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City hires new permanent IT and finance directors
Personnel costs
to increase 12
percent for the
2015-16 fiscal year
By Erick Bengel
Cannon Beach Gazette
City Manager Brant
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Smith’s defense lawyer is seeking gag order and a change of venue
Attorneys will
likely raise mental
issues as defense
By Kyle Spurr
EO Media Group
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Jessica Smith is escorted into the Clatsop County Court-
house for a status hearing Tuesday in Astoria. Smith is
charged with aggravated murder and attempted aggravated
murder in the drowning death of her 2-year-old and cut-
ting the throat of her teenage daughter in Cannon Beach.
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