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Portland daily grain report
May 24, 2013 USDA Market News Portland Daily Grain Report Bids as of 9:30 a.m. Pacific time; Subject to change Bids for grains delivered to Portland, Oregon during May by unit trains and barges, in dollars per bushel, except oats, corn and barley, in dollars per cwt. Bids for soft white wheat are for delivery periods as specified. All other wheat bids are for full May ...
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Car hits pole knocks out power to 8000
PORTLAND, Ore. - More than 8,000 homes lost power early Friday morning after a car crashed into a power pole. The crash happened at Southeast Division Street and 121st Avenue and the road was closed while crews worked to restore power. No one was hurt. This was the third time this week that a car hit a pole in our area and knocked out electricity. On Wednesday, a car crashed into a pole ...
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Tigers Falcons score Blazers stun Tams
LYCEUM'S Tirso Lesmoras beats UST's Jon Sheriff to the loose ball as an alarmed UST coach Pido Jarencio follows the play. AUGUST DELA CRUZ THE UNIVERSITY of Santo Tomas and Adamson hacked out narrow victories while St. Benilde upset powerhouse Far Eastern University in the Filoil Flying V Hanes Premier Cup yesterday at Filoil Flying V Arena. Jeric Teng took charge in the closing ...
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Oregon States Mike Riley still making mark in Corvallis
Steve Dykes/Getty Images If Mike Riley is considered a hometown hero in Corvallis, Ore., he certainly took an indirect route to earning that distinction. A younger Riley quarterbacked Corvallis High to consecutive state title games in 1969 and 1970, but when it came time to choose a college, he didn't stay local and play for the Beavers. Instead, he opted to head to Alabama. He later ...
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Police bust S. Ore. medical marijuana dispensaries
Medford Police Chief Tim George says the arrests Thursday followed a two-year investigation, and the charges allege the sale of marijuana outside the rules covering medical ...
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AAA Average price of gasoline in Oregon $3.97
That's the same price as a week ago but 35 cents higher than a month ago. It's 32 cents higher than the national average but 24 cents lower than the price a year ago in ...
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Some damage reported from 5.7 quake in N. Calif.
GREENVILLE, Calif. -- An earthquake in far northeastern California did not injure anyone but did cause moderate damage, including to a water tank that supplies hundreds of homes with drinking water, local authorities said Friday.Plumas County Sheriff Greg Hagwood said the magnitude-5.7 quake sent items tumbling from grocery store shelves and downed chimneys when it hit at 8:47 p.m. Thursday.The ...
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Mill Creek Memorial Veterans Festival begins early Saturday
PROSPECT — The fourth annual Mill Creek Memorial Veterans Festival gets an early morning start Saturday with a Cougar 10-mile "Fun Run" that includes a 5-mile shortcut for those who may breathe a little heavy in the mountain ...
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Dogs granted a little more freedom in Ashland parks
The commission voted to allow leashed dogs in most areas of Garden Way, Clay Street, Garfield, Hunter, Railroad, Scenic, Sherwood and Triangle parks. They'll no longer be restricted to within six feet of paved or cement surfaces, but they'll still have to stay off ball fields and out of children's ...
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Budgeters slice into Ashland parks income
The Ashland Citizens' Budget Committee voted against a proposal on Wednesday night to continue giving the Ashland Parks and Recreation Department half of city property tax revenues and to let the department keep its ending fund balance ...
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The Commons falls short of expectations
Issues big and small with The Commons project, from cost overruns to no drinking fountains and a lack of electrical outlets, frustrated the Medford Urban Renewal Agency board ...
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Ashland officials will have to testify
Ashland's city attorney on Thursday attempted to protect city officials from having to testify at former Ashland City Councilor Eric Navickas' pending trial, but a judge denied the ...
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Old barn might have a future
Steve Potwin surveys the mortise and tenon joinery of a barn near Cave Junction that was built in 1886, hewed by a broadax and pegged together with wooden pegs. Mail Tribune / Bob ...
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Developers file application for Coos Bay gas export terminal
PORTLAND — Developers proposing a $7 billion plant to export natural gas from the Rockies and Canada to Asia filed a formal application this week with federal ...
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Lawmakers OK Instant Racing at Portland Meadows track
PORTLAND — Since opening in 1946, the Portland Meadows racetrack has withstood a fire that burned its grandstand to the ground and the massive flood that eliminated Vanport City. But it might not survive the exodus of gamblers who prefer the simplicity of slot machines to the inscrutable numbers inside the Daily Racing ...
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Amphibians disappearing at alarming rate study finds
GRANTS PASS — A new study has determined for the first time just how quickly frogs and other amphibians are disappearing around the United States, and the news is not ...
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Collapsed I-5 bridge was used by 67000 cars a day detours set up
MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) - The Washington Transportation Department says 67,000 vehicles a day used the stretch of Interstate 5 through Mount Vernon that is now blocked by the collapse of the Skagit River bridge.Mount Vernon is about 60 miles north of Seattle and 40 miles south of the Canada Border. The roadblock on both directions of I-5 is expected to cause a major disruption in trade and ...
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A peek inside Portlands new CityTarget
PORTLAND, Ore. - Portland has been waiting a long time for this. Minneapolis-based Target Corp. opens its first Portland CityTarget on July 28. For more than a year, workers have been turning two floors of the historic Galleria, 939 S.W. Morrison St., into an urban-themed edition of Target. The 89,000-square-foot store will employ about 200 people and will feature a pharmacy, Starbucks ...
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Large tree branch snaps and falls in NW Portland
A large tree branch snapped and fell at Northwest 21st and Irving on Friday, May 24, 2013, knocking down power lines and crushing vehicles. Photo by KATU's Mike ...
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Cold rain set records in northwest Oregon
http://bit.ly/10P3jqF ) that 1.19 inches of rain was recorded at Portland International Airport. That set a record for the date and marked the rainiest day since a big fall storm in ...
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Recorder in Lane County town accused of theft
WESTFIR, Ore. (AP) -- The city recorder in a town of about 250 people in eastern Lane County has been arrested on a theft charge after the city hired a forensic auditor to investigate discrepancies in its ...
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Which Portland-area commercial contractors are hiring
Portland-area commercial contractors are planning to hire a number of employees in the coming months. Hiring is on the rise for commercial contractors. Of the 38 companies on the Portland Business Journal's Top Commercial Contractors list, only five are not hiring. Project managers, superintendents and project engineers lead the way in job openings. Here are the companies that showed the ...
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The List Top commercial contractors
The List: Top commercial contractors. Editor's note: Each week, the Portland Business Journal compiles lists ranking local businesses by industry or topic. This post is just a teaser subscribers can view complete lists in the latest issue, which includes more businesses as well as contact information, the names of local executives and other details. Not a subscriber? Sign up for a free ...
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Navickas trial starts Tuesday
Ashland's city attorney on Thursday attempted to protect city officials from having to testify at former Ashland City Councilor Eric Navickas' pending trial, but a judge denied the ...
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Budget Committee approves city budget of $201 million
Mayor John Stromberg and City Administrator Dave Kanner had advocated raising property taxes to their limit — a move that would have cost a typical homeowner about $22 extra a year — to raise money for continued wildfire fuels thinning in the Ashland ...
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Oregon's first wave-energy farm
The potential of waves to generate power is not disputed, the problem that researchers are presented with is how to convert hydrokinetic energy from waves into electricity to run cities. The problem is largely one of funding and motivation, but Oregon is a pioneering state in this area.
In an example of the globalisation of high-tech manufacturing, a recent project to have a wave-energy farm installed off the coast of Oregon near Reedsport involves a number of regional companies. The Oregon Iron Works, which is based in Portland, is building wave-energy buoys at its fabrication plant in Vancouver, Washington, which have been ordered by Ocean Power Technologies, which is based in New Jersey and will be the driving force behind the development of the wave-energy farm off Reedsport, Oregon. Read more
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