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Byline: The Register-Guard

METRO

Gasoline prices here highest

in state, but expected to fall

At $2 a gallon, motorists in the Eugene-Springfield and Medford-Ashland areas are paying the highest average gas prices in the state, according to according to
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 Oregon/Idaho survey.

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 is averaging roughly $1.96 a gallon.

Now that the Labor Day holiday weekend is past and demand is declining, drivers should see some relief at the pump, AAA said. Several West Coast refineries that went down in August are expected to return to full production in the coming weeks, which will improve regional supplies.

Triad to buy four hospitals

in Arkansas and assume debt

Triad Hospitals Inc. agreed on Tuesday to buy four hospitals in Arkansas List of hospitals in Arkansas (U.S. state), sorted by hospital name.
  • Arkansas Children's Hospital - Little Rock, Arkansas
  • Arkansas Heart Hospital - Little Rock, Arkansas
  • Arkansas Methodist Hospital - Paragould, Arkansas
 for $134 million in cash from Tenet Healthcare Corp.

Triad, the No. 3 U.S. hospital company after Tenet and HCA HCA,
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 Inc., also will assume $8 million of Santa Barbara, Calif.-based Tenet's debt, said Patricia Ball, a Triad spokeswoman.

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midmost
 of negotiating a partnership with McKenzie-Willamette Hospital in Springfield. Once the deal closes sometime in October, Triad plans to spend $80 million building a new hospital somewhere in the Eugene-Springfield area.

Not including the four hospitals it will buy from Tenet, Triad has ownership interests in 50 hospitals nationwide.
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Title Annotation:Metro; Business
Publication:The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Sep 3, 2003
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