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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2018
Six arrested in drug
raid near Warrenton
rial, drug records and 13
firearms.
Six people were arrested
Baker has been charged
Saturday
and
with delivery of
charged
with
heroin.
drug-related crimes.
The other five
Clatsop County
arrested — Blair
sheriff’s
deputies
Dylana
Hernan-
dez, 25, Kelly Jean
and Seaside police
Parker, 34, Emmitt
made the arrests at a
Chandler Brewer,
residence in an unin-
corporated area near
37, Jason Brian
Richard
Warrenton.
Rich-
Pace, 34, and Sara
Baker
ard Leroy Baker, 56,
Elizabeth Poirier, 35
was found in possession of — were charged with fre-
over 6 grams of heroin, dig- quenting a place where drugs
ital scales, packaging mate- are sold.
Governor focuses on the economy
By PARIS ACHEN
Capital Bureau
The Daily Astorian
Warrenton man convicted
for string of car break-ins
100 stolen items from Stack-
house after his arrest. The
items included jackets,
A Warrenton man has money, shooting equipment,
been sentenced to two years a flashlight, a vaporizer, sun-
glasses, a cellphone
in prison after he
and chargers, a neck-
committed a string
lace, a camera, fish-
of thefts in the city
ing equipment, alco-
last fall.
Randy
Allen
hol, a house key and
Stackhouse,
20,
a cigar.
was convicted last
The two burglary
week of two counts
convictions
stem
of first-degree bur-
from entering prop-
glary, first-degree
erties with the intent
Randy
theft and two counts Stackhouse to commit thefts.
The incidents pri-
of second-degree
marily took place
theft. He also faced
eight charges of unlaw- late at night or early in the
ful entry into a motor vehi- morning.
cle and six additional theft
Warrenton Police Chief
counts before reaching a plea Mathew Workman said in
deal with the Clatsop County December that the theft
District Attorney’s Office.
wave was the largest he had
Warrenton police fielded seen in nearly a decade with
dozens of reports of stolen the department. Police upped
property from cars in the city patrols in November and
last fall. They arrested Stack- narrowly missed catching a
house in November on war- suspect who was rummaging
rants for two drug-related through a car near Warrenton
crimes.
City Park a few days before
Police recovered roughly Stackhouse’s arrest.
By JACK HEFFERNAN
The Daily Astorian
SALEM — Gov. Kate
Brown dedicated her state-of-
the-state speech Monday to
addressing the issue of Ore-
gonians who have been left
behind by the state’s eco-
nomic prosperity and steady
job growth.
“Oregon’s rising economic
tide should be lifting all boats.
Yet many hardworking fam-
ilies are still under water,”
Brown said.
While some Oregonians
are working two jobs to get by,
state economists are projecting
27,000 high-wage job open-
ings each year through 2024,
many of which will occur in
the technology industry. One
out of every four job openings
in that industry is filled by out-
of-state hires, she said.
“It is clear there is a gap
between the skills Oregon’s
workers have and the skills
that our growing businesses
need,” Brown said.
The governor announced
that she would launch a new
program designed to provide
job and skill training to help
fill the gap. Dubbed “Future
Ready Oregon,” the program’s
goal is to “close the skills gap
between the workforce we
have and the workforce we
need to fuel Oregon’s econ-
omy,” she said.
The program would ear-
mark $300 million to career
technical education classes
in the 2019-2021 state bud-
get. Without providing details,
Brown said the program would
make hands-on learning pro-
grams available at every pub-
lic school district in the state.
The program also would offer
apprenticeships in high-needs
industries such as informa-
tion technology, health care,
advanced wood manufactur-
ing and high-tech manufac-
Jaime Valdez/Pamplin Media Group
Gov. Kate Brown on Monday delivered her State of the
State address opening the Legislature’s 35-day session.
turing. Such programs already
exist in Bend and Eugene, she
said.
The plan includes legis-
lation to help midcareer con-
struction professionals by,
among other things, waiving
all state fees and formal edu-
cation requirements for those
who have worked in construc-
tion for at least eight years.
She said she is directing
Business Oregon to invest in
rural areas, communities of
color and Oregon’s nine tribes.
An example of such an
investment is state funding of
broadband and infrastructure
to increase competitiveness in
rural industries, she said.
Her plan also involves
directing the Higher Education
Coordinating Commission and
Business Oregon to collab-
orate to match high-growth
industries with job training
programs.
In addition to job training,
she said the state needs to
continue to address the high
cost of housing.
Her office is scheduled to
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announce several pilot pro-
grams in the coming weeks
to address the state’s hous-
ing shortage and high cost of
housing.
Brown delivered the
speech in the House of Rep-
resentatives at the Oregon
State Capitol, and footage
was streamed live on the Leg-
islature’s website.
The address kicked off
the 79th Legislative Assem-
bly and a 35-day policymak-
ing session.
This month marks three
years since Brown, pre-
viously the secretary of
state, succeeded Gov. John
Kitzhaber, who resigned
amid an influence-peddling
scandal, and her first anni-
versary as elected governor.
She is seeking re-election
later this year, having almost
completed the remainder of
Kitzhaber’s term.
A pressing issue this ses-
sion is adjusting the state
budget to account for a pro-
jected $280 million in unreal-
ized tax revenue due to recent
federal tax reform.
A week before session
commenced, leaders in the
Senate extinguished most
hope of passing a state “cap
and invest” program for
industry this year, which is
a policy priority for House
Democrats and has the sup-
port of the governor. Senate
Majority Leader Ginny Bur-
dick, D-Portland, said that
such a complex policy was
better suited for the Leg-
islature’s longer session in
2019. The program would
charge industry for releas-
ing greenhouse gases and
invest the proceeds into proj-
ects intended to curtail global
warming.
Since 2010, the Legisla-
ture has convened for 35 days
in even years and for 160 in
odd years.
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collaboration between EO
Media Group and Pamplin
Media Group.
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