• NATIONAL: Oregon creates hot jobs in green energy
"Green collar" employment is blossoming in some areas of the U.S. in reaction to high energy costs and concerns about global warming.

• City forming Green Committee
Members of new panel will look at ways to provide green initiatives in City of Plattsburgh.

• Conservation group selling Adirondack timberlands
A conservation group announced Thursday that 90,500 acres of timberlands it bought last year in the central and southern Adirondacks are up for sale.

• Legislator wants gas prices investigated
Paul Maroun notes difference in prices between Tupper Lake and Plattsburgh.