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🌱 Major infirmary and pharmacy renovation planned for a Woodburn state facility.
Woodburn, Oregon Patch AM: a 4 min readGood morning Woodburn! We're back in your inbox this morning to keep you in the loop with what's happening in and around town. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☕️️
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- Major infirmary and pharmacy renovation planned for a Woodburn state facility.
- How much outside money is backing Woodburn’s key legislative race?
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📰 News we're reading
• Pacific Northwest projects totaling $18.2 million in top bidders (djcoregon.com) — A state-funded renovation of the MYCF infirmary and pharmacy in Woodburn has a top bid of about $2.4 million, with Petra Design Build named as the intended awardee. The project, managed by Oregon’s procurement office, is part of a broader set of major public works contracts recently bid across the Pacific Northwest. 
• Oregon GOP PAC hires same group Elon Musk used to canvass across swing districts (woodburnindependent.com) — Republican challenger Noemi Legaspi of Woodburn is among several GOP candidates receiving major funding for door-to-door canvassing from a statewide political action committee that hired a controversial canvassing firm. The PAC is backing her bid to unseat Rep. Lesly Muñoz of Woodburn as part of a broader push to flip closely divided Oregon House and Senate districts.
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