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Hunter kills advancing
cougar near Mount Hood
department during an Oct. 6 showdown
between a driver and anti-police protesters.
Right-wing and left-wing demonstrators
ultimately brawled and officers attempted
to restore order. No arrests were made.
PORTLAND (AP) — An Oregon man
hunting for deer near Mount Hood killed
a cougar after he says three of the big cats
advanced toward him.
KGW-TV reports Bill Nylund of Rho-
dodendron was hunting near Badger
Lake earlier this month when the cougars
approached.
He says the animals didn’t appear scared
of him, leaving him no choice but to shoot
one. He shot an adult female cougar that
was about 50 feet away.
Nylund says he took the animal to the
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife,
which is standard procedure.
Cougars have killed two people in the
Pacific Northwest this year.
A cougar killed a 55-year-old hiker near
Mount Hood last month. A mountain biker
in Washington state was killed by a cougar
east of Seattle in May.
Astoria OKs steep fines for
parking near ‘Goonies’ house
ASTORIA (AP) — The Astoria City
Council has taken a step toward cracking
down on motorists who illegally park near
“The Goonies” house.
The Daily Astorian reports the city
council held a first reading of an ordinance
Monday to modify city code and enhance
the fees people will have to pay if they vio-
late parking rules in the neighborhood.
Under the proposal people parking ille-
gally could face a $100 fine.
City councilors will hold a second read-
ing and officially could adopt the ordi-
nance at a November meeting.
City Manager Brett Estes and Police
Chief Geoff Spalding say the city already
has posted signs saying “No Stopping,”
and “No Parking” in the area with only a
moderate level of compliance.
The neighborhood has long been a draw
to tourists hoping for a glimpse of the
house featured in the 1985 movie.
Portland mayor to crack
down on violent protests
PORTLAND (AP) — Portland Mayor
Ted Wheeler says he will crack down on
“street brawls” in Portland after a weekend
protest turned into a fight between right-
wing Patriot Prayer members and left-wing
counter-demonstrators.
KGW reports that Wheeler said at a
Monday news conference that he would
introduce an ordinance to place restrictions
on protests held in the city.
Wheeler said the issue was not about
political ideology, but “about delivering a
strong and principled message that we will
not tolerate violence in our community.”
Patriot Prayer leader Joey Gibson called
for the Saturday march in response to what
he called a lack of action by the city’s police
Wednesday, October 17, 2018
Oregon voter data for sale on
the dark web, Richardson says
By CONRAD WILSON
Oregon Public Broadcasting
A 19-year-old is attempt-
ing to sell Oregon’s voter
registration data on the dark
web, according to the U.S.
Department of Homeland
Security.
The data is publicly avail-
able from the Oregon Secre-
tary of State for $500. But
state law prohibits reselling
the data.
Oregon is one of 19 states
whose voter registration data
the seller has and is attempt-
ing to sell on the encrypted
dark web.
“The database allegedly
contains millions of phone
numbers linked with full
addresses, full names,” Les-
lie Reynolds, executive
director of National Associ-
ation of Secretary of States
wrote to Oregon Secretary
of State Dennis Richardson
on Monday.
Anomali
Labs,
a
cyber-security firm, said an
estimated 35 million voter
records are for sale.
“To our knowledge, this
represents the first reference
on the criminal underground
of actors selling or distribut-
ing lists of 2018 voter regis-
tration data, including U.S.
voters’ personally identifi-
able information and voting
history,” the company said
Monday.
“With the November
2018 midterm elections only
four weeks away, the avail-
ability and currency of the
voter records, if combined
with other breached data,
could be used by malicious
actors to disrupt the electoral
process or pursue large-scale
identity theft.”
Richardson’s office said
it has referred the matter
to the FBI and the Oregon
Department of Justice.
Oregon to boost tourism
with small-town murals
PORTLAND (AP) — Travel Oregon
has unveiled a new campaign to boost tour-
ism during the fall with seven large murals
in seven small towns.
OPB reports that many people visit Ore-
gon, particularly from overseas. But that’s
during the summer. Fall numbers drop off
precipitously.
That’s why Travel Oregon is trying to
boost tourism.
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Army Corps revives review of
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SEATTLE — The Army
Corps of Engineers has
revived an environmental
review of a controversial
coal-export project in Wash-
ington a year after state envi-
ronmental regulators denied
the project a key permit.
Washington
Ecol-
ogy Director Maia Bel-
lon expressed concerns
about the Corps’ deci-
sion to restart work on the
federal permitting pro-
cess while some U.S. sen-
ators in the coal-producing
states of Montana and Wyo-
ming have urged the federal
agency to push ahead with
permitting the $680 million
terminal along the Columbia
River to export coal to Asia.
The state agency last fall
denied Millennium Bulk
Terminals-Longview a key
water quality permit needed
for the project. It cited sig-
nificant and unavoidable
harm to the environment,
including damage to wet-
lands and increased vessel
traffic. The proposed port
would handle up to 44 mil-
lion metric tons of coal per
year.
The ongoing fight over
the coal-export facility in
Longview comes as the
Trump administration con-
siders using West Coast mil-
itary installations or other
federal properties as it seeks
to pave the way for more
U.S. fossil fuel exports to
Asia. Interior Secretary
Ryan Zinke told The Asso-
ciated Press that it’s in the
interest of national security
but officials in West Coast
states have rejected pri-
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vate-sector efforts to build
new coal ports.
Corps
spokeswoman
Patricia Graesser said that
staff is proceeding with
the permit evaluation pro-
cess “while still recogniz-
ing that there are actions
and outcomes outside of
the Corps’ control yet to
be resolved, including the
state’s denial of the water
quality certification.”
But Bellon told the Corps
last month that it is pre-
vented under the federal
Clean Water Act from issu-
ing a permit after a state has
denied a water quality certi-
fication. In her letter to Col.
Mark Geraldi, the Corps’
Seattle district commander,
she urged him to follow
“long-standing Corps pro-
cedure and precedent by
respecting
Washington’s
decision.”
Four Republican U.S.
senators, including Steve
Daines of Montana and
Wyoming’s Mike Enzi and
John Barrasso, have asked
the Corps to complete its
environmental review and
process the permit, while
also determining the state
has waived its authority to
issue a water quality permit.
The Affiliated Tribes
of Northwest Indians last
month passed a resolution
opposing the Corps continu-
ing the federal permitting
process for the coal-export
facility in Longview.
Millennium Bulk Termi-
nals and its parent company
Utah-based
Lighthouse
Resources have filed multi-
ple lawsuits in state and fed-
eral court to challenge the
decision to deny key per-
mits. They have accused
state officials, including
Bellon and Washington
Gov. Jay Inslee, of being
anti-coal and basing deci-
sions on political consider-
ations. State regulators have
dismissed those claims as
nonsense, saying they fol-
lowed state and federal laws
to protect the state’s people
and environment.
Wendy Hutchison, Mil-
lennium’s senior vice presi-
dent of external affairs, said
the Corps’ “ongoing per-
mit and design review work
demonstrates the Millen-
nium project is continuing
to move forward.”
She added: “We are con-
fident the Army Corps of
Engineers will conclude that
Millennium will build the
terminal the right way.”
The state and federal
government worked sep-
arately on environmental
reviews of the project. The
Corps released a draft report
in September 2016 and took
public comments soon after-
ward but never finalized that
report.
Jasmine Zimmer-Stucky
with the Power Past Coal
coalition, opposed to new
fossil fuel terminals, said the
Corps is “attempting an end-
run around state laws.”
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