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In about 30 days, after the city finishes planting vegetation in the sewer swales and cleaning up construction debris, a project that has been over 20 years in the making will be finished. Well, nearly finished, that is.

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Many people don't realize that most churches and religious groups allow organ donation. That's why this weekend, Nov. 12-14, has been designated as National Donor Sabbath. A study for the nonprofit Donate Life showed that 25 percent of people who are not registered donors felt they needed more information before they could commit to registering, and four percent mistakenly thought their church would not allow it. In fact, all major religions support organ, eye and tissue donation and see it as a final act of love and generosity toward others.

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SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) -- Al Hadlock would be the first person to tell you how bad he messed up his life.

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State Rep. Jeff Barker joined veterans who work as security officers for the private security contractor, Securitas, to push for unionizing the company, at a downtown press conference Wednesday, Nov. 10.

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DE LA SALLE NORTH CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL

Your Future Begins Now!
Preparing faith-filled, competent, college-ready citizens.

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The Skanner News is looking for local readers to take part in a focus group to help us in planning our company's growth over the next year, with the group meeting Saturday, Nov. 20, from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at our offices at 415 N Killingsworth St.

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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- As the nation turned to Republicans in the Congress, Oregon stood pat and re-elected all of its incumbents, five out of six of them Democrats. It turned to a familiar Democratic hand rather than a fresh GOP face for governor, and it did nothing venturesome in ballot measures.

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