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Tuesday, December 27, 2016
Officer hurt, suspect killed in shootout
responding to a call about
shots being fired late Sunday,
Washington County sheriff’s
Sgt. David Thompson said.
The suspect, James Tylka,
30, was seen driving away
and officers pursued him,
police said. The chase ended
with an exchange of gunfire
about 20 miles south of
Portland.
Authorities did not release
other information about the
chase and shootout, except
that officers from three police
departments were involved
and have been placed on
paid administrative leave, a
routine move.
But details emerged about
Tylka’s problems at home.
He was locked in a protracted
dispute with his former wife
over custody of their son
and child support payments,
By STEVEN DUBOIS
Associated Press
PORTLAND
—
A
Christmas Day shooting that
left a woman dead triggered
a car chase and gunbattle
in suburban Portland. The
exchange critically wounded
an Oregon State Police
officer and killed the slaying
suspect, who had a troubled
home life, authorities and
court records said.
Trooper Nic Cederberg,
32, an Army veteran who
has been with the department
for seven years, underwent
surgery Monday and remains
in critical condition, state
police said on their Facebook
page.
The incident began when
police in King City found
the woman’s body after
BRIEFLY
Baker City sets
coldest Christmas
on record
wounded OSP Officer and
his family.”
Several Facebook posts
by Kate Armand’s friends
expressed grief, describing
her as a good person and an
amazing mother to the nearly
1-year-old girl.
Tylka updated his Face-
book profile photo shortly
before his death, displaying
a picture of the couple. He
also updated his cover photo,
showing his two children, a
boy and a baby daughter.
Tylka’s ex-wife, Sabrina
Starks, had filed for imme-
diate temporary custody
of their son in September,
saying the boy was in danger
of potential abuse. She said
Tylka spoke about suicide in
September 2015, drawing a
call to police, before leaving
town for four months.
according to court records.
Social media and court
records indicate he was
married to Kate Armand and
that the couple had a baby girl.
Tylka posted a photo on
Facebook early this month of
the couple kissing in happier
times and commented: “We
aren’t divorced.” Someone
responded that she hoped
they work things out.
Police have not released
the name of the woman he is
believed to have killed, but
Megan Armand told media
outlets that the victim was
her sister, Kate.
“We are still in shock
and devastated from last
night’s events,” she said in
a statement. “My heart is
broken from the loss of my
only sister. Our thoughts
and prayers are also with the
BAKER CITY (AP) —
Baker City had its coldest
Christmas on record and
maybe its whitest.
The Baker City Herald
reports the temperature at
the airport fell to 6 below
zero in the final hour of
Christmas.
That’s the coldest
holiday temperature on
record at the airport,
where statistics date to
1943. The previous record
was 3 below zero, set on
Christmas Day 1948.
That same year, the city
had 7 inches of snow on
the ground for Christmas.
The newspaper reports that
the current depth, though
not official, is more than 7
inches.
The temperature was
just 6 degrees late Monday
morning. With freezing
temperatures expected
for the rest of the month,
this December will likely
be one of the coldest on
record.
The temperature hasn’t
been above freezing at the
airport since Dec. 11.
Blizzards wreak havoc on northern Plains
CHICAGO (AP) —
Travel conditions remained
hazardous as a winter storm
swept across much of the
northern Plains on Monday,
with blowing and drifting
snow forcing the closure of an
airport and creating near-zero
visibility on some roads.
The
combination
of
freezing rain, snow and high
winds that forced vast stretches
of highways in the Dakotas
to be shut down Sunday
continued into Monday, and
authorities issued no-travel
warnings for much of North
Dakota.
Meanwhile, in parts of the
South, unseasonably warm
temperatures was raising
the risk of tornadoes and
damaging
thunderstorms.
About 3 million people in
parts of Arkansas, Missouri,
Kentucky and Tennessee could
see damaging wind gusts and
isolated tornadoes Monday,
the Storm Prediction Center in
Norman, Oklahoma, said, but
no major outbreak is expected.
Most of North Dakota was
to remain under a blizzard
warning through Monday
afternoon or early evening,
according to the National
Weather Service in Bismarck.
Severe whiteout conditions
led to the closure of Minot
International Airport, and the
facility wasn’t expected to
reopen until 3 a.m. Tuesday.
The airports serving Fargo
Northwest nuclear
power plant back
online
Tom Stromme/The Bismarck Tribune via AP
Madori Griffin, who says her car was snowed in, makes her way through an inter-
section while walking to work in the intensive care unit of Sanford Hospital early
Monday in Bismarck, N.D.
and Bismarck also list
flight cancellations on their
websites.
Winds gusting 40 mph to
50 mph associated also led
to delays and cancellations at
Minneapolis-St. Paul Interna-
tional Airport. The storm also
has caused power outages in
the Dakotas and Nebraska.
The
South
Dakota
Rural Electric Association
said roughly 19,000 of its
customers were without
to Jamestown. That stretch
remained closed Monday.
Portions of U.S. Highways 2,
52 and 281 were also closed
because of snow, ice and “near
zero visibility.” Motorists who
drive past the roadblocks can
be fined up to $250.
No-travel
advisories
were issued for much of
North Dakota, including the
Williston, Dickinson, Minot,
Bismarck, Jamestown, Valley
City and Grand Forks areas.
power Monday afternoon.
In Nebraska, winds gusting
up to 70 mph were cited for
hundreds of power outages in
central and eastern portions
of the state Sunday, although
by Monday morning, utilities
reported that power had been
restored to most customers.
The North Dakota Trans-
portation Department closed
most of a 240-mile stretch of
Interstate 94 Sunday night,
from the Montana border
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WEDNESDAY
A bit of snow and
rain at times
Times of clouds
and sun
41° 32°
39° 26°
THURSDAY
Cloudy
FRIDAY
Some sun; rain and
snow at night
SATURDAY
Mostly sunny and
chilly
PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
39° 30°
38° 24°
37° 28°
HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
42° 25°
43° 33°
PENDLETON
through 3 p.m. yesterday
TEMPERATURE
HIGH
LOW
38°
39°
67° (1980)
20°
25°
-9° (1924)
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
0.00"
2.10"
1.33"
13.40"
10.07"
12.84"
HERMISTON
through 3 p.m. yesterday
TEMPERATURE
HIGH
Yesterday
Normals
Records
LOW
29°
39°
67° (1980)
26°
27°
5° (1948)
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
0.00"
1.23"
1.24"
9.13"
7.16"
9.74"
SUN AND MOON
Sunrise today
Sunset tonight
Moonrise today
Moonset today
New
First
Dec 28
Jan 5
41° 24°
39° 28°
Seattle
45/38
ALMANAC
Yesterday
Normals
Records
39° 31°
Full
7:35 a.m.
4:18 p.m.
5:53 a.m.
3:34 p.m.
Last
Jan 12
Jan 19
Today
Spokane
Wenatchee
33/24
35/28
Tacoma
Moses
44/34
Lake
Pullman
Aberdeen Olympia
Yakima 35/25
35/26
45/36
43/34
39/25
Longview
Kennewick Walla Walla
45/36
42/31 Lewiston
44/32
Astoria
39/30
48/38
Portland
Enterprise
Hermiston
47/35
Pendleton 30/21
The Dalles 43/33
41/32
42/34
La Grande
Salem
32/26
48/35
Albany
Corvallis 48/35
48/36
John Day
38/27
Ontario
Eugene
Bend
23/16
48/36
41/23
Caldwell
Burns
28/19
34/18
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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23
41
50
34
30
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WORLD CITIES
Today
Beijing
Hong Kong
Jerusalem
London
Mexico City
Moscow
Paris
Rome
Seoul
Sydney
Tokyo
Hi
36
66
45
45
72
34
45
60
32
83
67
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37
62
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29
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WINDS
Medford
45/36
(in mph)
Klamath Falls
39/23
Boardman
Pendleton
REGIONAL FORECAST
Coastal Oregon: Periods of rain today. A
brief shower or two tonight. Times of clouds
and sun tomorrow.
Eastern and Central Oregon: Mostly cloudy
today with a bit of snow and rain at times; a
couple of inches east above 3,000 feet.
Western Washington: Periods of rain today.
A couple of showers tonight, except dry in
central parts.
Eastern Washington: A bit of leftover snow
today, mainly near the Idaho border; clouds
and breaks of sun.
Cascades: Snow today with 4-8 inches ad-
ditional. Snow level 2,000 feet north; 4,000
feet south.
Northern California: Mostly cloudy today
with a shower far north coast; partly sunny
elsewhere.
Today
Wednesday
SW 10-20
SW 10-20
SW 6-12
SSW 7-14
UV INDEX TODAY
Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.
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NATIONAL WEATHER TODAY
Wed.
Hi
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23
35
51
28
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45
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PORTLAND (AP)
— Portland police say
a 16-year-old boy died
and another teenager was
critically injured when the
car they were in crashed
after a night of caroling.
Sgt. Pete Simpson says
five teenage boys were in
the vehicle early Christmas
morning, traveling
from Happy Valley to
Wilsonville after singing
at the homes of those who
attend a Romanian church
in southeast Portland.
Simpson says the
Volkswagen Cabriolet
was part of a three-vehicle
caravan. The 17-year-old
driver passed one of his
friends and missed a sharp
turn, driving off Mt. Scott
Boulevard.
Dense fog may have
been a factor.
The boy who died has
been identified as Samuel
Chiriac of Battle Ground,
Washington. The driver,
Seba Pop of West Linn,
was in critical condition at
a Portland hospital.
Two other teen
passengers suffered serious
injuries and a 14-year-old
boy wasn’t hurt.
The investigation
remains active, but
Simpson says it doesn’t
appear the boys were
impaired by drugs or
alcohol.
Corrections
REGIONAL CITIES
Forecast
Boy dies, three
hurt in crash after
night of caroling
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TODAY
RICHLAND, Wash.
(AP) — The Northwest’s
only nuclear power plant
is reconnecting to the
regional power grid after
an unplanned shut down.
The Tri-City
Herald reports that the
1,190-megawatt Columbia
Generating Station
resumed late Saturday
night.
Energy Northwest says
power levels are slowly
rising and should reach 100
percent within 72 hours of
restarting. The plant shut
down following a malfunc-
tion at a substation.
The newspaper reports
that the malfunction caused
the line that connects the
plant’s main output trans-
formers to the substation to
reject the load. A primary
breaker opened too slowly
and a secondary system
kicked in and opened other
breakers, causing the plant
to separate itself from the
grid and shut down.
Columbia Generating
Station sends enough
power to the Northwest
grid to power a city the size
of Seattle.
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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.
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rain
20s
flurries
30s
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snow
ice
50s
60s
cold front
70s
80s
90s
100s
warm front stationary front
110s
high
low
National Summary: Snow showers will linger over parts of the Northeast today. The front
will cause showers over the Southeast. The air will be quite warm south of the front and
chilly to the north.
Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states)
High 88° in Fort Myers, Fla.
Low -21° in Bryce Canyon, Utah
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
48
72
59
62
33
68
29
54
74
57
34
35
63
50
35
61
3
19
81
76
40
80
47
51
55
69
Lo
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49
36
32
24
47
18
31
58
32
24
30
53
31
28
40
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17
70
65
26
57
29
38
36
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Wed.
Hi
52
66
45
46
33
65
29
41
70
47
42
39
72
46
37
66
-1
33
80
78
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Lo
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Today
Louisville
Memphis
Miami
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
Hi
49
54
83
31
24
53
75
57
55
45
61
69
46
57
72
33
47
54
46
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68
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64
51
Lo
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69
21
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62
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27
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32
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48
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Wed.
Hi
52
59
83
41
34
57
74
42
61
46
44
69
37
41
61
33
48
58
51
35
71
58
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63
34
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29
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Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain,
sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice.
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