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Dive Brief:
- Environmental group Renew Oregon has submitted 4,000 signatures to Oregon's Secretary of State Office, qualifying two ballot initiatives for "titles" that could eliminate coal-powered electricity by 2030, the Oregonian reports.
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Thursday October 29, 2015 01:05 PM |
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WILSONVILLE, OR -- The City of Wilsonville's Economic Development Manager Kristin Retherford is the newly-elected President for 2015-16 of the Oregon Economic Development Association (OEDA), a statewide organization of economic-development professionals from city and county governments, state agencies, ports, chambers of commerce, utilities and business groups. OEDA works to provide professional d ...
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Wednesday October 28, 2015 02:51 PM |
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Get your calendars out. Halloween options abound on the Oregon Coast
The Witches of Depoe Bay will be out in force on Saturday, Oct. 31, looking for donations to fill their cauldron.
Anyone hoping to get on the receiving end of a cackle from this comradely coven should be sure to bring a donation of nonperishable food for the Depoe Bay Food Bank.
The witches will be at the old Bonepile BB ...
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Friday October 23, 2015 09:21 PM |
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LINCOLN CITY, Oregon - Boaters now have easy access to the Siletz River off highway 229 near Lincoln City, with the recently completed Ojalla boat slide. Drift boat anglers have safe access to prime salmon and steelhead fishing while paddlers (kayakers and canoeists) have year-round recreational use of this section of the river.
"The first fall rains typically spark the lower river salmon fish ...
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Thursday October 22, 2015 01:11 PM |
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The beauty of Oregon’s sweeping landscapes from the Pacific Ocean to the high desert country has long inspired artists — perhaps none more than photographer and University of Oregon professor emeritus Don Hunter. Even in his 90s, Hunter was a one-person show, packing three projection screens, six projectors, and sound equipment into his station wagon and setting out across the state and beyond to ...
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Wednesday October 21, 2015 06:32 PM |
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NEW MEXICO -- 4-year-old Lilly Garcia was killed in an Albuquerque road rage shooting. New Mexico police have released a description of the driver suspected of fatally shooting the girl in the head during an apparent road rage attack on Tuesday afternoon.
Lilly's father Alan Garcia, who was in the car with her at the time of the shooting, spoke about his family's heartbreak.
"She was so prou ...
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Wednesday October 21, 2015 06:19 PM |
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Last week's Bend Venture Conference, a two-day event designed to vault promising startup companies into the realm of well-funded enterprises, sold out the Tower Theater in downtown Bend and sent winners home with more than $620,000 in investment awards, cash prizes, and services.
Conference attendees enjoyed networking opportunities, educational seminars, and a keynote address by Google Executi ...
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Wednesday October 21, 2015 06:17 PM |
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- Friends of the Central Cascades Wilderness -
Every week, Molly Johnson posts at least one hiking trip to the Bend Adventure Group's online Meetup page. The trips are typically recreational, but she also leads work parties into the wilderness to install trail signs, clean backcountry camp sites, and, unfortunately, pick up human and dog waste along the trails.
Johnson moved to Bend in 2001 ...
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Wednesday October 21, 2015 07:28 AM |
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Today marks the exact date foreseen in the oh so popular film, "Back To The Future. Just look at that dashboard, a screenshot from the movie. It marks today's date.
It's the date when Marty McFly's flying DeLorean lands in the future in 1989's "Back to the Future Part II." In fact, Oct. 21, 2015 has officially been designated Back to the Future Day.
That is TODAY. Yeah, finally here. Can't b ...
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Sunday October 18, 2015 07:44 PM |
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ROSEBURG, Oregon - "The shots knocked me to the ground and felt like a truck hit me," wrote Chris Mintz in his first public account of being shot five times during the deadly rampage at an Oregon community college while trying to warn fellow students to take cover.
Mintz, a 30-year-old U.S. Army veteran who has been hailed as a hero for his selflessness during the attack at Umpqua Community Col ...
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