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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
February 3, 2009
EMPIRE — An estimated 500,000 gallons of partially treated sewage spilled last week from a treatment plant when pumps failed, closing Coos Bay to commercial shellfish harvesting.
But recreational clam diggers continued digging along the beach next to the treatment plant, unaware of the....