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Oregon to buy two Talgo passenger trains (The Olympian)

Oregon’s Department of Transportation has announced that the state will buy two new Talgo highspeed trains to augment Amtrak’s Cascades service between Vancouver, B.C., and Eugene.

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Transportation, Agriculture Are Oregon’s Most Fatal Industries (Insurance Journal)

The transportation and warehousing industry was the most dangerous industry in 2009 in Oregon, according to the state Department of Business and Consumer Services, Information Management …

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Former Warm Springs police detective sentenced to prison for theft from tribal group

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King Salvage east of Newport accused of pollution

The owners and an employee of the vehicle dismantler on U.S. 20 was initially fined in 2007 by the Department of Environmental Quality.

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Chief: Bitten burglary victim can sue; suspect got away

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Oregon jobless claims still high but falling steady (KGW NewsChannel 8 Portland)

PORTLAND, Ore. — State labor economists report that the number of unemployment claims has fallen to its lowest point since October 2009

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Portland mayor backs federal probe (The Register-Guard)

PORTLAND — Black leaders in Portland and the mayor on Friday said they welcomed a U.S. Justice Department civil rights investigation into the shooting of an unarmed black man by a white police officer

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Mayor backs federal probe of Oregon police in shooting (KMTR Eugene)

Black leaders in Portland and the mayor are welcoming a U.S. Justice Department civil rights investigation into the shooting of an unarmed black man by a white police officer.

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US Justice Dept. opens inquiry in fatal shooting of unarmed man by Portland officer (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)

PORTLAND, Ore. – The U.S.

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