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BOARDMAN
Coal dock dead in the water
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With $50 million spent,
port agrees to withdraw
coal terminal plans
“Ravenscroft” at BMCC
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Pendleton arts center
By GEORGE PLAVEN
East Oregonian
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The controversial Coyote Island Terminal, a proposed coal terminal
at the Port of Morrow, will not go forward after both the port and
the Oregon Department of State Lands agreed to drop the issue.
After fi ve years of planning and
legal battles, a proposed coal dock at
the Port of Morrow in Boardman has
been dumped.
The Coyote Island Terminal,
part of the controversial Morrow
Pacifi c Project, would have shipped
8 million tons of coal per year down
the Columbia River for export to
Asia. It was initially pitched by
Ambre Energy North America —
now Lighthouse Resources — in
2011, promising to add 2,000 new
jobs for the area.
However, the Oregon Depart-
ment of State Lands in 2014 denied
a key permit needed to build in
the river, citing interference with
a long-standing tribal fi shery. An
appeal was scheduled for later this
month before an administrative law
judge, but sides instead came to an
agreement Thursday. Local tribes,
environmental organizations and the
states of Wyoming and Montana,
which would have supplied coal to
the dock, have also signed on to the
agreement.
As part of the deal, the port will
withdraw its application for the dock,
and the Department of State Lands
will withdraw the fi ndings from its
permit denial. Essentially, it wipes
the slate clean for the port to pursue
other project at the site, without
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Air service
to return to
Pendleton
East Oregonian
Commercial air service
will return to Pendleton.
The U.S. Department of
Transportation
approved
the city’s waiver petition
Thursday, meaning the federal
government will continue to
subsidize air travel despite
Pendleton’s recent failure to
meet boarding requirements.
After the sudden demise
of SeaPort Airlines, DOT
appointed Boutique Air to
provide air service to Pend-
leton through the end of 2016,
but the future beyond that
point was uncertain until the
department’s announcement.
Pendleton hasn’t had
commercial air service since
SeaPort grounded fl ights Sept.
21, but airport manager Steve
Chrisman wrote in an email
that the current estimated start
time for Boutique is the fi rst
week of December.
“We’re excited about the
arrival of Boutique Air, which
will be a much improved
service over our previous
carrier,” he said. “With our
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Staff photo by E.J. Harris
World War II Navy veteran Lew Dearborn of Pilot Rock walks down a hall lined with high school students with other veterans and
their wives Thursday during a Veterans Day ceremony at Pilot Rock High School.
THANK YOU
Pilot Rock students honor veterans for their sacrifi ces
By PHIL WRIGHT
East Oregonian
Students at Pilot Rock High
School lined the halls Thursday
morning to thank a procession
of veterans and active military
members for their service.
For the fourth year, the small
town school district provided
free breakfast for military
members and veterans and then
gave a concert in their honor.
Pilot Rock schools superin-
tendent Steve Staniak led off
the assembly with a word of
thanks. He said the observance
also teaches students about the
sacrifi ces others made on their
behalf.
Chief Warrant Offi cer Don
Ford of the Oregon National
Guard was the guest speaker. He
told the packed gymnasium that
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he enlisted in the Army at 17 and
two years later was on a peace-
keeping mission in Kosovo. In
all, he said he spent more than
fi ve years on deployment in
combat areas.
Less than 1 percent of the
U.S. population serves in the
county’s military, he said.
“Serving in the military
requires sacrifi ce,” said Ford.
“Great sacrifi ce.”
The men and women in
uniform leave behind the
security and comfort of home
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Staff photo by E.J. Harris
Chief warrant offi cer Donald Ford talks about sacrifi ce and his fi ve
deployments overseas during his time in the Oregon National
Guard on Thursday during a Veterans Day ceremony at Pilot Rock
High School.