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County garbage rates rise

  • Derek Wiley
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Wasco County residents and businesses will pay more for garbage service beginning April 1. The small increase, which is just two cents per month for a residential 20-gallon can, was approved by the county commissioners Monday after the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality raised tipping fees at landfills 58 cents per ton statewide.

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Letter to the Editor: Rattled rattlers?

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To the editor: As a substitute teacher in our school district, knowing many of the kids like I do, here’s Mr. Smith’s two cents on our choices for a new mascot, offered from a radio announcer’s point of view: