BRIEFLY.Byline: The Register-Guard NORTHWEST Corps: No money for maintenance at all ports PORTLAND - The Army Corps of Engineers said Thursday it will begin dredging some coastal ports early this summer but there was not enough funding for maintenance work at all ports. Ten ports received limited funding for the federal fiscal year but the corps will be able to dredge only six, officials said. ``Health and human safety was our primary concern, along with whether or not reasonable work could be accomplished with the funding provided,'' said Debby Chenoweth, chief of the agency's operations division, based in Portland. The Coast Guard assessed the risk to operations and the public at each location, whether a reasonable amount of work could be accomplished with the funds present and other economic factors, Chenoweth said. The Siuslaw River The Siuslaw River (pronounced sigh YOU slaw) is a river, approximately 110 mi (177 km) long, along the Pacific coast of Oregon in the United States. It drains an area of approximately 4560 sq mi (11900 km²) in the Central Oregon Coast Range southwest of the Willamette , Rogue River Rogue River A river, about 322 km (200 mi) long, rising in the Cascade Range of southwest Oregon and flowing generally south and southwest to the Pacific Ocean. at Gold Beach and Depoe Bay projects are most in need of the dredging according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the Coast Guard. Chetco River The Chetco River is a river in southwestern Oregon in the United States, approximately 55 mi (88 km) long. It drains a rugged isolated coastal region in the extreme southwestern corner of the state near the California border, descending steeply from 3700 ft (1130 m) to the Pacific , Coquille River The Coquille River is a river 100 mi (160 km) long, in southwestern Oregon in the United States. It drains a mountainous area of approximately 1058 sq mi (2750 km²) of the Coastal Range into Pacific Ocean. , and Port Orford will also be dredged. The Umpqua River The Umpqua River (UHMP-kwah) is a river on the Pacific coast of Oregon in the United States, approximately 111 mi (179 km) long. One of the prinicipal rivers of the Oregon coast, it drains an expansive network of valleys in the mountains west of the Cascade Range and south of the , Tillamook Bay and Bar, Yaquina River and Skipanon Channel are not scheduled to be dredged this year. University of Idaho's president off to Oregon MOSCOW, Idaho - The University of Idaho's new financial vice president is leaving his post after less than a year. The school announced Wednesday that Jay Kenton, who was hand-picked by University President Tim White, has accepted a job as vice chancellor for finance and administration for the Oregon University System The Oregon University System (OUS) consists of seven public, four-year universities in the State of Oregon administered by the Chancellor of the OUS, who serves at the will and pleasure of the Oregon State Board of Higher Education. . His resignation is effective March 31, three months before the end of his one-year contract. Kenton has refused to comment about his departure. Bob Hieronymus, a university spokesman, said Kenton makes $155,000 a year and the money from the remaining three months of his contract may be used in the search for a replacement. - From news service reports |
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