Today's hits from the big national dailies

New York Times

Students Are Concerned by U.S. Plan to Sell Their Trees
The under secretary of agriculture visited a skeptical sixth-grade class in North Carolina to defend a proposal to sell 309,000 acres of National Forest land.

Washington Post

300,000 Children in U.S. Found to Have Autism
About 300,000 American children have been diagnosed as having autism, according to the first comprehensive national surveys of the developmental disorder.

Los Angeles Times

Houston Chronicle (Enron Trial Coverage)

Seattle Times

...and from the Northwest's regional papers.

The Oregonian

Poll picks Saxton, Kulongoski
The survey for The Oregonian suggests the primary could weaken the governor

Board is split, but plan stays on track
Schools - A member's late move to derail the reorganization in the Fernwood area falls short

Let's split the check
The culinary star couple behind Clarklewis says they bit off too much, too fast, as their marriage ends and empire falters

Salem Statesman Journal

Saxton, Kulongoski have most funds left
Salem lawyer Kevin Mannix has only $31,000 cash on hand

Holiday recalls time of unity
Mexican soldiers defeated invading army

Bend Bulletin
Oregon Guard short on equipment
Disaster relief jeopardized, general warns

Eugene Register Guard

Eugene Weekly

LaGrande Observer

RATE WRANGLING
Higher rates could reduce the number of out-of-town golfers, argues county official Dennis Spray.

Lake County Examiner (weekly)

East Oregonian (subscription only)

Hermiston Herald

Tri City Herald

Worldwide nest
The hottest reality show this spring is OWLcam.

Bechtel rebuts '60 Minutes' claims
CBS's 60 Minutes segment on the troubles at Hanford's vitrification plant "misrepresented well-known facts, confused basic issues and drew unwarranted conclusions," according to Bechtel National, which holds the contract to build the $11 billion plant.

Sisters Nugget

the Source (Bend's alternative weekly)

Central Oregonian (Prineville)

Madras Pioneer

Baker City Herald

ODFW tag sale plan should buck up deer hunters' spirits
More deer hunters will actually hunt deer this fall in Baker County, which is preferable to pouting at home and wishing you were hunting deer.

Wallowa County Chieftain

Blue Mountain Eagle

Argus Observer (Ontario)

Tribe files letter of intent for Ontario casino
The Burns Paiute Tribe has submitted a resolution and a letter of intent to deliver an application to put a piece of land in the Ontario area in trust with the federal government for the purpose of gaming.

Corvallis Gazette Times

A fresh touch of Grace
Adult day care center prepares for move to new Corvallis location

Albany Democrat-Herald

Benton sheriff candidate says he’ll still run
Facing investigations for exaggerating his educational background, Benton County Sheriff’s Sgt. Jack Burright said today that he had done nothing wrong

Lebanon Express updated late morning

The Columbian (Vancouver) updated late morning

How do you move a mega yacht? Very carefully.

Hood River News

The Daily Astorian (most stories subscription only)

Grand jury indicts two from county over records tampering
Health director remains on paid leave

Tillamook Headlight Herald

theworldlink (South Coast)

The hull story - towing brings risks
It's about 400 nautical miles from San Francisco to the port of Coos Bay. It would save money to tow mothballed military vessels north from Suisun Bay, Calif., to Oregon. The only other places taking them now are shipyards in Brownsville, Texas.

Farmers, fishermen discover common ground on Klamath
It's seldom participants describe a 3 1/2-hour meeting as "monumental" or "a hell of a meeting" and agree by consensus that similar meetings must continue.

Medford Mail-Tribune

Seda home sold
An auctioneer severed the physical ties Thursday between Ashland and an Islamic charity accused of supporting international terrorism. Realtors working for the U.S. Treasury Department sold the home of former Ashland activist and international fugitive Pete Seda for $443,000

Gold Hill politics: recall targets cry foul
Three City Council members facing recall are claiming election fraud as ballots hit the mail today for the May 23 special election.

Klamath Falls Herald & News

Man arrested for 1992 murder
A man accused of murdering an Alturas teenage girl nearly 14 years ago was arrested Wednesday in Redding.

Ashland Daily Tidings

Roseburg News Review

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