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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:green">Welcome to this week’s roundup of the Land Use News!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<h3><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><a href="http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/northwest/the-latest-woman-killed-in-coastal-oregon-landslide/"><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;text-decoration:none">The
Latest: Heavy rainfall shatters record in Portland</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="tqb"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">The Seattle Times</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">Storms in the Pacific Northwest have unleashed a damaging
<em><span style="font-weight:normal">landslide</span></em> north of Newport, <em>
<span style="font-weight:normal">Oregon</span></em>, forced evacuations and opened up a sinkhole ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://news.sys-con.com/node/3602819&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNjE2NjQ2MjYyNjc1NzM0NjYwMjIaNTIwNjQ3NjljYWI2ZjE3Yzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGwL_wWibWdvakHMzBh8K6IbAV98Q"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Major
Northwest Storm Dumps Four Feet of Snow on Oregon's Mountains </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">SYS-CON Media (press release)
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">16, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- A major winter storm has delivered a pre-holiday gift to the mountains of Oregon. Long known for their deep
snowpack and ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h3><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><a href="http://koin.com/2015/12/17/apparent-sinkhole-swallows-newport-garage/"><em><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none">Newport</span></em><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;text-decoration:none">
landslide leaves 'catastrophic damages'</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="tqb"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">KOIN.com</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><em><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222;font-weight:normal">NEWPORT</span></em><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">, Ore. (KOIN) — Emergency
evacuations were made Thursday night after an apparent landslide and <em><span style="font-weight:normal">sinkhole</span></em> caused “catastrophic ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h3><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2015/12/florence_woman_dog_die_in_land.html"><em><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none">Florence</span></em><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;text-decoration:none">
woman dies when <em><span style="font-weight:normal">landslide</span></em> hits home on the
<em><span style="font-weight:normal">Oregon</span></em> Coast</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="tqb"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">OregonLive.com</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">Fresh storms barreled through the already sodden Pacific Northwest, triggering a
<em><span style="font-weight:normal">landslide</span></em> that killed a woman and destroyed her home near ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<h3><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><a href="http://koin.com/2015/12/11/cities-prep-for-more-flooding-as-rain-continues/"><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;text-decoration:none">Cities
prep for more flooding as rain continues</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="tqb"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">KOIN.com</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">A
<em><span style="font-weight:normal">sinkhole</span></em> in Rainier is affecting the back of a business, and co-owner Jewel Forrest told KOIN 6 News ... A ship at the Port of
<em><span style="font-weight:normal">Newport</span></em>, Dec<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.thechronicleonline.com/news/be-alert-for-landslides-debris-flows/article_a1a401e6-a450-11e5-9f74-1fe853dc0c41.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNjE2NjQ2MjYyNjc1NzM0ODYwODIaZTMyYzM5OThlYmM2M2U3YTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEi8YF3sSBXvsntAGWhs0tgiORauw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Be
alert for landslides, debris flows </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">St. Helens Chronicle
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">“Many landslides have occurred during the past week in areas across the state,” says Bill Burns, DOGAMI engineering geologist. “With
another round ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.tillamookcountypioneer.net/highways-22-and-131-could-reopen-before-christmas-eve/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTNDE2MjUwMTU2MzAzNTU5NjAxOTIaZjIzZWE4YjdkNDQwOTNkMTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFhGiNv_1uEp0KOf5-VFPGzyoLMWA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Highways
22 and 131 could reopen before Christmas Eve </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Tillamook County Pioneer
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">Contractors and crews working for the Oregon Department of ... Oregon Highway 131 at Happy Camp Road in Tillamook County: The road has
been ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h3><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><a href="http://kmtr.com/news/local/map-outlines-western-oregon-landslide-risks-from-a-subduction-zone-earthquake-11-16-2015"><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;text-decoration:none">Map
outlines western <em><span style="font-weight:normal">Oregon landslide</span></em> risks from a subduction zone
<em><span style="font-weight:normal">...</span></em></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="tqb"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">KMTR NewsSource 16</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">CORVALLIS, Ore. - New
<em><span style="font-weight:normal">landslide</span></em> maps have been developed that will help the
<em><span style="font-weight:normal">Oregon</span></em> Department of Transportation determine which coastal ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.heraldandnews.com/news/local_news/badger-flats-project-wins-support/article_428e78f7-c72e-5cd5-86ff-ff279a7cb031.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTNjE2NjQ2MjYyNjc1NzM0ODA1NzIaYTg1ODAzYjhmNmU5MzA2YTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNG2ASLT2HGyzg4C8DAr0uvBR7T7nQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Badger
Flats project wins support </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Herald and News
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">Klamath County</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525"> commissioners unanimously voted Tuesday
night to overturn a planning board decision to keep the proposed Badger Flats Lifestyle ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://portlandtribune.com/pt/9-news/285630-162528-tourists-will-help-pay-for-affordable-housing-&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNjE2NjQ2MjYyNjc1NzM0ODY2NDIaMmY3NzAwZTIwOWJiOTYwYjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFGmnTyQtKt5YbneSWB-z_F89TDkQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Tourists
will help pay for affordable housing </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Portland Tribune
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">The Portland Housing Bureau hopes to leverage the new revenue stream to sell a ... in the room,” said John Miller, director of the Oregon
Opportunity Network. ... The Housing Bureau received $6.1 million in general fund money in ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://registerguard.com/rg/opinion/33864470-78/the-costs-of-homelessness.html.csp&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTNjE2NjQ2MjYyNjc1NzM0ODY2NDIaMmY3NzAwZTIwOWJiOTYwYjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHxfhX_EWcpyGKktVrTHXCvB6fu3g"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">The
costs of homelessness </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">The Register-Guard
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">The “Housing First” model popularized by Salt Lake City has captured the ... On Wednesday the Oregon Health Authority announced it will
award a ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://kcby.com/news/local/oregon-coast-community-action-accepting-donations-for-homeless&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTMjI4NzQ0NjU0Njc3MTcyNzcwOTIaYjNlMzFhMDQzODlhZjhlNjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGJ2tdkdKY0z1MzZ5E-KW2t5fDFhg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Oregon</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
Coast Community Action accepting donations for homeless </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">KCBY.com 11
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">"The homeless issue is dramatically hitting rural Oregon," says ORCCA executive director Mike Lehman. Lehman, the director of Oregon
Coast ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.bendsource.com/bend/long-road-to-relief/Content%3Foid%3D2576441&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTNjE2NjQ2MjYyNjc1NzM0NzYzMzIaNDBkZThjMzE5ZWZlZmJlNTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEKVscWUKDzlGBse_EAV5MGSy_oQw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Long
Road to Relief </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">The Source Weekly
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">City Council recently took another step toward addressing Bend's affordable housing crisis when it approved the sale of City land to
a local affordable ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://portlandtribune.com/pt/9-news/285244-161973-as-east-portland-residents-face-more-evictions-community-fighting-back-&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMjI4NzQ0NjU0Njc3MTcyODUxNzIaMmY3NzAwZTIwOWJiOTYwYjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHPG7AzuREU2FKxZcrJELNAQlXozw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">As
East Portland residents face more evictions, community fighting back </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">“They cannot find them housing even in Gresham any more.” As the ... It's currently banned for local governments in just two states,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.eastoregonian.com/eo/local-news/20151216/congress-gives-land-and-water-conservation-fund-three-more-years&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNjE2NjQ2MjYyNjc1NzM0NzUzNDIaMWU1NWFiMzNlZTdiMzZkNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEHy4dQz3ZBFZijOlaikLXZQtsuOw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Congress
gives Land and Water Conservation Fund three more years </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">Since it was established in 1965, the Land and Water Conservation Fund has invested nearly $1 billion into Oregon and Washington and
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.dailyastorian.com/port-of-astoria-eyes-land-at-south-tongue-point-da-ap-webfeeds-news-northwest572bfd03c9b049e69012e4a6a459a3de&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioTNjE2NjQ2MjYyNjc1NzM0NzUzNDIaMWU1NWFiMzNlZTdiMzZkNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNG9eGQdbDoeo2kt3ds4BSttRRqc2Q"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Port
of Astoria eyes land at South Tongue Point </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">ASTORIA, Ore. (AP) — The Port of Astoria has expressed interest in buying some or all of the undeveloped land on Oregon's South Tongue
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://portlandtribune.com/pt/10-opinion/285781-162073-whats-good-for-business-is-good-for-oregon&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTNjE2NjQ2MjYyNjc1NzM0NjAyMzIaN2QxMTZkOWMxYTYyMTAyMTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEGJiRb3tQ4YdJAjrg7YFrKk1-3zg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">What's
good for business is good for Oregon </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">Right now, Oregon is on a better path than it was five years ago. ... transit and other forms of transportation have been priorities in past Oregon ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/blog/sbo/2015/12/a-price-on-carbon-could-be-oregons-new-bottle-bill.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNDE2MjUwMTU2MzAzNTU5NjYzOTIaMGIwZjlkZTkzNmZmMGJkNTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGQa_MdmZaGGby3cyAVDY-lV-AO9A"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">A
price on carbon could be Oregon's new 'Bottle Bill' </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">We take pride in trying things first, and we often get them right: land-use planning, Death with Dignity and the Bottle Bill, to name
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2015/12/what_oregon_can_do_to_combat_c.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTNDE2MjUwMTU2MzAzNTU5NTM2MTIaYjNlMzFhMDQzODlhZjhlNjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEB3it80vbrZdqTIIwD2VLTfhT0AQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">What
Oregon can do to combat climate change (OPINION) </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">What Oregon can do to combat climate change (OPINION) ... and rural parts of the state, creates good-paying jobs for Oregon workers,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/blog/sbo/2015/12/all-of-a-sudden-oregons-renewable-energy-future.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNjE2NjQ2MjYyNjc1NzM0ODE1NjIaY2UwZjQ5YTg1MDM1NmRhYTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHcghB6XgKhK6k7WPaP5kdSVrZgSQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">All
of a sudden, Oregon's renewable energy future looks very bright </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">Companies can choose to use 100 percent renewable energy or less, but according to Stan Sittser, PGE spokesperson, "most like to go
100 percent ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.oregonlive.com/marijuana/index.ssf/2015/12/warm_springs_tribes_vote_on_st.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNjE2NjQ2MjYyNjc1NzM0NjM3NjIaNGJmZDk0Nzc5ZTAyOGQyMDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFSteEPGk0LO7qcMEyYnCdGZu7iow"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Warm
Springs</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none"> tribes vote on growing, selling marijuana
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">Members of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs will vote Thursday on a proposal to grow and process marijuana on the reservation
and sell the ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.bendbulletin.com/localstate/3832543-151/decision-on-marijuana-regulations-expected-monday&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNjE2NjQ2MjYyNjc1NzM0NzYwNTIaOWMyOGU4MDRhNWZlM2NmYjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHqZ8mzMw5HeAPGTkjgu27ZOemNkg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Decision
on marijuana regulations expected Monday </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">The Oregon Farm Bureau wrote to county commissioners last week about proposed measures for limiting the smell of marijuana at farm sites
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://portlandtribune.com/pt/9-news/285362-162307-lawmakers-want-talks-to-begin-for-2017-transportation-bill&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNDE2MjUwMTU2MzAzNTU5NTUxNjIaN2QxMTZkOWMxYTYyMTAyMTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEST8VFghYWoUMDAVaQP0S9Ccd4JA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Lawmakers
want talks to begin for 2017 transportation bill </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">Oregon</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525"> lawmakers said on Monday that they need to
begin negotiations now, if they are going to pass legislation to fund transportation in 2017.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.planetizen.com/node/82758/when-vision-zero-conflicts-local-politics&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTNDE2MjUwMTU2MzAzNTU5NTQyMzIaYTI4ZTJkYWVjZWQwMTc4ZTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFrunmRW_qQLFx6XWZ6vepIWON44w"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">'Vision
Zero' Conflicts With Local Politics </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">Community leaders sometimes present the biggest obstacles when and where the rubber hits the road on Vision Zero traffic safety improvements.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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