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for managed harvest on their behalf. Half of those lands would then COOS BAY — The South be managed on a 100-year rotaCoast’s man in Congress told tion at the request of the timber residents Monday that he’s doing industry, DeFazio said. But H.R. 1526 also contains the best he can to revive the local four other titles, timber economy. three of which Rep. Peter have drawn the DeFazio, DIt’s not a ire of the Obama Springfield, told By Alysha Beck, The World administration. a full house at the perfect bill. Prior to Fri- Rep. Peter DeFazio talks about how he plans to bring jobs back to the South Coast Coos Bay Public Library’s Myrtle- Peter DeFazio, D-Springfield day’s vote, the during a town hall meeting held in the Coos Bay Public Library on Monday. On H.R. 1526 Executive Office wood Room that issued a formal ated the effort. while H.R. 1526 is ture as one of the best chances to policy statement far from ideal, it’s “It means putting the 18 O&C boost jobs in the area. the best he could hope for under threatening a veto if the bill counties in the black,” Main said, But longtime anti-LNG reaches the president’s desk. the circumstances. prompting a wave of applause. activist Jody McCaffree told “It’s not a perfect bill,” The bill, which passed the Stakeholders in the protracted DeFazio the likely economic House Friday, contains the O&C DeFazio said. “H.R. 1526 is a battle over a proposed liquefied benefits of the terminal had been Trust, Conservation and Jobs combination of three Republican natural gas export terminal were overblown. Act, which he co-authored with bills, which aren’t going any- out in force, as well. “This is not the boon thing fellow Oregon Reps. Greg where.” John Knutson, owner of Knut- people think,” McCaffree said. Coos County Commissioner son Towing in Coos Bay, was one “We need jobs, no question Walden, R-Hood River; and Kurt Bob Main said that even if the bill of more than 30 audience mem- about that. But we need permaSchrader, D-Canby. The act would place half of the gets vetoed, the plan is the best bers wearing bright yellow nent jobs, not temporary federal forest lands in the state’s hope for rejuvenating rural tim- “Support Jordan Cove” T-shirts. 18 timber counties into a trust ber counties and that he appreciKnutson described the venSEE DEFAZIO | A10
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NORTH BEND — It’s been a long, hard road for businesses in downtown North Bend, but the end of an Oregon Department of Transportation project is in sight. ODOT spokesman Dan Latham was in town recently to check in on some businesses and give an update on the two-year old project. In addition to paving U.S. Highway 101, it has also tackled curb extensions, signage and traffic signals. Paving work should be done by the end of the month, but a problem with the new traffic signal poles will delay the end until October. Latham says they noticed some bad paint already bubbling on the new street lights. “They had to be sent back to the manufacturer and that has a ripple affect,” he said. “The old street lights can’t come down until the new ones are in place, and the cement work on the sidewalks can’t start until the old street lights are down.” A change in the traffic pattern on Highway 101 is already in place. The intention there is to improve safety where the three lane road merges into two lanes on the south end of downtown. “We had been seeing a number of crashes at Washington and
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WASHINGTON — The number of immigrants crossing the border illegally into the U.S. appears to be on the rise again after dropping during the recession. The total number of immigrants living in this country unlawfully edged up from 11.3 million in 2009 to 11.7 million last year, with those from countries other than Mexico at an apparent alltime high, according to a report released Monday by the Pew Research Center’s Hispanic Trends Project. The change is within the margin of error, and there will be a more precise census measure released later this year. Still, based in part on other factors such as increased U.S. border apprehensions, the sharp decline in illegal immigration from 2007-2009 has clearly bottomed out, with signs the numbers are now rising, Pew said. Pew said that among the six states with the largest numbers of immigrants here illegally, only Texas had a consistent increase in illegal immigration from 2007 to 2011, due in part to
Part of the highway renovation work along Sherman Avenue in North Bend includes changing the traffic patterns along one block of the street. Southbound traffic will flow through the area in the two left lanes and the right lane at Virginia and Washington avenues will become right turn lanes (the left lane in this view looking north).
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SALEM (AP) — Gov. John Kitzhaber on Monday called lawmakers back to Salem to work on legislation that would reduce costs in the public employee pension system and raise new revenue. Kitzhaber’s proclamation said the special session would begin at 8 a.m. Sept. 30. He has previously said he hopes the session will last just one day, but it could continue if lawmakers struggle to work out details or gain enough support for the proposals. Monday’s action formalizes a plan Kitzhaber announced last week, when he said he had worked out an agreement on pensions with House and Senate leaders from both parties. Under the deal, public employees would get smaller annual inflation increases in their retirement checks. Combined with cuts in the cost-of-living adjustment enacted earlier this year, the changes would erase $4.6 billion from the Public Employees Retirement System’s unfunded liability and reduce the amount that state and local governments, including school districts, are required to contribute. The improving economy has boosted tax collections at state and local governments, but much of the additional revenue has had to cover steep increases in pension costs due to massive investment losses during the Great Recession. PERS members say their pensions are a contractual obligation and are vowing to challenge cuts in court. The deal also would raise $240 million in new revenue. It would include higher cigarette taxes, an increase in some corporate taxes, and a limitation on a tax deduction for seniors’ medical expenses.
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