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State delays release of Kitzhaber emails
BRIEFLY
Body found after
explosion near
Oregon highway
Associated Press
PORTLAND — John Kitzhaber’s
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al motion seeking to keep the former
governor’s emails out of federal inves-
tigators’ hands, according to Oregon
Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum’s
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delayed releasing Kitzhaber’s emails
to federal investigators as required by
a grand jury subpoena issued Feb. 13.
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documents related to Kitzhaber and his
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Portland attorney Janet Hoffman
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on to the emails, saying she intended
to seek a federal court order to quash
the subpoena and provide her time to
review Kitzhaber’s personal emails for
any attorney-client material. She also
wanted to hold back correspondence
on a work-related email account be-
tween Kitzhaber and his attorney.
Hoffman’s action in federal court
is sealed from the public because it
involves the grand jury investigation
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Hoffman emailed The Oregonian
on Thursday saying she couldn’t con-
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“It is improper for any counsel to
comment on or disclose legal matters
pending before or regarding a grand
jury,” she wrote.
Kitzhaber had used two Gmail ac-
RHODODENDRON
(AP) — One person was
found dead Thursday near
the site of an explosion along
U.S. Highway 26 on the
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the FBI said it’s too soon to
determine the cause of death.
The FBI was leading an
investigation that unfolded
for hours Thursday along the
normally busy highway.
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as a bomb-disposal team
cautiously inspected a white
car parked on the side of the
road near woods about 45
miles east of Portland.
FBI spokeswoman Beth
Anne Steele said there was
damage to the car, and
agents believe an explosion
occurred outside the vehicle.
Steele said a body was found,
but she wouldn’t say where.
The medical examiner will
determine cause of death, she
said.
Livestreamed video
from a KGW-TV news
helicopter showed a robot
inspecting the vehicle and
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bomb-disposal gear going in
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looked inside a cardboard
box that had been pulled
from the vehicle and X-rayed
a backpack.
Staff photo by E.J. Harris
Gov. John Kitzhaber talks to the editorial staff at the East Oregonian
last year in Pendleton.
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governor’s work and was forwarded to
the state computers for storage.
But a second, personal Gmail ac-
count also was sent to the state com-
puters in what Hoffman said was an
unintentional move. An unknown
number of those thousands of person-
al emails were leaked to Willamette
Week, leading his lawyers to threaten
the state.
Questions
remain
whether
Kitzhaber waived his attorney-client
privilege when those private emails
were sent to state computer serves - a
process that some argue leaves the
emails in the public domain. Hoffman
asserted that Kitzhaber still has the
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ality on the personal emails.
Hoffman also argued that Kitzhaber
has similar privilege for his communi-
cations with Liani Reeves, the former
governor’s general counsel, and Ste-
ven Powers, her deputy.
Deputy Attorney General Fred Boss
responded to Hoffman in a Feb. 27
letter that the attorney-client privilege
in that circumstance belonged to the
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mer governor. Boss said the state has
the authority to decide whether those
emails can be released.
— The Oregonian reporting
Funding denied to project tied to Boardman coal port
“These are the kind of
projects that are going to
revitalize rural Oregon.”
SALEM — Six transportation proj-
ects — but not a much-debated dock
renovation that was a proxy in a wider
debate over coal exports to Asia —
will share $7 million in state money.
The Oregon Transportation Com-
mission voted 3-1 Thursday for the
allocation of lottery-backed bonds
under Connect Oregon, which funds
projects other than highways and
bridges.
But the list omits the top-ranked
project, which proposed $2 million for
renovation of a World War II-era dock
at Port Westward near Clatskanie. The
Port of St. Helens proposed to match
it with $3 million to develop it for use
by ocean-going ships.
“These are the kind of projects that
are going to revitalize rural Oregon,”
said commission member Susan Mor-
gan, also a Douglas County commis-
sioner, who was the lone dissenter.
“I think that to deny the people in
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— Founded Oct. 16, 1875 —
CLATSKANIE (AP) —
The owner of an oil train
terminal in northwest Oregon
has agreed to pay a reduced
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more crude oil in 2013 than
was allowed.
The Oregonian reports the
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The state Department of
Environmental Quality said
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was that the company acted
intentionally in shipping
nearly 300 million gallons
through the terminal near
Clatskanie.
But the agency now says
it can prove only that the
company acted negligently.
Massachusetts-based
Global Partners admitted no
wrongdoing. Its lawyer said
the company disagreed with
the penalty but was happy
the issue is resolved.
BEAVERTON (AP) —
Nike Inc. said Thursday
its net income climbed 16
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quarter even though the
stronger dollar and other
factors hurt the athletic
apparel maker’s results.
The stronger dollar
makes Nike’s products
more expensive in other
currencies, and the company
also said it invested more
money in its business and
effective tax rates increased.
Nike said its net income
totaled $791 million, or
89 cents per share, from
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Terminal settles
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over excess oil
shipments
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forecasts despite
challenges
The coal would be mined in the
Powder River Basin of Wyoming
and Montana, then shipped by rail to
Boardman, where it would be loaded
onto barges on the Columbia Riv-
— Susan Morgan, er bound for the Port of St. Helens.
commission member Ocean-going ships there would take
the coal to Asia.
Commission
member
David
Columbia County the opportunity to
Lohman
said
it
was
appropriate
for
the
do this — to add to the wealth and
strengthen the social structure of their commission to consider the longterm
environmental effects of the project,
county — is a negative way to go.”
The project ranked high last sum- based on a state policy that commits
mer, when the commission dropped Oregon to prepare for climate change.
“The nature of the projected com-
proposed funding for it on a 3-2 vote.
Then-Gov. John Kitzhaber removed modity (coal) can be as relevant as
the commission chairwoman, Cath- the nature of the projected jobs,” said
HULQH0DWHURI&RUYDOOLV¿YHPRQWKV Lohman, who’s a lawyer in Medford.
Voting for the funding were
later.
A subsequent review by a panel Lohman, Alando Simpson of Portland
ranked the project atop a list of 31 and Chairwoman Tammy Baney of
considered for almost $7 million re- Bend, who switched her vote from last
summer, when she voted for funding
maining in Connect Oregon money.
But the project remained caught the dock project.
— The Capital Bureau is a col-
in a wider debate about a proposal by
laboration
between EO Media Group
Ambre Energy, the Australian compa-
and Pamplin Media Group.
ny that seeks to export coal to Asia.
By PETER WONG
Capital Bureau
$682 million, or 75 cents
per share. The Beaverton,
Oregon-based company said
its revenue grew 7 percent
to $7.46 billion from $6.97
billion.
Analysts expected
income of 84 cents per
share and $7.64 billion in
revenue, according to Zacks
Investment Research. Nike’s
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Feb. 28.
Nike said that its
worldwide futures orders,
which are orders scheduled
for delivery from March
through July, are up 2 percent
compared to last year. If the
effects of changes in foreign
currency exchange rates
were excluded, it says those
orders would have grown 11
percent.
Nike shares rose to $98.32
Thursday. They have gained
2 percent in 2015, with the
Standard & Poor’s 500 index
up 1.5 percent over the same
period. The shares have
climbed 24 percent over the
last 12 months. In after-hours
trading, Nike stock rose
$1.50 to $99.82.
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