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Santa Barbara plastic bag debate rages onThursday, September 9, 2010 @ 2:58AMPaper or plastic? How passé. In 2010, try “Where’s your bag?” With state lawmakers next month considering a ban on all plastic bags – and a 10-cent fee for paper bags – the Santa Barbara City Council on Tuesday will decide whether to come out in favor of the proposed law or oppose it.

Helene Schneider is Santa Barbara’s new mayorThursday, September 9, 2010 @ 2:58AMHelene Schneider, the 38-year-old from Manhattan who campaigned on a platform of helping the homeless and mentally ill, building more affordable housing, and boosting youth programs to curb gang violence, won election Tuesday night, in a hard-fought, emotionally charged campaign, to become Santa Barbara’s 49th mayor.

Utah Health Exchange opensThursday, September 9, 2010 @ 2:36AMSALT LAKE CITY-- Qualifying Utah small businesses have a new option to offer expanded health coverage to their employees while controlling their own health benefit costs.

Hospital hopes meetings clear airThursday, September 9, 2010 @ 2:15AMBy Bill Hess Herald/Review SIERRA VISTA —  The leadership of the Sierra Vista Regional Health Center will be holding two community meetings on Sept. 20 to talk about the agreement with Carondelet and to answer questions from both supporters and opponents of the decision made by the medical facility’s board of trustees earlier this year. read more

Get InvolvedThursday, September 9, 2010 @ 2:12AMArlington Kiwanis Club: 7 p.m. at the Arlington Boys & Girls Club every first and third Wednesday at 18513 59th Ave. NE, Arlington. American Association of University Women: 11 a.m. to noon, Sept. 11, at the multipurpose room of the Washington Oakes, 1717 Rockefeller Ave. in Everett.

Johnson and Ittner tangle over experience and ballot issuesThursday, September 9, 2010 @ 2:09AMASPEN — Rob Ittner and Jack Johnson seem to agree on a range of things.

Eugene remains in running for VA clinic after allThursday, September 9, 2010 @ 2:06AMThe U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is considering vacant land in northeast Eugene as a site for the VA’s proposed 100,000-square-foot medical clinic, the landowner and a city councilor said Wednesday. VA officials could not be reached for comment. But the landowner, Arlie & Co. of Eugene, and northeast Eugene …

Hope Health Initiative looking to partner with Elim PentecostalThursday, September 9, 2010 @ 2:04AMIt appears the Hope Health Initiative has found a home.

Paoli Hospital gets Safe Kids awardThursday, September 9, 2010 @ 1:33AMFor its ongoing commitment to patient safety, especially the prevention of unintentional injuries and fatalities to children ages 14 and under, Paoli Hospital received the Chester County Safe Kids Appreciation Award in July.