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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By Kim Murphy / The Bulletin
January 9, 2009
ORTING, Wash. — Reeling from a deluge of torrential rain and melting snow, much of the Pacific Northwest became a virtual island Thursday as flooding and avalanche conditions cut off all major transportation arteries.
Workers struggled to open a possible 400-mile detour around a....