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Jo-Ann plans Delta Oaks site

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Jo-Ann Fabrics and Crafts plans to open a store by early winter in the long-vacant Good Guys space at Delta Oaks shopping center in north Eugene, company officials ...

Oregon jobless rate dips to 8.5%

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Oregon's unemployment rate ticked down to 8.5 percent in April, from 8.6 percent in March, mirroring the drop in the U.S. unemployment rate, which was 8.1 percent in April and 8.2 percent in ...

Eugene firm to build 4 British recycling plants

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Eugene-based Bulk Handling Systems continues to expand its global business, getting the nod from SITA UK to design, manufacture and install four recycling plants in ...

Hitt tops field in clerk's race

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Patty Hitt, appointed by Douglas County commissioners to replace Barbara Nielsen as county clerk when Nielsen retired at the beginning of the year, was all but elected Tuesday to a four-year ...

North Douglas voters approve school bond

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Voters approved a bond that will help the North Douglas School District purchase new technology and update a fire alarm system among other needed ...

Police, arrest logs published May 16, 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 ...

White powder envelopes came from county jail

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Portland firefighters help remove the nerve suit from a fireman, center, who collected evidence from a envelope containing a white powder at the downtown Hilton Hotel Wednesday, May 9, 2012, in ...

No decision yet on garbage rate hike

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PORTLAND, Ore. - The Portland City Council will wait another week before deciding whether to hike garbage rates. The city says high gas prices, a depressed market for recyclable materials and an ...

Solar eclipse may be visible from Oregon locations this Sunday

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Something strange is about to happen to the shadows beneath your feet. On Sunday, May 20, the Moon will pass in front of the sun, transforming sunbeams across the Pacific side of Earth into fat ...

Reynolds teachers packing up for strike

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PORTLAND, Ore. – Teachers at Reynolds High School are packing up their classrooms on Wednesday afternoon in anticipation of a possible strike. Wednesday afternoon around 50 educators planned ...