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Secretary of State-elect Richardson
announces staff appointments
citizen engagement and inclusion.
Most of the appointees
announced Friday have some prior
SALEM — Oregon Secretary involvement in politics.
The secretary of state, second in
of State-elect Dennis Richardson
Friday announced a roster of new line to the governor, is responsible
staff members for the office he’ll for the administering elections and
auditing state agencies,
take at the end of the
among other duties.
month.
Richardson is a former
The Secretary of
state legislator from
State’s executive team —
Central Point. He ran for
which includes the heads
governor against former
of the office’s seven divi-
Gov. John Kitzhaber in
sions — is expected to
2014.
remain largely the same.
Richardson said in a
However, there will be
statement Friday that he
a new deputy secretary of
did not anticipate hiring
state, Dave Dotterer.
Richardson
new heads of the office’s
Dotterer, a Repub-
seven divisions, although
lican,
unsuccessfully
challenged the late state Sen. Alan the heads of two prominent divi-
Bates, D-Medford, for his Senate sions, Audits and Elections, are
currently serving in an interim
seat twice, in 2010 and 2014.
Dotterer was also an aide to capacity. Richardson is seeking
Richardson during his time in the long-term replacements for those
positions.
Oregon Legislature.
The other five divisions of the
Michael Calcagno, Richardson’s
new communications director, said office are Business Services, the
Dotterer will work as deputy secre- Corporation division, Human
tary of state in an interim capacity Resources, State Archives and
until Richardson selects someone Information Services.
Other than the six new staff
for the position long-term.
Dotterer, who is also managing members announced Friday, Rich-
Richardson’s transition, has family ardson’s statement said he did not
obligations that preclude him from “anticipate any other significant
working as deputy secretary of state personnel changes in the near
long-term and commuting from future.”
Both Deb Royal, Richardson’s
Southern Oregon, Calcagno said.
Several staff positions will also new chief of staff, and Eric
change, and Richardson is creating Jorgensen, Richardson’s new
a new position for a coordinator of special assistant, worked on Rich-
By CLAIRE WITHYCOMBE
Capital Bureau
BRIEFLY
ardson’s campaign.
Stephen Elzinga, currently the
legislative and legal director for
the Senate Republican Caucus, will
join the Secretary of State’s Office
as government and legal affairs
director.
Larry Morgan, an Independent
city councilor from Troutdale, will
be Richardson’s citizen engage-
ment and inclusion coordinator,
which Calcagno said is a new
position.
Calcagno is an Independent
from Gresham with a video
production company who ran an
unsuccessful bid for state represen-
tative this year.
During the campaign, Rich-
ardson blamed recent failures of
state government — such as Cover
Oregon and the Columbia River
Crossing — in part on lack of
oversight.
At a meeting of the Washington
County Business Council on
Tuesday, Richardson said that he
wanted to make state government
more transparent and make Spanish
and Russian translations of ballots
available online.
Richardson is the first Repub-
lican to hold the office since 1985.
He has publicly pledged to avoid
partisanship, telling the Wash-
ington County Business Council
that “you won’t be able to tell if I’m
a Republican or a Democrat.”
Richardson’s inauguration is
scheduled for 11 a.m. Dec. 30 at
the Oregon State Capitol in Salem.
some of which are leaking.
The treatment plant, also known
as the vitrification plant, will turn the
waste into a glass-like substance for
stable, long-term storage.
“DOE is committed to addressing
the environmental legacy of decades
of nuclear weapons production
activities at the Hanford Site in a
safe and cost-effective manner.”
said Kevin Smith, manager of the
DOE Office of River Protection,
which oversees the treatment plant
construction.
The Energy Department said
Friday that it had modified its
contract with Bechtel National Inc.
in an effort to speed up the work,
which it called the “most complex
environmental” project in the nation.
The
contract
modification
includes incentives for Bechtel
to complete sections of the plant
by specific dates and for the
SEATTLE (AP) — A federal
appeals court has rejected an
effort by two Democratic presi-
dential electors from Washington
state who sought to ensure they
won’t get fined if they ignore
the results of the popular vote in
a longshot bid to deny Donald
Trump the presidency.
Bret Chiafalo and Levi Guerra
filed an emergency appeal after
U.S. District Judge James Robart
ruled against them on Wednesday.
But the 9th U.S. Circuit Court
of Appeals on Friday declined
to grant them an emergency
injunction pending their appeal,
saying they failed to show they
were likely to win their lawsuit.
The electors took a voluntary
pledge to vote for their party’s
nominee — Hillary Clinton — if
she won Washington, which she
did. But they say they might join
with other so-called “Hamilton
electors” from both parties to
choose some other candidate
when the Electoral College meets
next Monday, saying Trump is
unfit for office.
Washington law says electors
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TODAY
SUNDAY
Partly sunny and
very cold
Very cold with
partial sunshine
MONDAY
Mostly cloudy
TUESDAY
Cloudy with a little
snow
Chilly with some
sun
PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
15°
26° 20°
4°
36° 31°
44° 25°
36° 30°
HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
17°
24° 15°
6°
PENDLETON
through 3 p.m. yesterday
TEMPERATURE
HIGH
LOW
18°
10°
39°
26°
62° (1942) -12° (1964)
PRECIPITATION
24 hours ending 3 p.m.
Month to date
Normal month to date
Year to date
Last year to date
Normal year to date
0.04"
1.33"
0.75"
12.63"
9.43"
12.26"
HERMISTON
through 3 p.m. yesterday
TEMPERATURE
HIGH
Yesterday
Normals
Records
LOW
23°
16°
39°
27°
66° (1959) -16° (2008)
PRECIPITATION
24 hours ending 3 p.m.
Month to date
Normal month to date
Year to date
Last year to date
Normal year to date
Trace
0.87"
0.80"
8.77"
6.50"
9.30"
SUN AND MOON
Sunrise today
Sunset tonight
Moonrise today
Moonset today
Last
New
Dec 20
Dec 28
7:31 a.m.
4:12 p.m.
8:52 p.m.
10:22 a.m.
First
Full
Jan 5
45° 28°
40° 29°
Seattle
33/29
ALMANAC
Yesterday
Normals
Records
35° 32°
Jan 12
Today
WEDNESDAY
Spokane
Wenatchee
9/-2
14/5
Tacoma
Moses
34/24
Lake
Pullman
Aberdeen Olympia
Yakima 14/2
10/2
38/29
34/25
19/2
Longview
Kennewick Walla Walla
30/24
Lewiston
14/6
15/3
Astoria
13/3
41/32
Portland
Enterprise
Hermiston
33/27
Pendleton 12/-1
The Dalles 17/6
15/4
22/15
La Grande
Salem
17/2
34/27
Albany
Corvallis 35/27
36/27
John Day
22/9
Ontario
Eugene
Bend
14/-3
35/25
25/9
Caldwell
Burns
19/6
16/0
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
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Beijing
Hong Kong
Jerusalem
London
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Klamath Falls
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Boardman
Pendleton
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REGIONAL FORECAST
Coastal Oregon: Chilly today; plenty of
clouds; however, several hours of sunshine
in the south.
Eastern and Central Oregon: Very cold
today with clouds and sun; rather cloudy
with a little snow in central parts.
Western Washington: More clouds than sun
today; a snow shower, but precipitation free
at the coast.
Eastern Washington: Very cold with inter-
vals of clouds and sun today. Partly cloudy
and very cold.
Cascades: Mostly cloudy and chilly today;
a fl urry; however, an afternoon fl urry in
the south.
Northern California: Mostly sunny today;
frigid in the interior mountains. Mainly clear
and cold tonight.
Today
Sunday
NE 3-6
WNW 4-8
NE 3-6
S 4-8
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ALBANY (AP) — Linn
County Sheriff Bruce Riley says a
body found in a snowy driveway
has been identified as a man from
Albany.
Deputies and detectives
responded Wednesday night after
a caller reported that a stranger
was deceased in his driveway
east of Albany. The man’s wallet
contained cash but no photo
identification.
Riley says investigators have
learned the man was 58-year-old
Gary Russell, and it appears
he died of natural causes. They
are still waiting for toxicology
reports.
Lt. Michelle Duncan says
investigators don’t know why he
was in a driveway on the outskirts
of the city on a snowy day.
Court records show Russell
had a long history of mental
illness and was living in a motel
as recently as September.
Corrections
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found in snowy
driveway near Albany
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PORTLAND (AP) — A
study conducted by the Oregon
Criminal Justice Commission has
found that African-Americans in
the state were convicted of felony
drug possession at more than
double the rate of whites in 2015.
The Oregonian/OregonLive
reports that conviction disparity
held true in methamphetamine,
heroin and cocaine cases
statewide.
State Criminal Justice
Commission Director Mike
Schmidt says the results are
striking given federal public
health survey data, which shows
that illicit drug use is roughly
the same across Americans of
different races and ethnicities.
Schmidt’s staff looked at cases
in which drug possession was the
person’s only felony conviction.
Gov. Kate Brown asked the
agency to examine racial and
ethnical disparities earlier this
year. The study is the first of its
kind in Oregon.
Federal appeals court
rejects electors’ effort
to avoid fine
contractor to share in cost savings
for completing work early. It
also includes sections to benefit
taxpayers by reducing the fee for
work that fails to meet deadlines.
“For the first time in nearly
three years, we will have clear
milestones and schedules — with
fee incentives and disincentives —
aligned with current activities,” said
Peggy McCullough, Bechtel project
director, in a message to employees.
“Clear expectations allow us better
plan and prioritize our work.”
The federal government is under
deadline pressure from a federal
court to begin treating the waste at
Hanford.
The additional money would
allow radioactive waste to be
removed from storage tanks as soon
as possible, rather than waiting until
all parts of the vitrification plant are
ready to operate.
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Study finds racial
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MEDFORD (AP) — The
company that wants to build a
natural gas pipeline in southern
Oregon will file a new application
with federal regulators even
though they have been denied a
permit twice.
Jordan Cove LNG told The
Mail Tribune on Friday that it will
seek to work more closely with
landowners who would see the
pipeline cross their land.
The Pacific Connector Pipeline
would cut through Jackson
County on its way to a proposed
export facility north of Coos Bay.
It would carry natural gas from
Canada, Colorado, Wyoming and
Utah to Oregon for export to Asia
and tie into a network of existing
gas pipelines.
The Federal Energy Regu-
latory Commission rejected the
company’s application in March
and upheld that decision last
week.
Hanford plant price tag rises to $16.8B
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — The
price tag for a long-delayed facility
to treat radioactive wastes left over
from the production of nuclear
weapons has climbed from $12.3
billion to $16.8 billion, making it
one of the nation’s most expensive
construction projects, the U.S.
Department of Energy announced
Friday.
The increase is part of an effort
to jump start progress on the Waste
Treatment Plant, which is needed to
clean up the Hanford Nuclear Reser-
vation, the nation’s most polluted
nuclear weapons production site.
Hanford is located northwest of
Richland, Washington, and made
plutonium for nuclear weapons
from World War II through the
Cold War. The site now contains
56 million gallons of chemical
and radioactive wastes stored
in 177 giant underground tanks,
who break their pledge can be
fined up to $1,000.
Company to reapply
for gas pipeline after
feds say no
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National Summary: Snow will fall from the southern Rockies to New England today with
ice and a wintry mix in the mid-Atlantic. Rain and thunderstorms will occur in the Ohio
Valley and Southeast. The West will be dry.
Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states)
High 84° in Fort Stockton, Texas
Low -23° in Saranac Lake, N.Y.
NATIONAL CITIES
Today
Albuquerque
Atlanta
Atlantic City
Baltimore
Billings
Birmingham
Boise
Boston
Charleston, SC
Charleston, WV
Chicago
Cleveland
Dallas
Denver
Detroit
El Paso
Fairbanks
Fargo
Honolulu
Houston
Indianapolis
Jacksonville
Kansas City
Las Vegas
Little Rock
Los Angeles
Hi
42
65
51
48
0
71
19
36
74
62
27
48
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5
36
60
13
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25
49
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59
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47
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35
60
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Milwaukee
Minneapolis
Nashville
New Orleans
New York City
Oklahoma City
Omaha
Philadelphia
Phoenix
Portland, ME
Providence
Raleigh
Rapid City
Reno
Sacramento
St. Louis
Salt Lake City
San Diego
San Francisco
Seattle
Tucson
Washington, DC
Wichita
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