And this would be the same Andy Jordan we saw up on the Liberty Theater stage advising and doing the "Legal Guiding" of the, then, sitting Lee County Commission's initial hearings and deliberating of the proposed Bradwood Landing LNG Receiving Terminal and has been in on it since?And now, here he and his firm are,
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Jul 1, 2010 1:31 pm US/EasternWASHINGTON DC - (CBS4)It was designed to help poor families heat and cool their homes, but an audit of the federal program that provided more than $100 million went to pay electric bills of thousands of applicants who were dead, in prison or living in million-dollar mansions.GRP: "The inve
New York News And FeaturesDaily Intel - Dan Amira - 07/20/2010 10:29AMIf the new House Tea Party Caucus held a meet-and-greet this afternoon, it would consist of Minnesota's Michele Bachmann and Indiana's Mike Pence drinking punch and making awkward small talk while frequently glancing at the door for more arrivals.Read Ful
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"We take the following facts from the Court of Appeals' opinion and also from the record:"Plaintiff is a construction and development company owned by Ken Leahy and his wife. Defendant is a ship-repair company based in Portland. Ken Leahy and two partners own a tract of land adjacent to the Columbia River known as
7/19/2010 11:38:00 AMBy PATRICK WEBB - The Daily AstorianJohn Kitzhaber believes natural gas is a much-needed transition fuel while Oregon embraces other sources, but he is wary of liquefied natural gas.Read And Watch Full Daily Astortian Report
7/7/2010 11:50:00 AMLNG opponents appeal Warrenton lease renewalBy CASSANDRA PROFITA-The Daily AstorianTwo conservation groups and Warrenton resident Jim Scheller have teamed up to appeal a lease renewal for the Oregon LNG liquefied natural gas project in Warrenton.Read Full Daily Astorian report
Wednesday, July 7, 2010 7:44 AMBy Robin Berkowitz - NewsMaxHealth.comWant to feel better? Look no further than the end of your fork. While the benefits of a varied, minimally processed diet are well-known, certain foods are especially potent in alleviating and even preventing numerous ailments that afflict modern society, i
From: NewsMax.comThe YouTube video, titled “What About the Country, Mr. President?” is in response to Obama's speech in Racine, Wis., on Wednesday in which he ripped into Boehner for telling a newspaper that a major banking overhaul bill is like "killing an ant with a nuclear weapon."Read/Watch Full Report
Sunday, July 04, 2010July 4Considering she is 234 years old today and accounting for all the wrinkles and scars, the United States of America is looking pretty good for her age.Read Full Commentary
by Keely Chalmers, KGW Staffkgw.comPosted on July 3, 2010 at 8:51 AMPORTLAND, Ore. -- After more than a decade of dismal numbers, sockeye salmon are returning to the Columbia River in record numbers.According to the U.S Army Corps of Engineers the number of sockeye passing the Bonneville Dam this year has already quadrupled
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Monday, June 28, 2010From: Clatsop County OregonPIPELINE HEARING CLOSED; WRITTEN COMMENTS STILL ACCEPTEDThe public hearing on the land-use application from Oregon Pipeline LLC concluded Friday, June 25, but written testimony will be accepted through the end of this week.Hearings Officer Peter Livingston took testimony Frida
From the June 21, 2010 issue of High Country News - by Lee Van Der LooUpdated 6/22/10The heart of tiny Astoria, Ore., lies hidden behind the weather-beaten buildings of its gritty industrial waterfront. Docks line this lucky stretch of flat land at the base of the Coastal Range, hosting a lucrative fishing industry that rea
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Jeff Manning, The Oregonian In 26 years, Frank Dulcich has transformed Pacific Seafood Group from a minor fish distributor in Southeast Portland to perhaps the dominant seafood player in North America.Read Full OregonLive Report
With infighting reportedly on the rise, many Tea Party candidates are going down in flames. Growing pains or the beginning of the end for the protest movement?posted on June 14, 2010, at 12:08 PMRead The Details
Dear Friends, The following is almost verbatim what I spoke to the first meeting of the Clatsop Count Board of Commissioners just after the election. The only point of interest is the fact that while I was presenting the argument below Laurie Caplan rose and departed the public meeting in a dramatic huff and said to other
By: Jana Winter - Fox NewsJune 17, 2010A nationwide alert has been issued for 17 members of the Afghan military who have gone AWOL from an Air Force base in Texas where foreign military officers who are training to become pilots are taught English, FoxNews.com has learned........Read Full Article
By Kelsey Watts, KTVZ.COMPOSTED: 5:06 pm PDT June 16, 2010UPDATED: 4:05 pm PDT June 17, 2010BEND, Ore. -- After only 4 1/2 hours of deliberation, a Bend jury imposed the death penalty for a fourth time Thursday afternoon against convicted double-murderer Randy Lee Guzek for his role in the brutal murders of a Terrebonne cou
Tuesday, June 08, 2010From Clatsop County Elections:The filing period is open for seats on several local city councils up for election in November.Prospective candidates have until Aug. 24 to file a declaration of candidacy for the positions, which will appear on the Nov. 2 general election ballot.For candidates filing by p
OK people, let's stay on top of this!!!! GRP:Oregon LNG/Pipeline's attorney tries to "Pooh-Pooh" the non-compliance count as just really a couple of items overall and the actual number of items is just mis-leading but, wasn't it just a couple of niggling little items that kept coming back to sink Bradwood Landing
June 4, 2010By Dennis Newman - From Natural OregonIf LNG opponents were hoping for a new angle in their fight against Oregon LNG, this isn’t it.A report by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) clears the company of any serious wrongdoing in how it dealt with landowners along the route of its proposed pipeline i
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Thursday, June 03, 2010LaughableAt last week's commission meeting, Jay Kiddle and Ted Thomas asked for the resignation of the three of us that lost the election last month. Normally I don't respond to personal attacks during business from the public, but I was not going to sit by and not respond. I informed Ted that I was e
Portland Business JournalThursday, June 3, 2010 - 8:28AMBusiness Oregon, the state’s economic development department, has launched a new program to help small businesses access capital.The program, called BOOST — Building Opportunities for Oregon Small Business Today — will loan money and award grants to Oregon busine
NWGA 2010 Outlook Study ReleasedProduced annually, the Gas Outlook is a detailed look at the use and potential availability of natural gas in the Northwest through October 2019. The Outlook is unique as it represents a consensus view of the regional natural gas market developed by industry participants serving the region.Re
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Fourth Jury Faces Choice: Life or Death for Guzek?Opening Arguments Heard in Long and Costly CaseBy Amy Easley - KTVZ.COMPOSTED: 6:44 pm PDT May 27, 2010BEND, Ore. -- From the start Monday, jurors were told to be ready. The next three weeks would be difficult, and dark. And at the end, they'd have a tough choice: to either