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A Multnomah County judge has rejected a request from environmental groups to halt post-fire logging in the Santiam Canyon, but that doesn t mean controversy surrounding how Oregon manages the forests burned in the Labor Day fires is going away.
Last Friday, circuit court judge Jerry Hodson ruled that the Oregon Department of Forestry could move forward with plans to harvest and remove hazard trees on 3,000 acres of fire-burned Santiam State Forest.
Hodson found the lawsuit filed by seven conservation groups last month was unlikely to prevail in court, so he denied a requested injunction to stop the plan.
One of the abducted students of Greenfield University, has been released by the bandits.
Although the police and the Kaduna government were yet to confirm the development, mother of the student, confirmed the release of her son, Tuesday.
She, however, refused to give details of how he was released and whether a ransom was paid or not.
It was gathered that the student was released on Saturday after his mother, who is the wife of a retired army officer, privately negotiated and paid a ransom.
The parents had earlier revealed that the bandits have been negotiating with them individually, asking each of them to pay N20 million before they eventually demanded a bulk sum of N100 million and 10 motorcycles on Monday, as condition for their release.
SALEM â Owners would get more time to rebuild homes and businesses destroyed in the 2020 Labor Day wildfires, without running afoul of planning requirements, under two bills that have cleared the Oregon House.
Both bills passed on 56-0 votes on Tuesday, May 4. One goes to the Senate, the other to Gov. Kate Brown.
House Bill 2289, which goes to the Senate, gives property owners five years â instead of the normal one year â to start reconstruction, which would not be considered a âland use actionâ under Oregon law. It applies in areas affected by wildfires under a state of emergency declared by Gov. Kate Brown between Aug. 1 and Sept. 30, 2020.
Owners get more time to rebuild after 2020 Labor Day wildfires
Two bills, both passed by Oregon House, also ease requirements for replacement homes and businesses.
Owners would get more time to rebuild homes and businesses destroyed in the 2020 Labor Day wildfires, without running afoul of planning requirements, under two bills that have cleared the Oregon House.
Both bills passed on 56-0 votes on Tuesday, May 4. One goes to the Senate, the other to Gov. Kate Brown.
House Bill 2289, which goes to the Senate, gives property owners five years instead of the normal one year to start reconstruction, which would not be considered a land-use action under Oregon law. It applies in areas affected by wildfires under a state of emergency declared by Gov. Kate Brown between Aug. 1 and Sept. 30, 2020.