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NORTHWEST East Oregonian Page 2A Tuesday, January 5, 2016 Icy roads make Portland commute Marijuana retailers cope treacherous, close down schools with falling pot prices By STEVEN DUBOIS Associated Press PORTLAND — The long holiday weekend stretched to a fourth day for many Oregonians. Light snow followed by freezing rain turned streets and sidewalks into a skating rink, prompting school closures Monday in Portland, Beaverton, Hillsboro and many other Willamette Valley districts. Several colleges and universities, including the Corvallis campus of Oregon State, canceled classes RQZKDWZRXOGKDYHEHHQWKH¿UVW day back from winter break. In Portland, busy roads were in decent shape for the morning commute, but those less traveled glistened with a coat of ice. Police and the Oregon Department of Transportation warned motorists to delay their trips if possible. Downtown pedestrians slid WRWKHLUGHVWLQDWLRQVZKHQWUDI¿F forced them to remain on the treacherous sidewalks. Those who commute by bus or light rail faced delays. “It’s quite crazy out there,” ODOT spokeswoman Kimberly Dinwiddie said. “We have seen numerous spinouts and stalled vehicles as well as some crashes.” Some workers were spared the VFDU\ FRPPXWH 2I¿FLDOV FORVHG VWDWHRI¿FHVLQWKH3RUWODQGDUHD and Hood River; most Portland city workers got the day off. OHSU Hospital remained open for patients, but urged non-essential employees to stay home. Vancouver, Washington, LONGVIEW, Wash. (AP) — As the price of marijuana continues to drop, Washington pot businesses are struggling to keep up with the changes. According to data from the Washington Liquor and Cannabis Board, since legal marijuana entered the market in July 2014, prices have dropped from $25 to $30 per gram to about $10 a gram now, The Daily News in Longview reports. Prices are plummeting as new retailers plod the market. Tax changes are also lowering the wholesale price. This year, 222 marijuana licenses will be added throughout the state, including three new licenses in Cowlitz County, three LQ/HZLV&RXQW\DQGRQHLQ3DFL¿F&RXQW\ Andy Dhalai, owner of 420 Holiday in Longview, said to keep money coming in he is working to boost sales volume and expand clientele. He said as people become more comfortable with legal marijuana business should continue to be stable. ³$W ¿UVW SHRSOH ZHUH VFDUHG WR FRPH into the shops because it was still federally illegal, but now . people are a little bit more relaxed,” Dhalai said. “I feel (the business) is still viable . and there’s a lot more customers now.” 5HWDLOHUV VDLG SUR¿WV VXIIHUHG VOLJKWO\ last summer when the state changed mari- juana taxes. There used to be a 25 percent tax on produces, processors and retailers, but since the change there is now a single 37 percent tax at point of sale. Hollie Hillman, a manager at Freedom Market in Longview, said she monitors her competitors’ prices daily, sometimes dropping prices by a few dollars a gram to keep customers coming in. She said she doesn’t expect prices to fall much further, as they’re nearing illegal street market prices of as low as $7 a gram. “I don’t think it can get much lower than that,” she said. Despite the low prices, Hillman said Freedom Market is selling enough volume WRVXUYLYHÀXFWXDWLQJSULFHV AP Photo/Gosia Wozniacka A pedestrian struggles to cross an ice-covered intersection Monday in Portland. canceled garbage pickup because of icy neighborhood streets. The temperature in Portland was right at freezing at the start of the morning commute. Fore- casters expected it to gradually rise to the high 30s and melt some of the ice to slush. Dinwiddie said crews from the Portland metro area to Hood River have applied more than 166,000 gallons of magnesium chloride deicer since Sunday. speed onto an icy patch. “Both California and Nevada already use salt,” said Dave Thompson of ODOT. “Before we started using salt on that road you could tell where the state line was. Because you’d run into packed snow — or you’d leave packed snow if you were going the other way.” Salt hasn’t been considered for Portland, which rarely gets snow. What they have not used is road salt, which Oregon doesn’t apply because of its effect on the infra- structure and the environment. The state, however, is in the WKLUG \HDU RI D ¿YH\HDU SLORW project to salt Interstate 5 near the California state line and a stretch of U.S. 95 in southeast Oregon near Nevada. The goal is for drivers to travel on roads in similar condition when crossing a state line, and not suddenly Swinomish tribe hires dental therapist despite opposition SPOKANE (AP) — An Indian tribe in Washington state RQ 0RQGD\ EHFDPH WKH ¿UVW in the Lower 48 states to hire a dental therapist to provide basic oral health services. In a move opposed by the Washington State Dental Association, the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community started offering its members the services of a lower-cost dental therapist, which is the dental equivalent of a physician assistant. “There are too few dentists in Indian Country,” Brian Cladoosby, chairman of the tribe, said in a press release. “We cannot stand by any longer and allow Native people to continue to suffer tooth decay at a rate three times the national average.” Dental therapists are licensed and can perform procedures VXFKDVFOHDQLQJV¿OOLQJFDYLWLHV and simple extractions. They are much cheaper to train and employ than dentists. The dental association has fought for years to prevent dental assistants from working in the state, according to The Seattle Times, and they are banned in Washington. The Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board, which advises the 43 federally recognized tribes in Washington, Oregon and Idaho, supports the effort. “We look forward to continued partnership turning the tide on oral health disparities in this community and throughout the Portland area,” board director Joe Finkbonner said. By age 5, three-quarters of American Indians have tooth decay, the Swinomish Tribe said. In Washington, Oregon and Idaho, federal studies show Indian children suffer tooth decay at three times the national average, the tribe said. The tribe obtained a grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation to help hire the dental therapist. While Washington state bans dental assistants, they have been licensed to practice in Alaska for more than a decade. They are also legal in Minnesota and Maine. Attempts to license them in Washington have failed repeatedly because of opposition from dentists, the tribe said. The dental association contends that the therapists can pose risks to a patient because they are not trained to handle serious dental problems. The state group is following the lead of the American Dental Association, which has opposed dental therapists nationwide. Subscriber services: For home delivery, vacation stops or delivery concerns: 1-800-522-0255 Didn’t receive your paper?&DOO EHIRUHQRRQ7XHVGD\WKURXJK)ULGD\ RUEHIRUHDP6DWXUGD\ for same-day redelivery — Founded Oct. 16, 1875 — 211 S.E. Byers Ave., Pendleton 541-276-2211 333 E. 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Spokane Wenatchee 35/29 34/28 Tacoma Moses 41/33 Lake Pullman Aberdeen Olympia Yakima 35/30 38/31 42/39 40/33 36/24 Longview Kennewick Walla Walla 41/34 35/31 Lewiston 33/29 Astoria 41/35 48/41 Portland Enterprise Hermiston 40/36 Pendleton 39/29 The Dalles 33/29 33/28 36/30 La Grande Salem 41/30 44/34 Albany Corvallis 45/33 46/35 John Day 43/30 Ontario Eugene Bend 35/28 46/35 40/25 Caldwell Burns 38/30 33/20 Astoria Baker City Bend Brookings Burns Enterprise Eugene Heppner Hermiston John Day Klamath Falls La Grande Meacham Medford Newport North Bend Ontario Pasco Pendleton Portland Redmond Salem Spokane Ukiah Vancouver Walla Walla Yakima Hi 48 36 40 50 33 39 46 35 33 43 37 41 39 49 49 55 35 35 33 40 36 44 35 39 40 35 36 Lo 41 27 25 43 20 29 35 26 29 30 24 30 29 37 41 43 28 29 28 36 26 34 29 25 35 31 24 W r i i r sn sn r i sn sn sn sn sn r r r c i i r i r sf sf r i i NATIONAL WEATHER TODAY Wed. 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Western Washington: Times of rain today. Occasional rain and drizzle tonight. Mostly cloudy tomorrow. Eastern Washington: Mostly cloudy today. A bit of snow in the north, across the south and toward the Cascades. Cascades: A bit of snow today, accumulat- ing 1-3 inches. Some additional snow tonight. Northern California: Downpours today; heavy snow, accumulating 4-8 inches in the interior mountains. 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 a.m. 10 a.m. Noon 2 p.m. 4 p.m. 6 p.m. 0-2, Low 3-5, Moderate 6-7, High; 8-10, Very High; 11+, Extreme The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index™ num- ber, the greater the need for eye and skin protection. Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2016 Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. -10s -0s showers t-storms 0s 10s rain 20s flurries 30s 40s snow ice 50s 60s cold front 70s 80s 90s 100s warm front stationary front 110s high low National Summary: Showers will affect eastern Florida and part of Texas today. Snow showers are in store from northern New Mexico to eastern Oregon. Another dose of rain will arrive on the Pacific coast. Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states) High 72° in Key West, Fla. Low -17° in Gunnison, Colo. 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