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PORTLAND — One of the Affordable Care Act's main goals was to increase the ranks of people with health insurance. In Oregon, where about 95 percent of peopleare now believed to be insured, that appears to have worked. The number of uninsured Oregonians dropped by 63 percent between June 30, 2013, and July 30, 2014, accordingto a study released Thursday by the Oregon Health Authority and Oregon Health & Science University. Much of the decrease was among people who enrolled in the Oregon Health Plan, thestate'sMe dicaid program. Oregon's OHP population See Coverage / Page5A
Monica Wehby appears to have copied parts of her health plan from a survey conducted by Karl Rove's Crossroads USA Super PAC, according to a report Tuesday by the online news outlet BuzzFeed. Page 11A
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Organization urges people to become donors • Donate Life Northwest says time to have conversation is now, not after something happens
La Grande High School studentTyler Erickson checks his cellphone for text messages before class starts. The high school is looking to cut cellphone use in class.
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Seaehandres cnereueerhodvelmissingman • Coulter Bronson located below Bartlett Bench Road By Katy Nesbitt The Observer
TROY — The body of a missing Wallowa County man was recoveredearlierthisweek by Wallowa County Search and Rescue. Coulter Bronson, 27, was
scheduled to arrive at a fiiend's house Sept. 13,on Grouse Flat, according to Wallowa County Sheriff Steve Rogers, but he didn't arrive. The fiiend went lookingforhim Saturday.When no one had heard from Bronson by Sunday afternoon, the sheriff's office and search and rescue were called and the team looked for him until after dark. The team went back to search on Monday with assistance fiom
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found more debris from Bronson's Ford pickup. "One of the deputies found an engine part lying in the trail and then the cab and rear axle were in theriver,"Rogerssaid. Meanwhile, rescuers hiked down from Bartlett Bench Road and discovered Bronson's body field." 600 feet below and thebody of Deputies and U.S. Forest SerBronson's dog 300 feet below. vice law enforcement hiked along Four search and rescue team a trail on the Wenaha River and See Search / Page 5A two local planes. The first plane couldn't find anything, but the second one, which Rogers said can fly"low and slow," spotted something of interest. "Joe Spence flew with Glenn McDonald as a spotter between 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.," Rogers said."They discovered a debris
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It doesn't seem like much, but checking the "donor" box at the Department of Motor Vehicles can be a life-changing decisionpossibly for someone else. "Less than 1 percent of the population becomes an actual organ donor," said Aimee Adelmann, program specialist for Donate Life Northwest, during a seminar at Eastern Oregon University Wednesday. Donate Life Northwest is a nonprofit organization raising awareness about the importance ofbeing a donor. Adelmann knows this firsthand. She has had two kidney transplants in her lifetime — one from her father and another from a deceased donor. "It's great to be a donor, but have you talked to your family?" she said. Becoming an organ donor affects more than just yourself, Adelmann said. It's a serious SeeDonors / Page5A
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