Saturday, January 02, 2010

LUBA Rejects Opponent "Public Input" Challenges To Clatsop County's Land Use Review On Proposed Bradwood Landing Project By Texas Based, Northern Star

LUBA REJECTS CHALLENGE TO BRADWOOD REMAND RECORD

The Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals has rejected a challenge filed by Bradwood Landing LNG opponents against the public input process on Clatsop County’s land-use review of the proposed liquefied natural gas project.

"While LUBA rejected opponents’ objection to the redaction of evidence, the panel, in the same ruling, also turned down an objection filed by NorthernStar claiming that some new evidence was allowed into the record of the remand hearing, in violation of the board of commissioner’s pre-hearing policy."

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Thursday, December 31, 2009

Fragile Recovery On Horizon For Housing

By Chris Arnold - NPR News
December 31, 2009

Housing has been an albatross around the economy's neck, dragging it down over the past couple of years. Although there are still some big problems, there also are signs of life — along with a sense of hope that the market is starting to pull out of this historic crash.

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Court Tosses Port of Astoria's Latest LNG Move!!!



By CASSANDRA PROFITA - The Daily Astorian

The Port of Astoria has tried and failed once again to get Oregon LNG's lawsuit against the agency thrown out of U.S. District Court.

According to court records, Magistrate Judge John Jelderks denied the Port's second motion to dismiss the company's breach of contract suit this week.


The Marine Highway Bill 2009




"By Savannah Morning News

MUCH HAS been made over the need to renew America's highway infrastructure, with attention mainly focused on better facilitating interstate commerce.


Largely absent from the national conversation has been the idea of reviving an obvious alternative to land-based transportation: Coastal shipping."


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Monday, December 28, 2009

Oregon Crabbers Seeing A Banner Year For Dungeness


BY APRIL BAER - OPB News
Portland, OR December 28, 2009 10:59 a.m.
Photo - First Load In! - By: Chris McGee - FV Footloose

Northwest crabbers are hauling in a bumper crop of Dungeness this winter. April Baer reports.
A typical Dungeness fishing season for Oregon yields about 12 million pounds of crab. This year, over the first few weeks of the season, fisherman have caught about at least 10 million pounds. And the fishing continues until August.


Hard Times This Past Year Show The Value Of Things Money Can't Buy

BY APRIL BAER - OPB News
McMinnville, OR December 28, 2009 10:53 a.m.

The end of the year tends to put us all in an introspective mood.
Angie Blackwell: “How has the past year changed me? One of the main changes I think is I’ve really come to appreciate and enjoy the things that money doesn’t buy – since I don’t have any, it’s a good thing!”

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