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Cloudy. Snow likely late. Low around 35F. Winds WSW at 15 to 25 mph. Chance of snow 90%. Snow accumulations less than one inch. Winds could occasionally gust over 40 mph. Updated: April 7, 2021 @ 7:18 am
PENDLETON â When the Umatilla River floods hit Pendleton in 2020, hundreds of residents were rendered temporarily homeless.
The Oregon Legislature eventually stepped in to provide millions of dollars worth of rapid rehousing money to organizations like the Community Action Program of East Central Oregon to help displaced residents find a new place to live.
But the nonprofit struggled to find homes for the flood survivors in Pendletonâs existing housing market, according to CAPECO Chief Executive Officer Paula Hall. There were few housing options on the market, and even available homes were often unaffordable for the displaced residents, many of whom came from Riverview Mobile Home Estates. Kate Gonsalves, a senior communications coordinator with Oregon Housing & Community Services, said the rapid rehousing money was soon repurposed for a different Pendleton housing project.
By Christopher Harris
Commonwealth Journal Mar 5, 2021
Mar 5, 2021
Once upon a time, the only thing wet in the Lake Cumberland area was the lake itself.
Thatâs changing rapidly. Burnside dipped its toe in the water in 2004 and got it âmoistâ; eight years later, Somerset approved full alcohol sales, including package liquor stores and microbreweries. That opened the floodgates. Russell County popped the cork on alcohol sales in 2016; McCreary County raised its glass to legal drinking in 2019; and last year, Wayne County voters poured into polling places to vote in âwetâ status, by a margin of 4,901 votes for, 3,996 against.
âHonestly, I did not think in my lifetime that Wayne County would go wet with our past demographics,â said Wayne County Judge-Executive Mike Anderson at the time.
Sri Lankan HC for enhancing trade with Pakistan
National
March 6, 2021
FAISALABAD: Sri Lankan High Commissioner vice admiral (retd) Mohan Wijewickrama has said that his country is trying to enhance the volume of bilateral trade with Pakistan.
Addressing the business community at the Faisalabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FCCI) here on Friday, the HC said that Sri Lanka was the second largest trade partner of Pakistan in South Asia.
“Our potential was $2.5 billion but our bilateral trade was stuck up at only $388 million despite signing the Free Trade Agreement”, he added.
He told that Sri Lankan exports to Pakistan were only $64 million and he intends to enhance it to a reasonable level. He said that Pakistan had inked its first Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Sri Lanka providing duty free access to each other. He said that Pakistan imported 10 million tons of black tea under this agreement which reflects our close relations. About friendly relations between the two