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Articles from the July 26, 2012 edition


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  • What to do?

    Jul 26, 2012

    Doodles cartoon McKenzie River Reflections...

  • At Oregon state pen, safecrackers proved especially prone to escape

    Jul 26, 2012

    Oregon State Prison postcard By Finn J.D. John Escapes from Oregon’s state prisons are very rare events today, and have been for years. But there was a time, not that long ago, when an average of one prisoner every month made a break for freedom, and one or two of them actually succeeded in staying gone for a good long time. From safecracker to war hero The criminal population in Oregon’s prisons has changed in several ways in the past 100 years, and one of the most noticeable ways is the type of criminal housed there. In 1912, there were a l...

  • Rainbow is hooked into “Electric Highway” grid

    Jul 26, 2012

    Electric charging station RAINBOW: Owners of electric vehicles scheduling excursions away from home can now include Harbick’s Country Store in the plans, thanks to a newly installed electric charging station. The apparatus was part of a $2 million agreement between the U.S. Department of Transportation and the Oregon Department of Transportation that calls for the installation of 20 new electric vehicle (EV) DC fast charging stations as an extension of the three state network that comprises the West Coast Electric Highway system. In an a...