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D21 announces new director

  • Staff report, Columbia Gorge News

THE DALLES — North Wasco County School District (NWCSD) announces the hiring of Lauren Merklin as the new director of teaching, learning and a…

Deputy shortage at WCSO
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Deputy shortage at WCSO

  • By Neita Cecil The Dalles Chronicle
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A deputy shortage at the Wasco County Sheriff’s Office has been so deep that even with three new deputies hired, the department is still down …

Jail adminstrator leaving
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Jail adminstrator leaving

  • Neita Cecil
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After three years as administrator of the regional jail, Bryan Brandenburg is resigning, the jail board learned at its June 21 meeting. He said he had planned to stay here five years, but he and his wife have a new grandchild in Alaska and he wants to be close to family.

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Wyden extends help to Gold Star dads

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A bill sponsored by Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., that would extend the same federal hiring preference to fathers that is available to mothers of service members killed or permanently and totally disabled in action has cleared the Senate.

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Oregon adds 9,900 jobs in October

  • Jonathan Cooper, Associated Press
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SALEM — Oregon employers went on a hiring spree this fall, adding nearly 10,000 jobs in October and producing the largest one-month gain in nearly two decades, the state Employment Department said Tuesday.

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US jobless aid applications rise

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WASHINGTON —” The number of people seeking U.S. unemployment benefits jumped last week, but remained at a low level that suggests hiring should remain steady.