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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By The Associated Press / The Bulletin
September 11, 2009
EUGENE — State Employment Department officials say roughly 3,000 Oregon residents have exhausted their unemployment benefits, with the final extensions expiring last week.
But additional help is headed their way.
Oregon’s unemployment rate has been close to 12 percent for the past five months.....