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Local trucking companies have been “devastated” following a year of rapidly increasing diesel and other fuel costs, said Faron Bostic, the owner of Powderly trucking company Cactus Express.
GRANTS PASS, Ore.– A Grants Pass company is signing over more than half of its property to the city for a new water treatment plant. Grants Pass City Council says a mutual agreement has been ratified, allowing the city to acquire over 7 acres of property belonging to Copeland Sand and Gravel. Copeland president Steve Ausland says the acquisition is years in the making. He says the process, which included the city beginning ’eminent domain’ proceedings, took a toll on the morale of his employees. “When you talk about the arduous process and such, that’s had a negative effect. Bu...