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Clatskanie, Oregon is located in Columbia County. Zip codes in Clatskanie, OR include 97016. More Clatskanie information.

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Wednesday Feb 8 | The Oregonian

Wilsonville launches early childhood literacy program, putting free...

Julie Pairamore reads to her seven-month-old, Timothy, in the family's new Wilsonville home.

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Wednesday Feb 8 | South County Spotlight

Environmental group plans meeting to discuss coal export plans

Columbia Riverkeeper, an environmental group highly critical of Port of St. Helens plans to bring two coal export companies to their land north Clatskanie, is holding a meeting this week to gain support.

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Tue Feb 07, 2012

KBND-AM Bend

Foreclosure Bills Die In House

Several bills that would help Oregon homeowners struggling with foreclosure issues have already died in the House.

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Wed Feb 01, 2012

South County Spotlight

Port green lights coal export projects

Ambre Energy and its subsidiary Pacific Transloading hope to utilize dock space at the Port Westward energy park near Clatskanie to barge coal from the Powder River region to the Asia-Pacific market as seen in the illustration above.

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Tue Jan 31, 2012

ThinkProgress

Oregon Moves Closer To Dirty Coal Exports

After a poorly publicized hearing last week, the Port of St. Helens on the Oregon coast approved a secretive deal to lease space to two dirty coal companies, paving the way for the port to become the largest coal terminal on the U.S. West Coast.

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Thu Jan 26, 2012

Bellingham Herald

Ore. port gives go-ahead to coal export terminals

Helens in northwest Oregon has given a green light to two energy companies that want to export American coal to Asia.

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Wed Jan 25, 2012

South County Spotlight

Local developers target land near Columbia City for growth

Local land developers with successful track records in Columbia County are focused on opening access, and hence expanding possibilities to attract new industrial clients, to a 53-acre property near Columbia City.

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South County Spotlight

Weighing the pros and cons of coal

A small coal export terminal operates in Seward, Alaska. This terminal was under scrutiny in 2009 because of the coal dust blowing from the facility.

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Tue Jan 24, 2012

OregonLive.com

Oregon Red Cross assesses damage from last week's floods, readies for possibilty of more

A massive debris flow destroyed houses, damaged U.S. 30 and tore up railroad tracks west of Clatskanie in Woodson in December 2007.

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Tue Jan 17, 2012

South County Spotlight

Two coal exporting firms in early talks with Port of St. Helens to set up near Clatskanie

Two separate companies are in early talks with the Port of St. Helens to bring coal-exporting operations to Port-owned property near Clatskanie, a move likely to catch the eye of anti-coal advocates across the state who proclaim the commodity to be dirty and potentially unsafe.

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The Oregonian

Oregon must bail out public fund that made bad loans to renewable-energy projects

The bankrupt Cascade Grains ethanol plant near Clatskanie received a $20 million state energy loan from Oregon's Small Scale Energy Loan Program before going bankrupt.

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