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The proposed site of Heritage Square, which would have included supportive housing, in downtown Astoria. The city council voted down the project over its cost and concerns from a vocal group of critics.
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CITY OF ASTORIA
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A view of the Oregon State Capitol on February 26, 2024.
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JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT
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The Oregon Capitol in Salem, Ore. on March 21, 2023.
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Sterling Hanakahi, 73, and Anita Hanakahi, 70, of Tillamook say they were blindsided when Texas-based U.S. Renal Care executives announced they would close their kidney dialysis center in the coastal community Feb. 23. Anita has relied on the center for the past nine years. For her and 10 other local patients, she said, local dialysis treatment is a matter of life and death.
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COURTESY OF ANITA HANAKAHI
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A picture of Rogue Regional Medical Center in 2007. At the time it was known as Rogue Valley Medical Center.
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State Rep. Ben Bowman, D-Tigard, and former Gov. John Kitzhaber testified in favor a bill limiting private equity and other business interests involvement in health care during a February 26, 2024 hearing of the Oregon Senate Health Committee.
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JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT
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Pictured: the North Albany building of The Corvallis Clinic, P.C.
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COURTESY OF THE CORVALLIS CLINIC, P.C.
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St. Charles Health System in Bend.
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COURTESY OF ST. CHARLES HEALTH
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