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Community leaders look at trail value

Community leaders look at trail value
On Tuesday afternoon, firefighters from the Medford Area Fire Department spray water onto a logging truck along Hwy 13 in the town of Chelsea. Firefighters responded to a call for a truck fire. Taylor County sheriff’s deputy assisted with directing traffic around the scene. BRIAN WILSON/THE STAR NEWS
Community leaders look at trail value
On Tuesday afternoon, firefighters from the Medford Area Fire Department spray water onto a logging truck along Hwy 13 in the town of Chelsea. Firefighters responded to a call for a truck fire. Taylor County sheriff’s deputy assisted with directing traffic around the scene. BRIAN WILSON/THE STAR NEWS

Local government and economic development leaders favor a recreational corridor over a return to freight traffic for at least the Taylor County portion of the Spencer to Medford rail line.

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