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WA senators concerned with Kroger merger

  • Staff Report Columbia Gorge News
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Last week, U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and U.S. Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) sent a letter to Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina Khan to express concern about the pending acquisition of Albertsons Companies, Inc. by the Kroger Company, which would merge two of the largest grocery store chains in Washington state.

Gorge gets $2M for economic development
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Gorge gets $2M for economic development

  • Staff report, Columbia Gorge News

Following years of “hard work and creativity,” $2 million in federal funding is headed to the Columbia River Gorge to support economic revital…

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Underwood in-lieu restoration begins

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The Yakama Nation Fisheries Program has begun work through contractor Tapani, Inc., of Battle Ground, Wash., to restore habitat and boat access to the Underwood In-Lieu Site and historic Namnit Indian village site at the mouth of the White Salmon River in Skamania County, Wash

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Former Speaker Foley remembered

  • NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS, Associated Press
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SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Former U.S. House Speaker Tom Foley was remembered Friday as a statesman, a husband, and a friend to people great and small.

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INFLUENCE GAME: Congress quiet on Dreamliner woes

  • JOAN LOWY, Associated Press
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WASHINGTON — As Boeing, its airline customers and federal safety regulators struggled over the past two months to solve problems with the new 787 Dreamliner’s fire-plagued batteries, one player has been strangely silent: Congress.

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Sen. Murray calls on Insitu

  • Ben Mitchell
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White Salmon and Bingen have been very popular with Washington politicians in 2012, even if it is an election year.