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Orchard to
pay $2.25M
to ICE
BRIEFLY
Cougar spotted
along creek in
Grants Pass
WALLA
WALLA,
Wash. (AP) — An Eastern
Washington apple company
will pay $2.25 million in
civil penalties to the federal
government for violations of
a law requiring it to verify the
eligibility of people to work
in the United States, U.S.
Immigration and Customs
Enforcement said Thursday.
Broetje Orchards LLC
of Prescott, Washington,
a major apple producer
located east of the Tri-Cities,
reached the settlement with
ICE this week. The penalty
amount is an ICE record for
Washington state, the agency
said.
Immigration
and
Customs Enforcement said
it audited the company’s
records last summer and
found that nearly 950 of
its employees over several
years were suspected of not
being authorized to work in
the United States.
Under the settlement,
Broetje Orchards did not
admit to any criminal
wrongdoing.
But
the
company did acknowledge
that it continued to employ
unauthorized workers after
being advised they did not
have permission to work in
the United States.
“We are pleased to put
this process behind us and
to get back to the business of
growing fruit,” the company
said in a press release.
“This case nevertheless
highlights what is clearly a
dysfunctional and broken
immigration system,” the
company said, and urged
Congress to pass immigra-
tion reform.
“The agricultural labor
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and now,” the company said.
Washington is the nation’s
largest apple-growing state,
and the industry hires thou-
sands of workers each year
to harvest and process the
fruit. A large number of the
workers come from Mexico
and are in the U.S. illegally.
The settlement called for
Broetje to pay a lump sum
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Broetje will be fully released
from any further civil or
criminal liability in this case,
ICE said.
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also tow a smaller, 7-foot-long orca behind
it.
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they damage docks, prevent boaters from
using them and eat too many salmon.
In recent weeks, the Port of Astoria
tried creative ways to keep the animals
away, including installing beach balls,
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mats — but were not successful.
The sea lion population has increased
dramatically in recent decades. The
animals are protected under the Marine
Mammal Protection Act, but the law
includes provisions allowing for deter-
rence of the sea lions to protect private
property.
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Wednesday toward shifting a small share court’s decision will reduce that funding
of Oregon’s public-pension investments level to around 92 percent, still greater than
from higher-yielding private equities into comparable systems in many states.
Still, at a joint meeting of the council and
public securities.
The move is projected to generate up to the PERS board on May 29, members were
$3 billion less over 20 years for the Public told that the decision would increase the
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that cost-of-living increases for public land, who leads the investment council.
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related to an investigation
into the head of a department
in retaliation for her turning
down his sexual advances.
He said the 2011 incident
was a tasteless joke that he
apologized for. “I did not
commit a crime or violate an
ethics rule,” he said.
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subpoena initially issued
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lumber that was burned in
last year’s Baily Butte Fire at
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to more than $323,000 and
was awarded to international
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an expedited, emergency
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Forest Service.
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company has been authorized
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GRANTS PASS (AP) —
A young cougar was seen
walking through residential
areas of Grants Pass.
Police told the Grants Pass
Daily Courier that they went
looking for it Wednesday
after a number of sightings
were called in near Gilbert
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Fish and Wildlife district
biologist Mark Vargas says
cougars prowl inside city
limits in Josephine and
Jackson counties more than
people realize, regularly
moving along creeks and
wooded areas.
He says the department
has no plans to try to
tranquilize the cougar and
relocate it, but if it keeps
prowling around town,
police may have to shoot it
as a threat to public safety.
Last year, six cougars
were killed in Josephine
County, three by hunters,
two for damage complaints
and one for human safety.
A fake life-sized orca sits on the docks of Pier Two in Astoria on Thursday.
ASTORIA (AP) — A fake life-sized
orca that spouts water and plays record-
ings of its real-life counterparts is being
deployed to scare off hundreds of sea lions
crowding docks off the Oregon coast, but
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Replanting and restoration
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Baily Butte Fire was sparked
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