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Cheers: To an expedited study. Admittedly, this one could be jeered — and it will be by many interested parties. But speeding up the process for an environmental review of dam and reservoir projects throughout the Columbia River basin seems reasonable. Thanks to a directive from the Trump administration, a report on 14 federal sites along the Columbia and Snake rivers is now due in September 2020, one year earlier than originally planned.

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Rich, Amanda Joy, 28, Lebanon, Ore., and Nawara, Timoci, 33, Lebanon.
Rofinot, Sheila Francis, 50, Ridgefield, and Diano, Jacques Yenni Jr., 54, Ridgefield.
Senior, Melissa, 43, Vancouver, and Knigge, Ryan Lee, 25, Vancouver.
Ecroyd, Mandy Ariel, 26, Vancouver, and Lucas, Bradley Lawrence, 32, Vancouver.
Skaar, Nickolas Dean, 21, Kalama, and Williams, Natasha Elise, 22, Kalama.
Wells, Christopher Michael, 40, Vancouver, and Wells, Dessa Maranda, 41, Vancouver.

DETROIT — Ford Motor Co. confirmed plans to build a fully electric F-Series pickup, which industry observers called an unexpected move that protects the truck franchise against Tesla and other competitors.
“We’re going to be electrifying the F-Series — battery electric and hybrid,” Jim Farley, Ford president of global markets, said this week during a presentation at the Deutsche Bank Global Automotive Conference in the MGM Grand in Detroit.