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  BOARDMAN COAL PLANT Biomass testing delayed at Boardman coal plant (Information from: East Oregonian, http://www.eastoregonian.com) PENDLETON, Ore. (AP) — Portland General Electric says it’ll determine whether Oregon’s last remaining coal-fired power plant can run entirely on biomass in the next couple of months. The East Oregonian reports PGE had […]

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Latest Oregon news, sports, business and entertainment at 3:20 a.m. PST SECRETARY OF STATE-APPOINTMENTS New secretary of state names ousted officials to top posts (Information from: The Oregonian/OregonLive, http://www.oregonlive.com) PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s Secretary of State-elect Dennis Richardson, who will be sworn in Friday, has named an ousted elections […]

Bridge work continuing at a slow pace; Feds pay for UCC victim assistance; Learning another language at the Library; Small earthquake; Tax volunteers

Bridge rehab going slower than expected Residents in and around the Old Town area still face several more months of noise from the machinery being used by crews applying a corrosion resistant coating to the Siuslaw River Bridge. Angela Beers-Sydel – “The noise is hard on people.  Especially the compressor […]