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Secretary Salazar’s Failed Timber Policies Bad for Rural Oregon

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This latest announcement comes nearly 2 A1 2 years after Secretary Salazar illegally withdrew the 2008 Western Oregon Plan Revisions .

Oregon college students call for an end to rising tuition, declining state support

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Jesse Franks , a Portland State University freshman, rallies with other students Tuesday for better support of Oregon higher education.

Apple Confirms Plans for Oregon Data Center

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Some of the servers inside Apple's data center in North Carolina. The company has bought land for another data center in Oregon.

The Lost Creek of the Central Oregon Coast

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About halfway between Newport and Seal Rock sits a fairly well traveled and obvious beach access called Lost Creek State Park.

Oregon Coast Science Events Cover Otters, Birds, Climate, Geology, Paleobotany

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March begins with two major science lectures about the Oregon coast, including the fourth annual "Sharing the Coast Conference" and a talk in Cannon Beach on Oregon coast sea otters .

Penguin Plunge to aid child abuse victims

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Community members are invited to brave a wintertime plunge Saturday into the chilly waters of the Umpqua River at River Forks Park to raise money to help abused ...

Truck crashes into bird sculpture at UCC

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Umpqua Community College grounds crew department workers, from left, Richard Mudrow, Jim Paris and John Cox repair some of the damage caused by a runaway truck at the college this ...

Ducks beat Rainbows, win series

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HONOLULU — For the first time in three attempts, Oregon departed Hawaii with a series win as the Ducks defeated the Rainbows, 12-6, on Monday ...

Police, arrest logs published Feb. 21, 2012

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These logs are the highlights of initial emergency calls and reports to the Douglas County Dispatch Center. They do not represent all the incidents ...

Loans available for manufactured home replacement

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NeighborWorks Umpqua has been awarded funding to provide loans to homeowners in Douglas, Coos and Curry counties to replace pre-1976 manufactured ...