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5 Magical U.S. Towns for a Storybook Christmas Getaway
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5 Magical U.S. Towns for a Storybook Christmas Getaway

  • Karen Kelly
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Thinking about spending Christmas somewhere different this year? Across the country, small towns are getting ready for the holidays with Christmas lights, parades, and traditions that draw visitors year after year. Here are five places worth checking out this Christmas season.

Obituary: Marie Goss
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Obituary: Marie Goss

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Marie Lucile Goss, 92, of Hood River, Ore., passed away Feb. 12, 2022, at Prairie City, Ore., with family by her side. Marie, a long-time resi…

Bob Thomsen
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Bob Thomsen

Bob Thomsen, a former resident of Pine Grove, orchardist and long-time rancher in Lander, Wyo., passed away on Nov. 26, 2019, in Wyoming with …

Clifton Roger Bennett
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Clifton Roger Bennett

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On Nov. 4, 2017, Clifton Roger Bennett, age 98, passed away peacefully with family by his side. Mr. Bennett was born on March 7, 1919, in Meet…

Wash. coal hub suffers blow
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Wash. coal hub suffers blow

  • RACHEL LA CORTE, The Associated Press
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Olympia, Wash. (AP) — A company that wants to build and operate a large terminal to export coal from the western U.S. to Asia was denied a key permit by Washington state on Sept. 26 because of environmental concerns.

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Judge upholds denial of Columbia River coal dock

  • By GILLIAN FLACCUS, Associated Press
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An administrative law judge in Oregon on Friday found that state regulators acted within their authority when they rejected a proposed coal terminal on the Columbia River that would funnel millions of tons of American coal to power-hungry Asia each year.

Benjamin Harrison Synon
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Benjamin Harrison Synon

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Benjamin Harrison Synon was born on April 16, 1925 in Hermansville, Mich. He was the youngest of three sons born to Elisabeth Steger and Micha…

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Coal export terminal gets water-quality approval from Oregon

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PENDLETON, Ore. (AP) — Oregon environmental regulators have ruled that proposed coal export terminal on the Columbia River meets state and federal water-quality standards, but the project still faces an adverse ruling from another state agency and questions about its economics in a slumping coal market.