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Check washing scam hits local fire district
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Check washing scam hits local fire district

  • By Emily Harris and Documenter Karen Heinemann, Uplift Local
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FREE NEWS: In July, the Wy’East fire district, serving Odell, Pine Grove and the area east of Hood River in the lower valley, got hit by a check-washing thief. Now protection will cost the district $1,020 a year.

Check washing scam hits local fire district
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Check washing scam hits local fire district

  • By Emily Harris and Documenter Karen Heinemann, Uplift Local
  • Updated

FREE NEWS: In July, the Wy’East fire district, serving Odell, Pine Grove and the area east of Hood River in the lower valley, got hit by a check-washing thief. Now protection will cost the district $1,020 a year.

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Region to get millions in stimulus funds

  • By Gail Oberst, For Columbia Gorge News

On March 23, Oregon Gov. Kate Brown announced that between state and local governments, Oregon will get approximately $6.4 billion in federal …

Google expansion, tax abatement reviewed
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Google expansion, tax abatement reviewed

  • By Mark Gibson, Columbia Gorge News
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UPDATED March 4 to clarify that Google (Design LLC) could choose to develop only only one project, or none; and that the Community Service Fee…

Google expansion proposal explored
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Google expansion proposal explored

  • By Mark Gibson Columbia Gorge News
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Wasco County and the City of The Dalles will each be deciding in March whether to enter into a new tax abatement agreement with Google, using the Strategic Investment Program (SIP) overseen by Business Oregon, for the development of two new server facilities and related warehouses on Google-owned property in The Dalles. A pair of public hearings were held in February to gather community input.