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Hood River County settles with former employee

  • By Noah Noteboom Columbia Gorge News

HOOD RIVER — Hood River County and a former employee agreed to a settlement regarding 2018 allegations that he stole money from the Tollbridge and Tucker Park cash deposits while working for the Public Works Department (PWD).

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Letter to the editor: In defense of the DA

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To the editor: My name is Josh Marquis and I have been the district attorney in Astoria since 1994. Having been active in the Oregon District Attorneys Association (ODAA) made up of all 36 elected county prosecutors, I served as president of that organization in 2001. For at least 15 years I have known Eric Nisley and consider him a friend. Eric was selected to be the ODAA’s president just a few years ago.

Council strips Toronto mayor of powers
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Council strips Toronto mayor of powers

  • DAVID CRARY and ROB GILLIES, Associated Press
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TORONTO — Mayor Rob Ford said Toronto’s City Council had no business stripping him of most of his powers over his admitted crack cocaine use and heaving drinking, implying in a television interview aired Tuesday that many councilors are no different from him.

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Storby: job is to substantiate crime

  • RaeLynn Ricarte
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Diane Storby, vice-president of operations at Mid-Columbia Medical Center, was asked Thursday why she hadn’t asked police to investigate a patient’s sex abuse complaint in 2008.