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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><b>Nov 9:</b></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Bend’s latest growth boundary plan a no-go</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://djcoregon.com/news/2010/11/08/bends-latest-growth-boundary-plan-a-no-go/"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#0000FF"><u>http://djcoregon.com/news/2010/11/08/bends-latest-growth-boundary-plan-a-no-go/</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">In Bend, when all else fails, try, try again.</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">The seven-member state land-use board, the Land Conservation and Development Commission, sent back the city of Bend’s latest urban growth boundary proposal late last week. . .</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">OREGON'S CENSUS PARTICIPATION NUMBERS ABOUT THE SAME AS 2000, BUT CITY OF TURNER EXCELS (Portland Oregonian) <a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2010/11/oregons_census_participation_numbers_about_the_same_as_2000_but_city_of_turner_excels.html"><font color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2010/11/oregons_census_participation_numbers_about_the_same_as_2000_but_city_of_turner_excels.html</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">For another decade, the true population of Granite will remain uncounted. Only 20 percent of households in the Grant County hamlet sent back the 2010 census questionnaire, apparently because its citizens harbor the
opinion that Uncle Sam is too nosy. . .</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">TURBULENCE IN THE GRANDE RONDE VALLEY -- OPINION (Portland Oregonian) <a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2010/11/turbulence_in_the_grande_ronde.html"><font color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2010/11/turbulence_in_the_grande_ronde.html</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">It's hard not to see a postcard image from most places in Union County, in northeastern Oregon. The rugged Blue Mountains vault from a farmed valley floor, and cities and towns -- Cove, La Grande, Union -- throw
a twinkle at twilight. Best of all, the fabled Grande Ronde River runs through it. . .</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><b>Nov 8:</b></font></div>
<div style="padding-right: 6pt; "><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.newsregister.com/article/46065-rock%2Ball%2Bwrong%2Bplaces&ct=ga&cad=:s1:f2:v1:d1:i0:lt:e0:p0:t1289254164:&cd=4bQhSrbN8Us&usg=AFQjCNGiwAt_bMXP3Fj9iy3eq54ZRGYANg"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>Rock
in all the wrong places</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> (McMinnville News-Register)<br>
</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#666666">The Willamette River snakes around Lambert Bend, separating the peninsula of farmland from its opposite shore in a horseshoe shape, like a thin band of blue cartilage lining a ball and socket joint.
But around the bend, the river slams into a massive mound of gravel — an entire island of it, actually — and splits in two. . .</font></font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://sustainablebusinessoregon.com/articles/2010/11/dlcd-examines-rules-for-big-solar-in.html&ct=ga&cad=:s1:f2:v1:d1:i0:lt:e1:p1:t1289254164:&cd=4bQhSrbN8Us&usg=AFQjCNF52iAGtnGdEOyBD0ZDr-oGFqrDdg"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>DLCD
examines rules for big solar in </u></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>Oregon</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> (Sustainable Business Oregon)<br>
The </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Oregon</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> Department of </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Land</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> Conservation and Development has convened
a committee, called the Solar Rulemaking Advisory Committee, to consider the issue. </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">...</font></font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.hcn.org/hcn/issues/42.19/burning-questions-about-biomass&ct=ga&cad=:s1:f2:v1:d1:i0:lt:e5:p5:t1289254164:&cd=4bQhSrbN8Us&usg=AFQjCNGFZlrJIVc0Blf8gKYW-mIttfCgzA"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>Burning
questions about biomass</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> (High Country News)<br>
At first glance, it looks like a great way to counter climate change -- convert a greenhouse-gas-spewing coal power plant to a clean, modern facility fueled by plant matter. But the devil, as always, is in the details. . .</font></font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><b>Nov 7:</b></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">MINING OPERATION UNEARTHS DEBATE (Eugene Register-Guard) </font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/sevendays/25505324-35/chromite-oregon-company-county-resources.csp"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/sevendays/25505324-35/chromite-oregon-company-county-resources.csp</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">-A Coos County project pits jobs against environmental fears-</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">An Australian-owned company first started poking around on the southern Oregon Coast back in the late 1980s, on the hunt for a valuable collection of heavy minerals that gives some beaches here a distinctive black
hue. . .</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><b>Nov 6:</b></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">DOUSING OUR COAL FIRE ONCE AND FOR ALL -- OPINION (Portland Oregonian) <a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2010/11/dousing_our_coal_fire_once_and.html"><font color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2010/11/dousing_our_coal_fire_once_and.html</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Every day, a power plant in Boardman burns thousands of tons of coal and sends up into the atmosphere tons of emissions, some of it the kind that sullies air, rain and, in certain seasonal wind shifts, views in the
coveted Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area. . .</font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.eastoregonian.com/news/article_bdbf835c-e978-11df-ad36-001cc4c03286.html&ct=ga&cad=:s1:f2:v1:d1:i0:lt:e5:p5:t1289081376:&cd=YT2BwS18gX8&usg=AFQjCNF8pyJ5ydGO6Z-PqhW68EE7Lm52OQ"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>Opinions
differ on sources of 'horrible stench' over Irrigon</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> (East Oregonian)<br>
</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">City officials are upset their efforts to attract industry are being thwarted by the not-so-sweet smell of agricultural success.</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> . .</font></font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2010/11/11-07-10-02.shtml&ct=ga&cad=:s1:f2:v1:d1:i0:lt:e6:p6:t1289081376:&cd=YT2BwS18gX8&usg=AFQjCNFbkirX5yfyhhGY1WvhE-n6XqJMKA"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>Port
buys industrial </u></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>land</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> (Dalles Chronicle)</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> The Port of The Dalles finalized a purchase and
sales agreement this week for 70-plus acres of former Northwest Aluminum land.<br>
The agreement with Golden Northwest Holding, the company that purchased the site after the aluminum plant’s bankruptcy, centers on the former golf course and the rodeo grounds and parking lot. Sales price has been set at $2.4 million, or $34,000 per acre.</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><b>Nov 5:</b></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">NW NATURAL UNVEILS JOINT VENTURE ON PALOMAR PIPELINE PROJECT (Portland Oregonian) <a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2010/11/nw_natural_unveils_joint_ventu.html"><font color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2010/11/nw_natural_unveils_joint_ventu.html</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Northwest Natural Gas Co. said Friday that the biggest pipeline operator in the Northwest has signed on as a prospective partner in the controversial Palomar pipeline project. . .</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">BPA HEAD STEVE WRIGHT DEFENDS DECISION ON WASHINGTON TRANSMISSION LINE (Portland Oregonian) </font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/clark-county/index.ssf/2010/11/bpa_administrator_steve_wright_defends_decision_on_transmission_line.html"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.oregonlive.com/clark-county/index.ssf/2010/11/bpa_administrator_steve_wright_defends_decision_on_transmission_line.html</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Bonneville Power head Steve Wright took a drubbing Thursday night from southwest Washington residents and officials angry about the agency's plan to place a 500-kilovolt transmission line in southwest Washington.</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">But he defended his decision to drop a proposed route through Oregon, saying it was never really a reasonable option. . .</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">EASTERN OREGON RESIDENTS NEAR WIND FARMS EXPRESS HEALTH CONCERNS OVER NOISE, LIGHTS, STRESS (Portland Oregonian)</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2010/11/eastern_oregon_residents_near_wind_farms_express_health_concerns_over_noise_lights_stress.html"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2010/11/eastern_oregon_residents_near_wind_farms_express_health_concerns_over_noise_lights_stress.html</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">If there's anything that worries Linda Bond, it's the prospect of living in the shadow of hundreds of wind turbines with their noise and blinking lights. . .</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">COURT DECISION MAY COMPLICATE LNG EFFORTS IN COOS BAY, WARRENTON (Portland Oregonian) <a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2010/11/court_decision_may_complicate.html"><font color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2010/11/court_decision_may_complicate.html</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">The Oregon Court of Appeals upheld a decision by state authorities to overturn local zoning approvals for the Bradwood Landing liquefied natural gas terminal, proposed for a site 20 miles east of Astoria on the Columbia
River. . .</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">ORE. RULING: LNG PORT VIOLATES COUNTY REGULATIONS (Business Week) </font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9JA1IF80.htm"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9JA1IF80.htm</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">The Oregon Court of Appeals has ruled that Clatsop County should never have approved construction of the Bradwood Landing liquefied natural gas project on the Columbia River . . .</font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.columbian.com/news/2010/nov/05/ore-orders-bend-to-trim-urban-growth-proposal/&ct=ga&cad=:s1:f2:v1:d1:i0:lt:e0:p0:t1288994972:&cd=wRNO0j26rg0&usg=AFQjCNHvWcG54o9iEh-ND8wr47TzWAbbiQ"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>Ore.
orders Bend to trim urban growth proposal</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> (The Columbian)<br>
The state has rejected a city of Bend proposal to expand its urban growth boundary by about 8,500 acres. . . .</font></font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://blog.oregonlive.com/hillsboroargus/2010/11/countys_urban_plan_to_get_seco.html&ct=ga&cad=:s1:f2:v1:d1:i0:lt:e8:p8:t1288994972:&cd=wRNO0j26rg0&usg=AFQjCNHXz35m1nuQKv1gzYVYeK-KyQadnA"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>County's
urban plan to get second look</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> (OregonLive.com blog)<br>
In early 2009, Metro, the regional </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">land</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> planner for the Portland metropolitan region, embarked on an effort to engage Multnomah, Clackamas and Washington </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">...</font></font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/cityregion/25491011-41/university-campus-property-state-east.csp&ct=ga&cad=:s1:f2:v1:d1:i0:lt:e15:p15:t1288994972:&cd=wRNO0j26rg0&usg=AFQjCNHGhb7KckB-h1tEbMYUSf-xNSnXTg"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>UO
eyes property east of freeway</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> (The Register-Guard)<br>
The University of Oregon is looking to expand east, again.The university wants to buy a four-acre piece of land east of campus to provide some added flexibility and perhaps allow the UO to move some operations out of the core campus. It has done that in the
past, buying the former Romania auto dealership and state highway department properties just east of campus on Franklin Boulevard. . .</font></font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><b>Nov 4:</b></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Bend gets UGB order from state (Bend Bulletin)</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20101104/NEWS01/11040417/1011"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20101104/NEWS01/11040417/1011</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif">The city of Bend has some work to do before the state accepts its plan for how and where it will grow over the next 20 years. . .</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">SALEM MEETING TUESDAY WILL UNVEIL SALMON, STEELHEAD RECOVERY PLAN (Salem Statesman Journal) <a href="http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20101103/OUTDOORS/101103035/1034/STATE"><font color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20101103/OUTDOORS/101103035/1034/STATE</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Officials with three state and federal agencies are holding a meeing Tuesday in Salem about the plan to restore spring Chinook and winter steelhead in the upper Willamette River Basin.</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">The meetings are sponsored by the State of Oregons Governors Natural Resources Office, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrations Marine Fisheries Service.
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<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.katu.com/news/business/106712933.html&ct=ga&cad=:s1:f2:v1:d1:i0:lt:e2:p2:t1288908607:&cd=BGCXGJY_IAw&usg=AFQjCNHt3pOGWbzY4xuMyVwXGxmdtZ2v3A"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>Court
hands LNG terminal foes ultimate victory</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> (KATU)<br>
</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#343434">The Oregon Court of Appeals has ruled that Clatsop County should never have approved construction of the Bradwood Landing liquefied natural gas project on the Columbia River. . .</font></font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/exclusive-survey-36-states-address-greenhouse-gases-from-sprawl-building-construction-106705068.html&ct=ga&cad=:s1:f2:v1:d1:i0:lt:e3:p3:t1288908607:&cd=BGCXGJY_IAw&usg=AFQjCNEvAdmCYblRy0yifl7wUfDQPQp3FA"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>Exclusive
Survey: 36 States Address Greenhouse Gases from Sprawl, Building </u></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>...</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> (PR Newswire)<br>
California, </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Oregon</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> and Washington have taken specific legislative action to control GHG emissions by changing </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">land use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">
patterns and construction practices. </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">...</font></font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.oregonlive.com/oregon-city/index.ssf/2010/11/motocross_enthusiasts_neighbors_face_off_over_course_proposed_south_of_molalla.html&ct=ga&cad=:s1:f2:v1:d1:i0:lt:e6:p6:t1288908607:&cd=BGCXGJY_IAw&usg=AFQjCNHCaNYYW7f3Jp2e5fX-b_uJGrrqZw"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>Motocross
enthusiasts, neighbors face off over course proposed south of Molalla</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> (OregonLive.com)</font></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#444E5C">Metro area motocross racers and horse cart enthusiasts might not have to travel far to enjoy their hobby if Clackamas County approves <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Timber-Ridge-Motocross-Park/123458054342176"><font color="#0C4790">a
new private park</font></a> south of Molalla. . .</font></div>
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<div><font face="Georgia, serif" size="2" color="#222222"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/opinion/story.php%3Fstory_id%3D128889313348177300&ct=ga&cad=:s1:f2:v1:d1:i0:lt:e7:p7:t1288908607:&cd=BGCXGJY_IAw&usg=AFQjCNGteg1LrP8GU_1sbCJOslNVdURqnQ"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#0000FF"><u>Reserves
ruling is big step backwards</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#000000"> (Forest Grove News-Times)<br>
Once again, a group of powerful folks who have probably never set foot in Cornelius or Forest Grove have decided that they know what’s best for us poor, hapless rubes who live here in western Washington County. Well, excuse us if we don’t a thank-you card to
1000 Friends of Oregon. . .</font></font></div>
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<div><font face="Georgia, serif" size="2" color="#222222"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.chinookobserver.com/main.asp%3FSectionID%3D1%26SubSectionID%3D1%26ArticleID%3D36336&ct=ga&cad=:s1:f2:v1:d1:i0:lt:e9:p9:t1288908607:&cd=BGCXGJY_IAw&usg=AFQjCNEeIhckgzuPrDVcARRIcihIC90IqA"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>State
Appeals Court rules against Clatsop County in LNG controversy</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> (Chinook Observer)<br>
The judges upheld the decision by the </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Land Use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> Board of Appeals ordering the county to take a fresh look at two key aspects of its Bradwood approval and how </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">...</font></font></div>
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<div><font face="Georgia, serif" size="2" color="#222222"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/news/story.php%3Fstory_id%3D128885736656634100&ct=ga&cad=:s1:f2:v1:d1:i0:lt:e11:p11:t1288908607:&cd=BGCXGJY_IAw&usg=AFQjCNFjvOzdSPL_wchvAo5oaHX4d6xlJg"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>Rejection
of Cornelius reserve puts UGB talk off</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> (Forest Grove News-Times)</font></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#222222">The Metro region’s effort to set up a land bank of urban and rural reserves for the next 50 years of growth took another surprise turn Friday, Oct. 29, when the state’s Land Development and Conservation
Commission toppled agreements that would have set aside farm land for future growth in Washington County. . .</font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.lakeoswegoreview.com/opinion/story.php%3Fstory_id%3D128882811739736500&ct=ga&cad=:s1:f2:v1:d1:i0:lt:e13:p13:t1288908607:&cd=BGCXGJY_IAw&usg=AFQjCNHtATLHfQmV7NIao94tQxHqlhRLLg"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>Council
can't have it both ways</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> (Lake Oswego Review)<br>
On another hand, the city has sent the </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Oregon Land</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> Conservation and Development Commission a letter stating that, based on a 2005 Metro 2025 traffic model, </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">...</font></font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><b>Nov 3:</b></font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.newberggraphic.com/news/2010/November/03/Opinion_Guest.Opinion/guest.opinion.states.land.use.system.is.broken/news.aspx&ct=ga&cad=:s1:f2:v1:d1:i0:lt:e0:p0:t1288822182:&cd=nw78BPN0Ajs&usg=AFQjCNEhx_161dquNNTghUehkx87TzV5pg"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>Guest
Opinion: State's </u></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>land use</u></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u> system is broken</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> (Newberg Graphic)</font></font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.newberggraphic.com/news/2010/November/03/Opinion_Guest.Opinion/guest.opinion.states.land.use.system.is.broken/news.aspx"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.newberggraphic.com/news/2010/November/03/Opinion_Guest.Opinion/guest.opinion.states.land.use.system.is.broken/news.aspx</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#2D3438">I found the Newberg Graphic’s article on urban growth boundary appeals interesting. On one hand, our local planning department says that the system isn’t working due to endless appeals; on the other,
Friends of Yamhill County say that it is. . .<br>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#2D3438"><b>Nov 2:</b></font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://blog.oregonlive.com/hillsboroargus/2010/11/third_runway_project_tempered.html&ct=ga&cad=:s1:f2:v1:d1:i0:lt:e0:p0:t1288735769:&cd=mWAfnoBGsPA&usg=AFQjCNEI8SfARusTsGbI28KsUJ-TW1S-Ig"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>Third
runway project tempered by legal issues</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> (OregonLive.com blog)</font></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#444E5C">The Port of Portland appears to be moving forward on plans for construction of a new 3,600-foot parallel runway in the next year, regardless of two pending legal decisions that reasonably could affect
the outcome. . .</font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.kgw.com/news/business/Biomass-plant-proposed-near-Oregon-City-106491423.html&ct=ga&cad=:s1:f2:v1:d1:i0:lt:e1:p1:t1288735769:&cd=mWAfnoBGsPA&usg=AFQjCNFTaY8P9rkOh9gzpDIIFmgvCSP5mg"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>Biomass
plant proposed near </u></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>Oregon</u></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u> City</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> (kgw.com)<br>
A biomass energy plant near Beavercreek has drawn hundreds of detractors. . .</font></font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/business/25473955-41/rexius-development-eugene-family-site.csp&ct=ga&cad=:s1:f2:v1:d1:i0:lt:e2:p2:t1288735769:&cd=mWAfnoBGsPA&usg=AFQjCNFXhoN-fdFt59gFBaDvmVELVrN57w"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>From
industrial to urban village</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> (Register-Guard)<br>
The Rexius family may convert its 44-acre compound of towering mounds of dirt and bark on Bailey Hill Road into a village of single family houses, townhouses and apartment buildings with retail spaces on the ground floor. . .</font></font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/cityregion/25470875-41/lane-county-transportation-state-act.csp&ct=ga&cad=:s1:f2:v1:d1:i0:lt:e9:p9:t1288735769:&cd=mWAfnoBGsPA&usg=AFQjCNHdoVt0Ec9XFYD21J3nYAOKBBpQ2g"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>County
backs creation of transportation body</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> (Register-Guard)<br>
The Lane County Board of Commissioners has voted unanimously to support the creation of a group that will lobby to bring state transportation dollars home for local projects. The board’s action last week followed earlier disagreements with other jurisdictions
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