Laughing at rising costs
“Your FROM THE EDITOR column in November made me laugh out loud.”
2006 Archives
Most wages rising faster than inflation
Since 2001, Oregonians’ average wages have risen faster than inflation. At least this is true for workers covered by unemployment insurance — close to 90% of workers in the state.
COOS BAY
After a quibble over price, the crab season launched in December with fishermen commanding $1.60 per pound for crab meat and battling winter storms to land their catch.
Wave technology disputed
“The OSU technology is flawed and efficiency/capacity are limited compared to other developing wave technologies.”
TILLAMOOK
The torrential early November rains walloped Tillamook County hard: A preliminary assessment completed in mid-December put the damage figure at $12.5 million, according to Tom Manning, the county’s director of emergency services.
Correction
In November’s IN CHARACTER, Douglas County Commissioner Marilyn Kittelman’s position on a proposed Roseburg convention center was incorrect.
Delays turn Biscuit fire payoff hopes to ash
It sounded like an unbelievable amount of money: more than $171 million worth of salvage lumber, enough to build as many as 17,000 homes, waiting to be logged in forests blackened by 2002’s famed Biscuit Fire.
In Character: Profile of Israel Bayer, director of Street Roots
Forget handouts. Israel Bayer wants the homeless to earn your respect — and your dollar.