com/news/2010/03/09/beaverton-plans-canal-district-urbp/"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://djcoregon.com/news/2010/03/09/beaverton-plans-canal-district-urbp/</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Three creeks run through Beaverton, though folks may be challenged to find one of them. The city’s daunting highways and expansive parking lots have cut off residents from the waters that once fed a thriving agricultural
community…</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif">March 9: (AP, Eugene Register-Guard) Detroit mayor lays groundwork for downsizing plan</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif" size="3"><a href="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/MI_DOWNSIZING_DETROIT_BING?SITE=OREUG&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/MI_DOWNSIZING_DETROIT_BING?SITE=OREUG&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif">DETROIT (AP) -- Detroit Mayor Dave Bing said Tuesday the city will focus on demolishing thousands of its most dangerous vacant homes and fixing up salvageable ones as he lays the groundwork for a long-term plan to downsize.
Plans to shrink or right-size the sprawling city…</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif">March 5: (KATU-TV) Could land swap spawn casino? Critics think so</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif" size="3"><a href="http://www.katu.com/news/business/86690717.html"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><u>http://www.katu.com/news/business/86690717.html</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif">AURORA, Ore. – The family that owns the Langdon Farms Golf Course wants to put 385 acres of land in trust with the Klamath Tribes. Critics say that would allow them to go around state and local land-use laws…</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif">March 5: (Newport News-Times) Newport revises proposed zoning</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Responding to concerns that a proposed update to Newport’s geological hazard zoning could sink property values; the city has revised the ordinance ahead of a planning commission hearing Monday…</font></div>
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