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Another One-Day Smelt Fishery Announced For Cowlitz River

There will be another opportunity to dip for smelt in the Cowlitz River as the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) has approved an additional one-day recreational fishery from 1 to 6 p.m. on Tuesday, March 5. To increase access opportunities, the upper boundary of the fishery has been extended. Dip-netting is permitted from the shore […]

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Juveniles Tip Off The Law, Leads To Jail, $6,750 In Fines For Poachers

White sturgeon in Scappoose Bay in Oregon is catch-and-release only, but three men thought they could get away with keeping five. Unfortunately for these perpetrators, some much younger—and wiser—than them had an eye on them. What the juvenile sportsmen witnessed were the men in a boat catching a white sturgeon and not releasing it. So,

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Liberal Oregon U Turns And Passes Bill To Recriminalize Hard Drugs

The passage of the bill all but ends a key liberal policy Private security guard in Portland Michael Bock joined Americas Newsroom to discuss how the drug crisis has ravaged the citys communities. Oregon lawmakers have voted to recriminalize certain drugs after a surge in overdose deaths resulted in the governor declaring a state of emergency

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Green Thumbs Can Apparently Unite At Weekend At Veterans Park

If you want to put your green thumbs to work this weekend, you’ll have a chance on Saturday, March 2. The Scappoose Bay Watershed Council is holding a volunteer work party at Veterans Park in Scappoose. Taylor Theel, project manager with the council, said the volunteer work party runs from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

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Awarded: Jenny Dimsho recognized as Employee of the Year

The City of St. Helens named St. Helens Associate Planner and Community Development Project Manager Jenny Dimsho employee of the year. “I’m incredibly honored to have been selected,” Dimsho said. “To the management staff who nominated me and to the reviewers who selected me, it is incredibly rewarding to be appreciated for the work I

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Teen Firefighters Step Up To The Flames As Texas Wildfires Spread

When the largest wildfire in Texas history made its way to the town of Pampas earlier in the week, 15-year-old Nathan Slater told ABC News that he immediately knew where he had to be. Just minutes after his mother, Christie, picked him up from school Monday after classes were postponed due to the fires, he told

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NY AG Leticia James Takes Action Over Country’s Athele Ban On Transgenders

New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) on Friday demanded that a Nassau County official immediately repeal an executive order restricting the ability of transgender women and girls to participate in athletic events at county-run facilities, arguing it is “in clear violation” of state law. “The law is perfectly clear: you cannot discriminate against a

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Fani Willis Decision In Georgia Judge’s Hands Now

The fate of former President Trump’s 2020 election interference case in Georgia now rests with a state judge tasked with determining whether to disqualify Fulton County’s district attorney’s office from the historic prosecution over a romance between two top prosecutors. Judge Scott McAfee heard arguments Friday to determine whether Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis

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Judge Orders Trump Be Removed From Illinois Primary Ballot

Illinois becomes third state to remove former President Trump from primary ballot 02:18 CHICAGO (CBS) — A Cook County judge on Wednesday ordered the Illinois Board of Elections to remove former President Donald Trump from the Illinois primary ballot – but also put the order on hold, pending a likely appeal. Cook County Circuit Judge Tracie

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