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Coos County Forest Lands are logged in sections to maximize the amount of timber sales for the county’s budget. According to Forester Lance Morgan, this area is not an ideal place for thinning because the wind knocks down trees that are left.
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COOS COUNTY FOREST — The Coos County Forestry Department must find a new grower for the 100,000 baby trees it needs to plant. Among the top contenders is the U.S. Forest Service Nursery in Central Point but it will cost about $375 per 1,000 seedlings, according to county officials. Timber Data Specialist Kathy Hathaway said the cost was $335 per 1,000 seedlings from their previous grower, Silver Mountain Nursery in Sublimity. But they, along with many private companies, such as Weyerhaeuser, don’t want to deal with the county’s “small amount,” she said. The county forestry’s budget for 20132014 is about $600,000. Hathaway said the issue was one
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Coos County Forester Lance Morgan leads a group of Coos County Commissioners, county officials, foresters, and loggers as well as foresters from other Oregon counties on a tour of county forest lands Wednesday.The county faces many challenges in the upcoming year, but stands to cash in on acres of land worth millions of dollars once logged. of the biggest ones the county forestry department was facing. Another one was finding a place to
SALEM — Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber on Wednesday signed a bill legalizing medical marijuana dispensaries, setting the stage for the state to regulate and inspect businesses that have operated for years in a legal gray area. Oregon was one of the first states to allow the legal use of marijuana with a doctor’s recommendation, and the state has issued marijuana cards to 56,000 people. The law requires patients to grow the drug themselves or designate someone to grow it for them. Dozens of dispensaries have popped
up around the state, but they’re not explicitly authorized. In some areas, authorities have moved to shut them down. Elsewhere, police have left them alone. The bill gives the Oregon Health Authority new power to run background checks, conduct on-site safety inspections and perform financial audits. The agency will begin drafting regulations for approval early next year. “It’s vital now that the people who are involved in the medical marijuana program implement this bill very responsibly to ensure that patients have safe access and
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store the baby trees while they were being planted. She said they had used the Bureau of Land Manage-
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ment’s cold storage unit, but BLM has downsized, so they now use Pacific Evergreen’s units to store the young trees. Forester Lance Morgan said the department was responsible for a lot more. Next on the county forestry’s list was getting the land sprayed, he said. They also had to consider what to do with an abandoned house sitting in the middle of forest lands. In addition, acreage with a methane gas well and another site with the beginnings of a shooting range were wasting possible timber sale land. “We always have to produce that money for the county,” he said. “But it isn’t just about growing trees. We’ve got a lot of issues to deal with.” Reporter Emily Thornton can be reached at 541-269-1222, ext. 249 or at emily.thornton@theworldlink. com or on Twitter: @EmilyK_Thornton.
Death toll in Egypt skyrockets past 500 CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian authorities on Thursday significantly raised the death toll from clashes the previous day between police and supporters of the ousted Islamist president, saying more than 500 people died and laying bare the extent of the violence that swept much of the country and prompted the government to declare a nationwide state of emergency and a nighttime curfew. The death toll, which stood at 525, according to the latest Health Ministry figures, makes Wednesday by far the deadliest day since the 2011 popular uprising that toppled longtime ruler and
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Bay Rural Fire Protection District responded along with two ambulances from Bay Cities, which took the injured drivers to Bay Area Hospital. Traffic began moving slowly in both directions by 11:45 a.m., but by 1 p.m., troopers were responding to another crash further north off Wildwood Drive in Hauser. TripCheck reported a 20minute delay for approximately an hour. Lt. Steve Smartt of OSP’s Coos Bay Area Command said troopers also responded to two crashes south of the area.
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NORTH BEND — A car-versusmotorcycle crash just north of the McCullough Bridge was one of several that crippled Wednesday's traffic along U.S. Highway 101. The crash occurred at about 11 a.m. when a gold Honda sedan collided with a motorcycle on U.S. Highway 101 near the David Dewett Memorial Wayside. Oregon State Police and North
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A North Bay firefighter examines a collision-damaged sedan while emergency personnel tend to an injured motorcycle rider Wednesday afternoon on U.S. Highway 101 near North Bend.
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COOS BAY — The South Coast’s freshman legislator from District 9 is not resting on any laurels. State Rep. Caddy McKeown is back in town and already turning her attention to the 2014 Legislative session. This week, before speaking to the Coos Bay-North Bend Rotary Club, McKeown did take one moment to reflect on what was a heady first term in Salem. “It absolutely was full,” she said. “I don’t care whether you’re a freshman in high Caddy McKeown school, or a freshman in college, or a freshman legislator, there is a lot to learn and I was really, really lucky to have fabulous staff. I’ve worked in the public sector long enough as a board member and as a (Port) commissioner to understand how the system works. It’s just learning a new system, so it takes a little bit of time.” On Wednesday, Gov. John Kitzhaber gave an indication of just how full the session was when he tweeted an update announcing the signing of 66 pieces of legislation. That brought his total number of signatures from the 2013 Legislative Assembly to 787. “Oregon is on the right track,” Kitzhaber said, noting that important steps were taken to increase funding for public education, improve access to health care, reduce the costs of corrections and to invest in infrastructure. McKeown says the highlight was the $6.75 billion budget for K12 education, which is nearly $1 billion more than they received in the previous biennium. “Investment in education, K-12 and for community colleges, was enormous,” she added. “It was a priority for everybody going into this session.” She said two important things will resonate with voters from her district, including Southwestern Oregon Community College getting $8 million to begin building its health sciences building. “Also, we received $10 million for reinvestment in the rail line, particularly for rail bridges for the Coos Bay rail line,” she said. It may be hard to believe, but the Legislature will reconvene in just about six months, in February. But, with a one month timeline to
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autocrat Hosni Mubarak — a grim milestone that does not bode well for the future of a nation roiled in turmoil and 1 divisions for the past 2 ⁄2 years. Health Ministry spokesman Khaled elKhateeb put the number of the injured on Wednesday at 3,717. Near the site of one of the smashed encampments of ousted President Mohammed Morsi’s supporters in the eastern Nasr City district, an Associated Press reporter on Thursday saw dozens of blood soaked bodies stored inside a SEE EGYPT | A8
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