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COOS BAY, Ore., April 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- ARG Trans has been selected by the Oregon International Port of Coos Bay as the preferred operator for the 133-mile Coos Bay rail line, following interviews with five final candidates in January 2011.

An aggressive, invasive aquatic organism that is on the state’s most dangerous species list has been discovered in both Winchester Bay and Coos Bay, and scientists say this “colonial tunicate” – Didemnum vexillum – has serious economic and environmental implications.

By Winston Ross, The Register-Guard, Eugene, Ore. Apr. 8--FLORENCE -- U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden and three other lawmakers introduced a bill Monday that would roll back the federal energy rules that strip states of authority in siting liquefied natural gas terminals.

By Paul Fattig, Mail Tribune, Medford, Ore. Feb. 6--Trail area resident Marcie Laudani hopes to give Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski a piece of her mind today. She is among hundreds of Oregonians from Butte Falls to Coos Bay expected to rally on the steps of the capitol building in Salem at 11 a.m.