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Mar 29, 2011
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Mary Kongsgaard, the eldest of Judge Thomas Kongsgaard's three children, speaks at the post office renaming ceremony on Monday. The Franklin Street Post Office was renamed the Thomas Kongsgaard Post Office in honor of the former Superior Court judge who served for 26 years. J.L. Sousa/Register
Mar 24, 2011
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The downtown Napa post office will be renamed Monday in a ceremony to include Congressman Mike Thompson, Napa Mayor Jill Techel and Supervisor Bill Dodd.
The building at 1351 Second St. will thereafter be called “Tom Kongsgaard Post Office Building.” The ceremony will take place 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Monday.
Mar 20, 2011
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A handful of ideas to close the estimated $14 trillion national deficit emerged from the Eureka City Council Chambers on Saturday, when North Coast Congressman Mike Thompson held a public forum for Humboldt County residents to share their budget suggestions.
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Mar 18, 2011
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With the national debt approaching $14 trillion, according to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, North Coast Congressman Mike Thompson wants to hear your ideas for reining in federal spending and getting the nation back on stable financial footing.
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Mar 18, 2011
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Under a GOP-backed bill expected to sail through the House of Representatives, the Internal Revenue Service would be forced to police how Americans have paid for their abortions. To ensure that taxpayers complied with the law, IRS agents would have to investigate whether certain terminated pregnancies were the result of rape or incest.
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Mar 18, 2011
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The fate of direct shipping of wine from wineries and retailers to consumers is once again in the hands of the U.S. Congress. Rep. Jason Chaffetz, a Republican from Utah, introduced a reiteration of last year's Comprehensive Alcohol Regulatory Act (the "CARE Act") yesterday. This year's version is House Resolution 1161, the Community Alcohol Regulatory Effectiveness Act.
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Mar 16, 2011
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Efforts to clean up the Crescent City Harbor continued Tuesday as local elected officials worked to get a federal emergency declaration for Del Norte County.
Emergency meetings were held by the City Council, Del Norte County Board of Supervisors and Harbor District to officially declare the county a disaster area.
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Mar 13, 2011
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Elected officials inspected the remnants of Crescent City's harbor Saturday afternoon, while much of the community got its first glimpse of the destruction left behind by a tsunami triggered by an 8.9 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Japan.
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Mar 11, 2011
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The South Lake County Fire Protection District got a piece of good news this week when it was informed that it had won a large federal grant that will enable it to hire more firefighters.
On Thursday Congressman Mike Thompson (D-St. Helena) announced that the district will receive $724,909 in grant funding to help hire firefighters.
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Mar 11, 2011
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CRESCENT CITY -- Congressman Mike Thompson (D-St. Helena), will visit Crescent City Harbor to assess the damage caused by Friday's tsunami, today at 9 a.m.
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