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Feds Consider Endangered Listing For Pygmy Rabbit
The federal government announced Tuesday that it will consider endangered species protection for the pygmy rabbit. The smallest of our native rabbits is struggling to survive across eight Western states.
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Public Gets Peek At Spotted Owl Recovery Plan
Tuesday was the first of a two-day opportunity for the public to hear an independent panel discuss the federal government's plan for the Northern Spotted Owl.
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Report Calls For Reform Of Initiative System
Oregon's citizen's initiative and referendum system is in need of reform. That's the conclusion reached by a 76-page report called "Making the Initiative Work for Oregon."
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Race For Democratic Senate Nomination Heats Up
Presidential party nominations may be wrapped up by the time Oregonians cast their votes in May. But Oregon Democrats, at least, will have a hotly contested primary race for U.S. Senate.
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Gregoire Won’t Support Assisted Suicide Measure
Washington Governor Chris Gregoire says she doesn’t support assisted suicide. Her emotional comments come as former Governor Booth Gardner – who has Parkinson’s disease – prepares to file a “right to die” citizen initiative.
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Kennewick Explores Underground Water Storage Options
Eastern Washington cities are grappling with how to share water -- with fish, farmers and residents. The City of Kennewick recently received a $1 million state grant to study storing millions of gallons of Columbia River water in underground basalt formations.
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Critics Say BLM Logging Numbers Don't Add Up
Just days before the public comment closes on a federal plan to increase logging in western Oregon, environmental groups say the agency's numbers don’t pencil out.
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Potter Taking City Hall Back To High School
Portland City Hall may stay downtown next week, but much of the city’s business will take place well north – at Jefferson High School.
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Weather Cancels School, Wreaks Havoc on Oregon
Two separate avalanches closed major state highways in central Oregon Tuesday. Snow closed U.S. 20, west of Sisters, and highway 62, near Crater Lake.
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Urban Growth Takes Another Slice Of Rural Life
The horse barns and farms east of Portland have steadily given way to new houses and industries in recent years. The demands and conflicts of growth have come to a head on an old ranch in Happy Valley.
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OSH Only Receives 'Conditional' Accreditation
A joint commission from a leading U.S. hospital organization has balked at giving the Oregon State Hospital full accreditation. But because the state hospital met the standard on all but one criterion, the commission granted a “conditional” accreditation.
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Oregon Democrats Lay Out 2008 Session Agenda
The Oregon Legislature is gearing up for an unprecedented one-month special session. Monday Democrats previewed their priorities for the session.
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Fmr. WA Governor To File 'Right To Die' Initiative
Washington is about to become the next battleground in the debate over assisted suicide. Former Governor Booth Gardner - a Democrat - will introduce a “right-to-die” ballot measure on Wednesday.
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Eugene Bucks National Violent Crime Trend
The FBI released preliminary crime data Monday from the first six months of 2007. The agency found that Eugene is bucking a national and state trend. Violent crime statistics were up in Eugene 67 percent over the previous year.
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Is It Time To Revamp Oregon's Initiative System?
The City Club of Portland will hear a report from some of its own members this Friday on Oregon's initiative system.
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ACLU Opposes Proposed Sobriety Checkpoints
Washington Governor Chris Gregoire wants to allow police to set-up sobriety checkpoints to catch drunk drivers. But the ACLU of Washington argues checkpoints violate Washington’s constitution.
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High Court Won't Hear Canadian Mining Contaminants Case
A panel of the U.S. Supreme Court has dealt a setback to a Canadian mining company that sent contaminants into a waterway in northeastern Washington State.
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Public Input Sought On Government Plan For Spotted Owl
The public is invited to a two-day meeting this week on the independent review of the federal government's recovery plan for the Northern Spotted Owl. As Andrew Theen reports, there's already controversy over how the review is being conducted.
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Portland Business Leader Announces Run For Mayor
Portland businessman and philanthropist, Sho Dozono, announced his run for mayor Monday. Dozono is perhaps best known for organizing the Flights for Freedom, where hundreds of Oregonians visited New York after the attacks of 9/11.
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