U.S. Reps. Peter DeFazio, Greg Walden and Kurt Schrader are right. The time is ripe for congressional hearings on increasing timber harvests in federal forests in Western Oregon. Douglas County’s jobless rate hasn’t been below 10 percent for more than four years. The rate peaked at more than 16 percent in early 2009. It came down, but it’s been stalled between 11 and 12 percent for a year. County services also are stuck at an unsatisfactory level. Douglas County should be “timber rich,” but its libraries limp along, closed more often than not. County commissioners don’t know whether finances will …
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