Vote helps Oregon seniors
SALEM – The Oregon House of Representatives voted today to provide relief for seniors who were disqualified from the Senior and Disabled Property Tax Deferral Program in 2011. The legislation, HB 2510-B, allows people who were kicked out of the program under new, more stringent requirements to
Barging interests: Shipping needs will trump Celilo plan
Restoring falls would destroy shipping lanes Barging interests said permanently lowering the Columbia River to expose Celilo Falls will never happen. “These groups, when they attack the river system, they always say, ‘It’s only a few barges a day,’ but that misses the point of what barging is,” said Kristin Meira, executive director of Pacific Northwest Waterways Association, which represents the barging industry.
Group hopes to restore Celilo Falls
A new non-profit group has lofty goals: to permanently lower the Columbia River, restoring Celilo Falls and its native fishery; and reconnecting Celilo Village to the river by rerouting the nearby rail lines and freeway to Washington.
Washington lawmakers edge closer to final deal
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington lawmakers edged closer to a final budget deal Friday, aided by an agreement on fixing the state’s estate tax, the prospect of an unexpected revenue boost and fresh signs of compromise.
Northwest news in brief
EAGLE POINT, Ore. (AP) — A school district in southern Oregon is considering arming teachers and other staff members to protect students from school violence. “The first three minutes of an armed attack require an armed response,” said Scott Grissom, president of the five-member school board in Eagle Point, a town of about 8,500 north of Medford.
Humpback whales return to Northwest
Fifteen years ago, species was unheard of in sound SEATTLE — The video shows an exceptional wildlife sighting for a big city: A humpback whale surfaces just yards from Seattle’s busy waterfront at twilight. The city’s port cranes, Ferris wheel and car headlights glow in the background, and a ferry cruises by while the giant tail disappears back into the Puget Sound.
Klamath biomass plan withdrawn
KLAMATH FALLS (AP) — A developer has withdrawn an application to build a wood-fired electrical generating plant near Klamath Falls. Klamath Falls Bioenergy said delays in getting a state siting permit meant it couldn’t meet a year-end construction deadline set by federal economic stimulus legislation, which was expected to provide 30 percent of the project’s cost. Neighbors had organized to oppose the biomass project. It would have burned wood chips to provide enough power for about 35,000 homes.
Dalles Dam offers weekend guided tours
Guests can also wander Seufert Park The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will offer tours of The Dalles Dam this summer, every Saturday and Sunday at 10:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. Tours will end the last weekend of September. Visitors can join a park ranger for a guided tour to learn about the dam’s history, operations, power generation and fish passage facilities.
Weather Service confirms Oregon tornado
McMINNVILLE, Ore. (AP) — It was indeed a tornado that damaged several buildings Thursday in the community of McMinnville, the National Weather Service has confirmed. Nobody was hurt, but three commercial buildings, all of them used for storage, were damaged, McMinnville Fire Chief Rich Leipfert said. The porch roof on one nearby home also sustained minor damage, Leipfert said.
Helping non-traditional students
Mother, 54, heads back to college to earn dream degree EUGENE — When Margaret Innocenti was in eighth grade nearly 40 years ago, her father told her she’d make a good engineer. The idea always stuck in the back of her mind, but she never pursued it.
Tree huggers seek record hug
PORTLAND, (AP) — It sounds like a scene from "Portlandia." A Portland arboretum is calling all tree huggers for an organized attempt to set a world record for simultaneous tree hugging in one place at one time.
Oregon officials dug in on budget
Impasse stalls movement on spending plans SALEM — The Oregon Senate delayed a vote on a $6.55 billion funding package for schools Tuesday because it was clear it wouldn’t pass — the latest wrinkle in a budget impasse that shows no sign of breaking.
Wash man sentenced for trying to aid terrorists
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — A man who almost killed himself in an explosion three years ago was sentenced to 12 years in federal prison for making a bomb and attempting to help terrorists.
Antelope school needs repairs
The Dalles Chinatown also listed as endangered ANTELOPE (AP) — In September 1984, residents in the sleepy ranching community of Antelope headed to the only public building in town for a vote that ended with the town re-christened “Rajneesh.”
Tribes, feds claim water rights
GRANTS PASS — Tens of thousands of acres in Oregon’s drought-stricken Klamath Basin will have to go without irrigation water this summer after the Klamath Tribes and the federal government exercised newly confirmed powers that put the tribes in the driver’s seat over water use — a move ranchers fear will be economically disastrous.
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