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Backers of rejected ballot measures proposed by environmentalists have filed a lawsuit, saying Oregon Secretary of State Bev Clarno broke with legal precedent and based her rejection on bad advice.  The lawsuit filed Monday in Marion County Circuit Court, asked a judge to overturn the rejection and award attorneys’ fees.   T...

Backers of rejected ballot measures proposed by environmentalists have filed a lawsuit, saying Oregon Secretary of State Bev Clarno broke with legal precedent and based her rejection on bad advice.  The lawsuit filed Monday in Marion County Circuit Court, asked a judge to overturn the rejection and award attorneys’ fees.   The b...

The intersection of where farming and politics intersect may have been best displayed in the most recent presidential election.  Bruce Vincent is a farmer, logger, rancher and advocate from Libby, MT.  He said starting in 2008, the national economy has struggled, and while it hurt main street America hard, he adds it was the rural areas that suffered the most, not just now, but over the past coupl

As the demand for building materials in China and Asia continues to grow, Washington is working to meet the need.  Last year, the Evergreen state shipped nearly 245 million board feet of logs to China alone.  Other popular destinations for Washington timber includes Japan and  Korea.  But before t...