NORTHWEST
Ice storm causes highway chaos around Portland
East Oregonian
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PORTLAND (AP) —
Freezing rain triggered
numerous crashes in north-
western Oregon on Friday,
including a tractor-trailer
pileup just to the east of
Portland in the city of Trout-
dale and a massive wreck on
Interstate 5 in Portland that
took hours to untangle.
Elsewhere near Portland,
a tractor-trailer slid 50 feet
down an embankment and
a car plunged 30 feet after
going of a road.
There were no immediate
reports of fatalities or serious
injuries from the treacherous
weather, the latest round
of the region’s most brutal
winter in years.
The precipitation began
early Friday, bringing snow
to the Cascades and much of
the Columbia River Gorge.
Meanwhile, a thin layer of
ice coated windshields and
Portland-area roads.
The conditions slowed
buses, streetcars and light-
rail trains during the morning
commute. Some flights
Four from standoff
to plead guilty
to misdemeanors
before dawn.
In the Interstate 84 crash,
the Corbett Fire Department
said the tractor-trailer went
down a 50-foot embankment
toward the Columbia River.
Crews used a rope system
to rescue the driver and
passenger, who suffered
minor injuries, Assistant
Chief Rick Wunsch said.
In Clackamas County
south of Portland, firefighters
responded to a car that slid
off an icy road that has a steep
drop off. Clackamas Fire
District spokesman Steve
Hoffeditz said the vehicle fell
30 feet and landed on a trailer
before sliding into someone’s
yard.
The woman removed
herself from the vehicle and
walked to a home. She was
taken to a hospital for an
evaluation, Hoffeditz said.
The ice storm was not
expected to linger. Forecasts
called for the temperature in
Portland to rise to 40 degrees
by late Friday and stay there
on Saturday and Sunday.
AP Photo/Don Ryan
A drivers runs around the front of this truck af-
ter a handful of semi trucks became entangled on
an icy road just off Interstate 5 in Troutdale Friday.
Freezing rain caused many crashes in the Portland and
Columbia River Gorge areas.
at Portland International
Airport were delayed or
canceled. Many schools and
government offices either
closed or got late starts.
The crash on I-5
happened before 3 a.m. near
Capitol Highway, ensnaring
more than two dozen cars
and semi-trucks. A bus was
Saturday, February 4, 2017
called in to provide warmth
for stranded motorists, but
had trouble getting to the
scene. The drivers, none of
whom was seriously hurt,
took shelter in a fast food
restaurant.
The state Department of
Transportation managed to
open several lanes of traffic
By CONRAD WILSON
Oregon Public Broadcasting
Four of the seven
defendants in the second
Malheur Refuge trial are
scheduled to plead guilty to
federal charges.
The defendants are
scheduled to go to trial on
Feb. 14.
New federal court
filings
show
Dylan
Anderson, Sean Anderson,
Sandy Anderson and
Darryl Thorn indicate they
plan to change their pleas
at hearings in U.S. District
Court next week.
Prosecutors
have
charged the defendants
with felonies, including
conspiring to prevent
federal employees from
doing their job at the
Malheur National Wildlife
Refuge near Burns, as well
as carrying a firearm in a
federal facility. Those are
the same felony charges
leaders of the occupation
faced, and were acquitted
of, last year.
In this second trial,
prosecutors also added
Lawmakers consider stronger invasive mussel defenses
By MATEUSZ PERKOWSKI
Capital Bureau
Quagga mussel
This non-
native
freshwater
mussel
poses a
0.8 inches
major
(Actual size)
threat to
U.S. waterways as an
invasive species. It’s similar
in appearance to its more
infamous cousin, the zebra
mussel.
SALEM — Oregon
lawmakers are considering
whether to strengthen the
state’s defenses against
invasive aquatic mussels
that threaten both irrigation
systems and ecosystems.
The House Agriculture
and Natural Resources
Committee has introduced
legislation creating a new
penalty for people who
refuse to subject their boats
to inspection for quagga and
zebra mussels at checkpoints,
among other measures.
The mussels threaten to
clog irrigation intakes and
disrupt habitats for native
fish species.
Currently, drivers hauling
boats who don’t stop at
check points can be tick-
eted for traffic violations.
The stations are located at
common entry points for
watercraft along Oregon’s
borders.
Under House Bill 2321,
drivers who are pulled over
by police within five miles
of failing to stop at a check-
point can be charged with a
misdemeanor if they refuse
Binomial name: Dreissena
rostriformis
Appearance: Shell is striped,
being more pale toward the end
of the hinge
Diet: Filter feeder
Life span: 3-5 years
Origin: Dnieper River drainage
of Ukraine
First observed: 1989 in Lake
Erie near Port Colborne, Ontario
Sources: www.wikipedia.org; USGS
Capital Press graphic
to return for inspection.
If convicted, the crime
would be punishable by up
to 30 days in jail and a fine
of $1,250.
The legislation would
also eliminate a current
exemption under which
operators of non-motorized
watercraft under 10 feet in
length, such as kayaks, don’t
have to buy Aquatic Invasive
Species Permits, which cost
$5 a year.
Money collected from
selling such permits is used
to control invasive aquatic
species.
Boats would have to be
drained of all water before
leaving a river or lake under
HB 2321, with operators
facing a penalty of $30 for
non-motorized watercraft
and $50 for motorized water-
craft in they don’t comply
with this requirement.
Between
2010
and
2016, the number of boats
inspected
for
invasive
mussels has grown from
fewer than 3,000 to more
than 16,000 per year, said
Scott Brewen, director of
the Oregon Marine Board,
during a Feb. 2 committee
hearing.
While
compliance
with the check points has
improved in recent years,
about 18 percent of boaters
still didn’t stop for inspec-
tions in 2016, spurring the
idea for HB 2321, he said.
Rep. Sherrie Sprenger,
R-Scio, said she sympa-
thized with the intent of the
bill but was concerned about
the potential for boaters to
be charged with a misde-
meanor, the same class of
crime as some thefts and
assaults.
Rep.
Brian
Clem,
D-Salem, said he wasn’t
thrilled about eliminating
the permit exemption for
non-motorized watercraft
under 10 feet in length, but
he said these points would be
further debated in the future.
During the Feb. 2
hearing, lawmakers also
considered House Bill 2266,
which pertains to funding for
hatchery fish research.
Currently,
unobligated
money left over in the
Oregon Hatchery Research
Center Fund is transferred
to the Oregon Hatchery
Construction Fund at the end
of each fiscal year.
Under HB 2266, that
money would be allowed to
remain in the fund dedicated
to hatchery research.
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SUNDAY
Not as cold with a
shower or two
Mainly cloudy,
showers around
44° 35°
43° 33°
MONDAY
TUESDAY
Mostly cloudy with
a bit of rain
Cloudy with a
snow shower
PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
37° 29°
37° 27°
35° 29°
HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
42° 34°
38° 33°
PENDLETON
through 3 p.m. yesterday
TEMPERATURE
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LOW
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16°
44°
28°
62° (1926) -18° (1950)
PRECIPITATION
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HERMISTON
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TEMPERATURE
HIGH
Yesterday
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Records
LOW
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29°
67° (1968) -29° (1950)
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Sunrise today
Sunset tonight
Moonrise today
Moonset today
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Feb 18
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Enterprise
Hermiston
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The Dalles 38/33
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John Day
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Burns
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REGIONAL FORECAST
Eastern and Central Oregon: A shower
today; not as cold across the north.
Western Washington: Periods of rain today
into tomorrow. Monday and Tuesday:
periods of rain.
Eastern Washington: Some ice near the
Cascades and in the south this morning; a
bit of snow and rain east.
Cascades: Snow today, heaviest in the
north where there can be up to a new foot
of snow.
Northern California: Cloudy today; periods
of rain, except a snow shower in the interior
mountains.
Today
Sunday
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SSW 4-8
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SW 6-12
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tomorrow. Monday: periods of rain.
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whip and a sock filled with
rice.
The suit names Cavalli,
his supervisor and his
employer — OnTrack Inc.
An OnTrack official told
the Mail Tribune he was
unaware of the suit. Cavalli,
who no longer works there,
declined comment.
The suit is another blow
for OnTrack, the largest
addiction recovery service
in southern Oregon. It
recently began a $250,000
project to upgrade housing
facilities after state investi-
gators found “deplorable”
conditions.
NATIONAL WEATHER TODAY
Sun.
WINDS
Medford
53/42
1MEDFORD (AP) —
An Oregon man is suing an
addiction-treatment service
for $2 million, alleging he
was beaten by a counselor
whose nickname as a
mixed martial-arts fighter
is “The Nightmare.”
The
Mail
Tribune
reports the lawsuit was filed
Wednesday in Medford on
behalf of Brandon Neims,
who was receiving treat-
ment for fathers with young
children.
The suit asserts that
Travis Cavalli struck
Neims with his hands and
feet, and also hit him with a
REGIONAL CITIES
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Suit alleges counselor physically
abused client in Medford
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misdemeanor
charges,
such as trespassing and
destruction of property.
But a person familiar
with the case tells OPB
the four defendants are
expected to plead guilty to
trespassing, a misdemeanor
charge. All other charges,
including the felonies, will
be dropped.
If the four plead guilty
that will leave just three
defendants at this month’s
trial: Jason Patrick, Duane
Ehmer and Jake Ryan.
The charges stem from
the 41-day long occupation
of the Malheur National
Wildlife Refuge in Eastern
Oregon’s high desert.
Last month, U.S. District
Court Judge Anna Brown
ruled the misdemeanor
charges wouldn’t be heard
by a jury, but rather in
a separate trial before a
judge if the defendants go
to court.
In October, a jury
acquitted occupation leader
Ammon Bundy and six
others on all charges for
their roles in the occupa-
tion.
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National Summary: Snow showers will extend from northern New England to the Upper
Midwest today. Rain showers will dampen part of Texas. Rain will soak part of the Pacific
coast with some snow over the interior Northwest.
Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states)
High 84° in Fort Myers, Fla.
Low -36° in Yellowstone National Park, Wyo.
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Boise
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Chicago
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