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  VANCOUVER-OIL TERMINAL Port of Vancouver votes to extend oil terminal lease (Information from: The Columbian, http://www.columbian.com) VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — The Port of Vancouver has voted to continue to lease land to Vancouver Energy for its proposed oil transfer terminal while the evaluation and permitting process continues. The Columbian […]

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UBER GREYBALL SCHEME Portland to investigate Uber scheme to thwart regulators (Information from: The Oregonian/OregonLive, http://www.oregonlive.com) PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Officials in Portland are calling for an investigation into Uber’s use of software to identify and reject hails from city code enforcers when it was operating illegally in the city. […]

Training aimed at boosting emergency response; Home and Garden Show features Kubota; Best Books of 2016; Heceta volunteers sought; Rifle Raffle to benefit VFW

Training aimed at improving medical response The number of trained volunteers with the Swisshome-Deadwood Fire Department and at the Mapleton Fire Department has been dwindling over recent years.  That’s meant fewer emergency medical “first responders”. Paramedics with Western Lane Ambulance District rely on those volunteers as they often can get […]