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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:green">Welcome to this week’s roundup of the Land Use News!
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Land Use News is an electronic news clipping service provided by the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development (DLCD). Land Use News emphasizes local reporting,
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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/news/local/35720972-75/oregon-governor-lawmakers-come-out-with-watered-down-transportation-tax-and-spending-package.html.csp&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTE5NjUxMTQ0MDk1MTcwOTQ4MjYyGjBkOWRiZDQ4NGE4NDAzNzE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHVcF9VLLbMqTjghZiDSSUft-nxhA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Oregon</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
governor, lawmakers come out with watered-down transportation tax-and-spending package
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<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:black">After weeks of grueling negotiations, Gov. Kate Brown and a handful of key state lawmakers have reached a tentative deal on a new, smaller
transportation spending package. </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">Other elements — such as a statewide employee-paid payroll tax to fund mass transit, a $15 tax on certain bike purchases, and tiered vehicle registration
and title fees – remain intact.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h3><em><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4472C4;font-weight:normal">Environmentalists Rejoice</span></em><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4472C4">: Court Says Land Regulation
Doesn't Go ‘Too Far’<o:p></o:p></span></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="ohs"><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%">NPR</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">In a major property rights decision, the U.S. Supreme Court has delivered a decisive victory to state and local governments and environmental groups. The
justices made it much harder for property owners to get compensation from the government when zoning regulations restrict the use of just part of the landowners’ property.<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/364452-245530-opposition-continues-despite-changes-to-rural-oregon-land-use-bill&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTYzMDQ4MzAxMDkxNTAyMzc1NTcyGmIzZTMxYTA0Mzg5YWY4ZTY6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFpXZ3xXhcurlkdzYQIa-bFeiXWsw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Opposition
continues despite changes to rural Oregon land use bill </span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><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">CAPITAL BUREAU - Senate Bill 432, a bill to relax Oregon's land use restrictions in SALEM — Supporters of a bill to relax Oregon's land
use restrictions in slow-growing counties were unable to overcome objections to the proposal despite several revisions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<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/5394930-151/deschutes-county-seeks-to-ease-burden-of-state&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNDMwNjkzODk4Mjc5Nzg4NjczOTIaYTYwZWJhODRjZGI0NjM1Yzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGNETTLlYQrzSZgJIQctfeZz9qK7A"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Deschutes
County tackles state land use ruling </span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#737373">Bend Bulletin
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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">Faced with a state land use decision that changed how Oregon counties determine legal lots, Deschutes County staff and official are closing
in on a series of workarounds to save landowners time, money and aggravation. “We're just extremely busy,” said Planning Manager Peter Gutowsky.<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/opinion/index.ssf/2017/06/affordable_housing_bill_was_hi.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNDUwMzE5NTkzMTI3MTQ4NzA4MzIaZWFiZGEzM2ZjNzkxMGZhYTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGK30l__ZOi8Qg6lQbEjyd3V3Wopg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Affordable
housing bill was hijacked (Guest opinion) </span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#737373">OregonLive.com
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">HB 2007 violates Oregon land use goals. Goal 1 requires citizen participation in land use, butHB 2007 would strip citizen oversight and
involvement on zoning and design decisions. Goal 2 requires that actions be consistent with Oregon’s city and county comprehensive plans but HB 2007 would invalidate those hard-worked plans.<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=https://www.the-american-interest.com/2017/06/25/oregon-takes-soaring-home-prices/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNDMwNjkzODk4Mjc5Nzg4NTg5MDIaMDNhMDBlZDQzNDdmNTY3NDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFLQruA92m65gMUCaT6oVSbksAMUQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Oregon</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
Takes On Soaring Home Prices </span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#737373">The American Interest
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">One major and often neglected cause of the widening schism between elites and the public in America is housing policy. Upper-middle class
communities across the country, especially in coastal metropolitan areas, have made it harder for new people to move in by slapping on new layers of land use regulation and requiring endless permitting procedures for new development.<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.dailyastorian.com/Local_News/20170626/warrenton-joins-fight-against-flood-plain-policies&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNDMwNjkzODk4Mjc5Nzg4ODI2MzIaMGY3MWZhYzgwZThhZWY0Yzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNH7YYPU4fwpoJi9AcCDyp7CNDrB-w"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Warrenton
joins fight against flood plain policies </span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#737373">Daily Astorian
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Warrenton has joined a coalition challenging a federal biological opinion and newly proposed flood plain rules that some fear would hinder
development. “These proposed rules would undo decades of urban growth management and natural resource protection,” Jon Chandler, CEO of the Oregon Home Builders Association and president of Oregonians for Floodplain Protection, said in a release announcing
the lawsuit.<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://beachconnection.net/news/ecliptraf062917_816.php&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioUMTE5NjUxMTQ0MDk1MTcwOTM5MDcyGmIzZTMxYTA0Mzg5YWY4ZTY6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGXTOfhIwFY98vaj2dNblZM2TeL_w"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Oregon</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
Coast Eclipse Traffic Could Be a 'Cosmic Traffic Jam' </span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#737373">Oregon Coast Beach Connection
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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 Coast) – Officials are predicting some one million extra people will pour into Oregon for the total solar eclipse on August 21<sup>st</sup>,
and they thing this could well be what they call a “cosmic traffic jam” for many. It comes down to preparation and paying attention, according to Oregon Department of Transportation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<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/5398364-151/eclipse-to-test-central-oregon-for-natural-disaster&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNzg1OTc1NDQ2OTg2NTEwNjc1MzIaNTM0OWRhZDRjYTVjYmU4NTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHc4ndTusunPW5cmHkViDOmGpxhGQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Eclipse
to test Central Oregon for natural disaster </span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#737373">Bend Bulletin
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333">The strain may well be worth the headache it creates for state and local agencies, as it will help them gather information
on how the region can handle an even bigger and less predictable natural phenomenon: an earthquake along the Cascadia Subduction Zone, which is widely viewed by Oregon officials as the state’s greatest natural threat.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<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/364685-245715-farmers-oda-clear-the-air-for-eclipse-viewers&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTE5NjUxMTQ0MDk1MTcwOTY2NDMyGjQzYTdmZjdhYTE2YjJlMzE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNF4lqng8SHs1MkucGm-mny52s0-Zw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Farmers,
ODA clear the air for eclipse viewers </span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#737373">Portland Tribune
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">21, said John Byers, manager of the Oregon Department of Agriculture Smoke Management Program. Burning is also “not expect to be a problem,"
said Roger Beyer, executive director of Oregon Seed Council.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://solarindustrymag.com/industry-groups-praise-oregons-move-toward-community-solar&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTE5NjUxMTQ0MDk1MTcwOTUyNzEyGmNlMGY0OWE4NTAzNTZkYWE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGkGXawMJH6u9LSUsYT6w2EiVTqCw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Industry
Groups Praise Oregon's Move Toward Community Solar </span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#737373">Solar Industry
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Gov. Kate Brown, D-Ore., signed S.B.1574 into law in
<a href="http://solarindustrymag.com/oregon-gov-signs-anti-coal-pro-renewables-bill-into-law" target="_blank">
<span style="text-decoration:none">March 2016</span></a>. In addition to increasing the state’s renewable portfolio standard and implementing other provisions, the legislation directed the PUC to develop a community solar program. For the last year, the PUC’s
staff and commissioners have worked with stakeholders to develop the program rules approved Thursday.<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.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/2017/06/29/housing-bill-barring-no-cause-evictions-moves-forward-oregon-legislature/434379001/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTE5NjUxMTQ0MDk1MTcwOTQ4MjQyGjJmNzcwMGUyMDliYjk2MGI6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFrRiJBAFwmNNJVpsPYL5Iz5iKFfA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Housing</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
bill barring no-cause evictions moves forward in Oregon Legislature </span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#737373">Statesman Journal
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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">A proposed housing stability bill barring most no-cause evictions is one step closer to going to the Oregon Senate after undergoing another
round of changes Wednesday.<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://katu.com/news/local/oregon-farm-future-in-question&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNTM4NDk1OTQxOTkxMDcwMDI2ODIaMDNhMDBlZDQzNDdmNTY3NDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEJCGGamiZbS7pA-WmABDs1vdNfrA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Not
enough farms, not enough farmers a growing concern in Oregon </span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#737373">KATU
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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">Two things present a huge challenge to Oregon farms and ranches: Where will the next generation of farmers come from? And how will we
keep farmland if it continues to get swallowed up in swelling and stretching urban growth boundaries?
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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=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2017/06/28/strange-sea-pickles-keep-washing-ashore-in-the-pacific-northwest-and-scientists-are-baffled/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTE5NjUxMTQ0MDk1MTcwOTYxOTAyGjI1Y2IwODI3NTVjNjAzYzM6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNEr7lnlrKV7MrdVAdXQO1FaMDVbaQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Strange
'sea pickles' keep washing ashore in the Pacific Northwest — and scientists are baffled
</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#737373">Washington Post
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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">Ric Brodeur, a research biologist at the NOAA's Northwest Fisheries Science Center in Newport, Ore., said that beachcombers in Oregon
have been walking those beaches there for decades, but he has started getting report of pyrosomes washing up on the beaches only in the past few months.<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://kval.com/news/local/thunderstorms-rake-across-eastern-oregon-increasing-risk-of-new-wildfires&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNDUwMzE5NTkzMTI3MTQ4NzE1MTIaZmFlNzY5MzkxYmE4MjFmOTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEVOk16BEroMedDdAcKTvZQ8pqxog"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Thunderstorms
rake across eastern Oregon, increasing risk of new wildfires </span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#737373">KVAL
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">"Thunderstorms producing frequent lightning have been observed across central and northeast Oregon this afternoon. Some storms are producing
gusts up to 50 mph," forecasters in Pendleton report. "Where the fine fuels such as grass and shrubs are located, new fires from lightning strikes may spread rapidly." |
<a href="http://kval.com/weather/radar" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:none">INTERACTIVE RADAR</span></a></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525"><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/news/local/35705723-75/eco-group-billboard-blitz-to-greet-interior-chief.html.csp&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNTM4NDk1OTQxOTkxMDY5ODEzMzIaM2Y2Y2FjMjhiMDRmMGVjNjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGxKybamsZi6Sgyd7NMfnMaBId0Kg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Eco-group
billboard blitz to greet Interior chief </span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><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:black">Environmental groups plan to crash the homecoming in Montana next week of President Trump’s Interior Department secretary with billboards,
television ads and speeches to pressure him on issues from national monuments to sage grouse. Secretary
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">Zinke is a graduate of the University of 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://idahobusinessreview.com/2017/06/29/smart-growth-america-gives-twin-falls-tips-for-reviving-its-warehouse-district/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTE5NjUxMTQ0MDk1MTcwOTYxODkyGjM3NzYzYWE4ZmY2YWJjNjc6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNEyXEOoXtVrGKJ7wndfjN8reKt2hg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Smart
Growth</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none"> America gives Twin Falls tips for reviving its warehouse district
</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#737373">Idaho Business Review
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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">Wanted: small manufacturing, high-tech, warehousing and distribution companies to populate the nearly two dozen early 20th century warehouses
at the south edge of downtown.<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.mycentraloregon.com/2017/06/23/over-800-north-london-public-housing-apartments-being-evacuated-over-fire-safety-concerns/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNzg1OTc1NDQ2OTg2NTEwNjM3MzIaMmY3NzAwZTIwOWJiOTYwYjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNE4UzlT6hPOXQeZ-Xau5yFXTgZC-A"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Over
800 north London public housing apartments being evacuated over fire safety concerns
</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#737373">myCentralOregon.com
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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">DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS/AFP/Getty Images(LONDON) — More than 800 public housing apartments in London are set to be evacuated over fire concerns
in the wake of the deadly Grenfell Towers blaze that killed at least 79 people. <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Director’s Office</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Oregon Dept. of Land Conservation and Development</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">635 Capitol Street NE, Suite 150 | Salem, OR 97301-2540</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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