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World File Photo by Lou Sennick

World File Photo by Lou Sennick
Oregon State Police Troopers stand guard at the D.B. Western, Inc. location on the North Spit Thursday, March 20, 2008. Inside, agents from the Environmental Protection Agency are executing a search warrant through the EPA’s Criminal Investigations Division out of Seattle.

World File Photo by Lou Sennick
Coos Bay firefighters work to mop up a fire in a building housing radio transmission equipment on top California Avenue in Coos Bay Sunday evening, March 2, 2008. The fire started earlier in the afternoon and took out the signals for several local radio stations, Bay Cities Ambulance and other businesses in the area.
Where have all the salmon gone?
As state and federal scientists begin to digest salmon return data from the fall of 2007, the numbers are shocking: Only 88,000 fish returned, compared with 267,900 to 775,500 each year from 2002 to 2006.
Other March news
• Coos County is ranked No. 1 in Oregon in sending high school graduates on to community college.
• Fire silences a radio transmitter used by local stations and ambulance services.
• Home Depot pulls the plug on plans for a North Bend store.
• Environmental Protection Agency investigators raid D.B. Western Inc. on the North Spit as part of a hazardous waste investigation.
• Plans unravel for a communication committee linking Coos Bay and North Bend city councils.
• Tickets go on sale for flights between North Bend and San Francisco.
• In national news, Sen. John McCain nails down the Republican presidential nominations.
• The Olympic Torch is lit in Greece. Anti-China protesters dog its route.
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