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Brown forms working group on college violence Alaska regulators are
violence prevention and response.
Some institutions such as the
University of Oregon have sophisti-
SALEM — Gov. Kate Brown is cated emergency response teams to
forming a work group to examine ways coordinate with emergency responders,
colleges and universities can prevent counselors and media. Smaller institu-
tions have fewer resources to pull that
and respond to mass shootings.
The work group came out of off, said Corban University President
concerns about higher education Sheldon Nord, who attended Wednes-
institutions’ preparedness for violent day’s gathering.
“It was really clear we have this
attacks in the wake of a mass shooting
at Roseburg’s Umpqua Community really talented and really skilled inci-
College, Brown said. The shooting was dent response team at the U of O so one
of the conversations is we can’t afford
the deadliest in the state’s history.
The governor met behind closed to replicate that incredible unit at every
doors Wednesday with presidents single campus so how do we ensure
of more than 40 public and private that incident response team is available
universities and colleges to hold a on any college or university campus
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efforts at UCC and discuss how lessons occur?” Brown said.
“I was really heartened by this idea
from that tragedy could inform future
of pooling our resources so we can have
emergency planning.
“One of the reasons for bringing teams in place to help administrators,
this group together today is I wanted faculty, staff and students feel safe and
their input and to hear their concerns have a plan going forward,” Nord said.
The governor plans to select the
before putting together the work
group,” Brown said after the meeting work group in the next few weeks.
Don’t expect proposals from the
Wednesday.
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for postsecondary institutions to pool session in February. Brown said the
resources and swap best practices for work group is a longer-term project
BRIEFLY
burial ground.
The Tri-City Herald says some
waste trenches north of Richland had
been dug up to retrieve radioactive
material buried near Route 4, a main
road across Hanford.
The closest contamination to the
public road was on a speck of sand
found about 40 feet off the highway.
That’s according to Peter Bengtson,
spokesman for Washington Closure
Hanford. He says several other specks
were found, but they were closer to
the burial ground.
Bengston says the radiation levels
do not pose a risk to the public or the
workers cleaning it up.
Hanford for decades made
plutonium for nuclear weapons and
now contains the nation’s largest
collection of nuclear waste.
More than 90,000
customers remain
without power
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — More
than 90,000 customers remain without
power after major storms that killed
three people struck the Northwest
earlier this week.
About 64,000 of those customers
are served by Avista Corp. in Spokane
County. The Spokane region was hit
with a major wind storm on Tuesday,
with winds topping 70 mph. The
winds caused widespread damage in
the region. Schools in Spokane have
been closed since the storm hit.
About 4,600 Avista customers are
without power in adjacent Kootenai
County, Idaho.
The Snohomish County Public
Utility District, which serves that
county north of Seattle, reported about
20,000 customers still without power
on Friday.
Also, about 1,200 customers of
Puget Sound Energy, which serves the
Puget Sound region, remained without
power on Friday
Gov. Kate Brown’s chief
of staff resigns
PORTLAND (AP) — Gov. Kate
Brown’s chief of staff has resigned
after nine months on the job.
A statement from the governor’s
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down Friday at 10 a.m. The governor
says her new chief of staff is Kristen
Leonard, public affairs director for the
Port of Portland.
The reason for Shipley’s departure
was not immediately available, but
Brown thanked him for his dedication
and hard work.
The switch comes shortly after
Hanford radiation
spread by storm
RICHLAND, Wash. (AP) —
Hanford workers are searching for
radioactive contamination after a
Tuesday windstorm spread some
radioactive particles from a waste
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become increasingly slick, soggy and
saturated, making it more likely they
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cause damage to the land.
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TODAY
JUNEAU, Alaska — The
board tasked with writing
rules for Alaska’s recre-
ational marijuana industry
voted Friday to allow for
people to use pot at certain
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the term “in public” to allow
for consumption at some
pot shops, none of which
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Washington and Oregon
have legalized recreational
marijuana but ban its public
use, including in pot stores.
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Alaska in the forefront on this
issue,” said Chris Lindsey, a
legislative analyst with the
Marijuana Policy Project.
On-site
consumption
was a hot topic during the
public comment process in
Alaska. Board chairman
Bruce Schulte, who offered
the amendment, said there
appeared to be a public
demand for such facilities.
Voters last November
passed the state’s initiative
legalizing recreational pot
use by those 21 and older.
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consumption but didn’t
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emergency regulation earlier
this year when the law was
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consumption in a designated
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it lacked the legal authority
to create a type of license
permitting public use.
Cynthia Franklin, the
board’s director, said she
expects another round of
regulations detailing exactly
what will be allowed at those
stores, such as the types of
marijuana.
Tim Hinterberger, a
sponsor of the Alaska initia-
tive, said allowing retail
establishments to be licensed
for on-site consumption is
a good and necessary step,
especially to accommodate
tourists. However, he still
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is too broad. Hinterberger
said he hadn’t read the
amendments yet but read
about the developments in
the news.
In Colorado, where legal-
ization banned pot use in
public and in bars, marijuana
tourists and activists have
complained the limits are
too restrictive. People have
been ticketed for smoking
pot on sidewalks and in
public parks. In Washington,
use is restricted to a private
place and there’s been no
move by the Legislature
to open that up, said Brian
Smith, spokesman for the
Washington State Liquor and
Cannabis Board.
Alaska’s
Marijuana
Control Board also voted to
scrap a proposed regulation
banning marijuana clubs.
Schulte said the intent behind
that was not to sanction
or endorse the clubs. But
he said if the board has no
authority under the initiative
to regulate the clubs — as an
attorney for the board stated
— it also can’t prohibit them.
Harriet Dinegar Milks,
an assistant attorney general
serving as counsel to the
board, and Franklin said such
clubs are illegal.
The Alaska regulations,
once adopted, will undergo
a legal review by Alaska’s
Department of Law.
By BECKY BOHRER
Associated Press
Brown asked for a review of why
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1st to OK marijuana
use at pot shops
that may result in recommendations for
the 2017 session.
Oregon already has a Task Force
on School Safety, established by the
Legislature in 2014, to research best
practices to prevent mass shootings
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state’s K-12 campuses.
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will help address concerns and char-
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institutions.
School safety task force members
recently unveiled their recommen-
dations for 2016. They are asking
lawmakers to fund a statewide tip line,
where callers may anonymously report
potential threats, suicidal behavior and
instances of bullying
Another priority is to create eight
regional threat assessment teams to
identify students who may be at risk
of committing violence and give them
additional supervision, mental health
services or other support.
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develop a statewide database of school
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list that as a lower priority than the tip
line and threat assessment teams due to
limited state resources.
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