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BY EMILY THORNTON & THOMAS MORIARTY The World
The House of Representatives passed controversial legislation Friday morning that would boost timber harvest levels on federal lands in 18 Oregon counties. The passage of H.R. 1526 — which provides for a two-year extension of the Secure Rural Schools Act — comes two days after the Obama Administration issued a threat to veto the bill if it reaches the president’s desk. The House vote follows action Thursday in the Senate where a bill that extends federal subsidies for SEE TIMBER | A3
FBI offers reward in bombings Two Coos Bay bomb scares investigated as civil rights abuses
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Dr. Rajesh Ravuri listens to the heart of 95-year-old Lydia Mulkey who has been experiencing a rapid heart rate at Bay Area Hospital Thursday morning. Local healthcare providers are preparing for an influx of patients when the Affordable Care Act goes into effect Jan. 1, 2014.
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Health insurance expansion expected to increase demand on doctors, hospitals BY EMILY THORNTON The World
COOS BAY — More patients may mean having more patience when it comes to seeing a doctor next year. Area healthcare providers said they’re getting ready for an increase in the number of patients who’ll be eligible for coverage Jan. 1, 2014, when the Affordable Care Act goes into effect. But, they’re not sure of much else the ACA will bring. “It’s so unknown,” said
patients, as well as Laurie Hamilton, other new obstetrician and patients, in the gynecologist at coming years. North Bend MedThey also said ical Center. “It’s there might not be interesting.” so many new The Oregon patients as newly Health Authority expects Coos AFFORDABLE insured patients who wish to get County will see HEALTH CARE procedures they’ve 2,100 more Oregon neglected. Plan Health “We know from Oregon’s patients next year, 3,000 in 2015 and 3,800 in 2016. Ore- own experience with the lotgon could have 136,300 tery system with Oregon more. Doctors in the county Health Plan that people with said they expect between insurance use more than 2,000 to 8,000 Medicaid people without insurance,”
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COOS BAY — The FBI confirmed Friday that two improvised explosives devices placed in Coos Bay are being investigated as civil rights violations, and offered a reward for information leading to a conviction. In a press release, bureau spokeswoman Beth Anne Steele said the agency is offering $10,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the parties responsible for explosive devices placed at the Mingus Park Vietnam War Memorial and The Prayer Chapel. Steele said the FBI is investigating the incidents as violations of the 1996 Church Arson Prevention Act. The law, passed in response to a rash of arsons at black churches in the American Southeast, gives federal agents broad jurisdiction to investigate arsons and bombings at religious sites. In an email Friday evening, Steele said that the agency is sharing equal investigative responsibility with the Coos Bay Police Department and Oregon State Police. The FBI first became involved the case Sept. 3, when state police explosives specialists requested their assistance after firefighters discovered an
said Dr. Theresa Muday. Muday is the medical director for Western Oregon Advanced Health, the local Coordinated Care OrganizaSEE HEALTH CARE | A8
Capitol tours halted during security review SALEM (AP) — Guided tours at the Oregon Capitol have been suspended while authorities take a look at security in a building that has no barriers, metal detectors or security stations between the front doors and lawmakers. Five protesters broke away from one of the tours on Thursday, rappelled down the face of the Capitol dome and unfurled a large banner denouncing Gov. John Kitzhaber for a plan to sell acreage from the Elliott State
Forest in the Coast Range. The protesters carried ropes, harnesses and the banner in backpacks,said Jason Gonzales,a spokesman for the Cascadia Forest Defenders. The seasonal tours may be resumed next week, but they were scheduled to end next Friday in any case, the Salem Statesman Journal reported. Oregon leaders have tried over the years SEE PROTEST | A8
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Protesters with the Cascadia Forest Defenders hang a protest banner on the Oregon State Capitol Dome in Salem on Thursday. State Police say charges have been filed against five people involved in the logging protest.
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