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Pipeline protest camp cleared, but area far from normal

By BLAKE NICHOLSON and JAMES MacPHERSON, Associated Press
Published: February 24, 2017, 11:24am

CANNON BALL, N.D. — Authorities this week cleared the last holdouts from a large Dakota Access pipeline protest camp on federal land in North Dakota, but it will be a while before the region returns to normal.

There’s tons of debris to be cleared. A main highway bridge remains closed.

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