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139th Year, No. 120
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com companies. The methodology,
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companies have another reason to and what it won’t, said Rep. Greg
invest in Oregon — greater certainty Smith, R-Heppner. He stopped short
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By GEORGE PLAVEN
East Oregonian
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A construction crew works on a water treatment facility that
will serve data centers at the Port of Umatilla on Wednesday
in Umatilla.
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want to come to any state,” Smith
said. “In our case, we’re dealing with
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other tool in our economic develop-
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PENDLETON
City one
step closer
to getting
hands on
state land
By ANTONIO SIERRA
East Oregonian
After nearly unani-
mous approval from the
Oregon Senate, the land
that used to house the Blue
Mountain Recover Center
and the Eastern Oregon
Training Center is well on
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property.
Senate Bill 671 passed
29-1 in the Senate and will
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House of Representatives,
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state Rep. Greg Barreto,
R-Cove.
Ironically, the only sen-
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Portland Democrat Chip
Shields, an original spon-
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lative session that’s seen a
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the house.
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Sen. Bill Hansell trumpet-
ed the positive effects the
more than 20 acres of land
could have on Pendleton.
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mer Senator Dave Nelson
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ing open; however when
I arrived in Salem, I was
told that train had already
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Inmate Justin Schiller-Munnemann feeds a treat to Zoey, an Australian shepherd-border collie mix, while working in a rescue dog
adoption program at Two Rivers Correctional Institution on Tuesday in Umatilla.
Dog taken from drug house
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prison. Inside the Two Rivers Correctional
Institution, 18 inmates train rescue dogs for
adoption. Richland dog trainer Tracy Hill
runs weekly sessions in the prison’s visiting
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serves as primary trainer and the other two
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If Zoey could talk, she would likely tell gaps.
a sorrowful tale.
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several weeks ago during a drug raid on a ready for adoption eight to 10 weeks from
Umatilla County house. They took the dog when they arrived at the prison.
to the Pet Rescue animal shelter, where she
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shied away from strangers.
her primary trainer, inmate Justin Schil-
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pound dogs for adoption
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visit with Zoey, an Australian shepherd-border col-
lie mix, as her primary handler, inmate Justin Schil-
ler-Munnemann looks on.
Lawmakers hear testimony on gun-control bill
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over gun control in the Oregon through the Oregon State Police.
Legislature on Wednesday drew Proponents say it would close a
relatives of people killed during “loophole” that widened with the
an Oregon mall shooting, law en- advent of Internet gun transactions.
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as Democratic lawmakers push a guns off the streets, it will not re-
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The Senate Judiciary Commit- wife Cindy was killed during a
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By SHEILA V KUMAR
Associated Press
she was Christmas shopping. “It
will take some off. Hopefully it’ll
take the one off that would have
killed your wife or your daughter.”
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to enforce and disproportionally
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representative, said most criminals
acquire guns through ways that are
already illegal, such as through
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Lake Oswego Police Chief Don John-
son speaks during a news conference
following a hearing on a bill Wednes-
day that would expand background
checks for private gun sales at the
state Capitol in Salem.