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Forecast boosts
net revenue by
$200 million
Wednesday, May 17, 2017
Bundy family members, the Nye
County manager and two county
commissioners last Thursday
about results of the probe.
Commission Chairman
Dan Schinhofen says so jailers
followed procedure after Bundy
didn’t comply with rules for
removing handcuffs, and left
him in a changing room.
Legally blind sled-
dog racer plans to
run for congress
BEND (AP) — A legally
blind woman who has
competed in four of Alaska’s
Iditarod sled-dog races has
announced she will be running
for congress.
KTVZ-TV reports 32-year-old
Democrat Rachael Scdoris-
Salerno filed paperwork Monday
to run for Oregon’s Second
Congressional District seat.
Scdoris-Salerno plans
to unseat incumbent Rep.
Greg Walden. She says she
is frustrated with politicians
representing special interests.
Scdoris-Salerno had been
born with an uncorrectable
visual disorder. She has
competed in the Paralympics in
tandem cycling and has worked
much of her life at her father’s
sled-dog ride business at Mt.
Bachelor.
She bought the business
from her father two years ago.
By CLAIRE WITHYCOMBE
Capital Bureau
SALEM — State economists say the state
may have nearly $200 million more than
expected in net available resources, narrowing
Oregon’s projected budget gap to about $1.4
billion.
The May economic and revenue forecast
provides the best estimate of how much the
state can expect to realize in revenue before
the Legislature adjourns in July. Legislators are
busy trying to resolve the gap between what it
expects to bring in and how much it would cost
to maintain state services at current levels.
Tuesday’s higher than expected revenue
forecast also brings Oregon closer to triggering
the kicker, although that’s not a sure bet, said
state economist Mark McMullen.
Overall, Oregon’s rate of economic growth
is slowing, although “Oregon’s economy is
bigger than ever and getting bigger every day,”
McMullen said.
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown said in a state-
ment that the forecast included good news
about revenue growth and the state’s economy,
but cuts to key services remained possible.
“...This doesn’t change the fact that Oregon
still has a structural deficit,” Brown said. “This
means in the long term, whether the economy
is good or bad, the state will struggle to pay
for education, public safety, child welfare and
health care.”
The governor said she was meeting with
business and labor leaders every week to
prevent significant cuts to such services, which
may be required in order to close the budget
gap without new revenues.
Patrick Criteser, chair of the Oregon Busi-
ness Plan and the CEO of the Tillamook County
Creamery Association, reiterated the Oregon
Business Plan’s stance in a written statement
Tuesday, saying that new revenues alone “will
not fix the state’s basic budget problems.”
However, Criteser said the coalition of
businesses behind the Oregon Business Plan
“remained optimistic” and “encouraged”
by engagement from the legislature and the
governor.
State Sen. Mark Hass, D-Beaverton, said
the revenue outlook does not change what
he has characterized as the need for changes
to the state’s tax system, a sentiment echoed
by Senate Majority Leader Ginny Burdick,
D-Portland:
“We can’t dig out of this hole with cuts
alone,” Burdick said in a statement. “We need
to reform and stabilize our revenue system as
well.” Burdick said legislators were examining
“both sides of the ledger.”
Meanwhile, Republican leaders in the
legislature said higher than expected tax
revenues were evidence in favor of spending
cuts. House Minority Leader Mike McLane,
R-Powell Butte, called the forecast “more
evidence that Oregon needs to tighten its belt
and get serious about the unsustainable rate of
spending in Salem.”
Remains confirmed
as those of missing
mushroom hunter
Oregon insurers seek
double-digit price
increases for 2018
BEND (AP) — Health
insurers in Oregon are seeking
double-digit price increases for
2018, saying it’s because of the
sicker-than-expected customers
that became eligible under the
Affordable Care Act.
The proposed increases are
not quite as steep as they’ve
been in recent years, The
Bulletin newspaper of Bend
reported.
Companies are seeking
to raise premiums on their
individual market policies by
between 6.9 percent and 21.8
percent. The prices on those
policies went up by an average
of 27 percent for 2017 and 23
percent in 2016.
In public filings, carriers
reported their members were
more expensive than expected
in 2016, the most recent
year for which statistics are
available. Regence BlueCross
BlueShield of Oregon, for
example, spent 9 percent more
than expected on its members
in 2016, and profits were down
7 percent. The company seeks
to raise premiums by nearly 19
percent.
Roughly 218,000 Oregon
residents are covered under
individual market policies,
about 5 percent of the state’s
population. Most people with
commercial insurance are
covered by employers.
AP Photo/Al Grillo, File
In this March 2009 file photo, Rachael Scdoris, from Bend,
drives her team down Fourth Avenue with Yvonne Ooten,
of Tallahassee, Fla., in the sled during the ceremonial start
of the Iditarod race in Anchorage, Alaska. The legally blind
woman, who now goes by the last name of Scdoris-Salerno
and has competed in four of Alaska’s Iditarod sled-dog races,
has announced she will be running for congress.
Oregon jobless rate
drops to 3.7 percent
PORTLAND (AP) —
Oregon’s record-low jobless rate
has fallen again.
The state Employment
Department said Tuesday the
unemployment rate for April
was 3.7 percent, a slight drop
from March’s record-low rate
of 3.8 percent.
The agency said gains were
widespread among major
industries, with government
among the few sectors to shed
jobs.
The unemployment rate this
time last year was 5 percent. Over
the past year, construction has
been the fastest-growing industry,
followed by transportation,
warehousing and utilities.
Another unemployment
measure, known as U-6, fell
to 8 percent in April — down
from 10.4 percent a year ago.
The figure includes discouraged
workers who stopped looking as
well as part-time workers who
want but can’t get full-time jobs.
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — A
sheriff says she found no
criminal violations in the
treatment of states’ rights
advocate Ammon Bundy in
federal custody at a privately-run
jail 60 miles west of Las Vegas.
Nye County Sheriff Sharon
Wehrly said Tuesday the
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complaints posted on social
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REGIONAL CITIES
TODAY
WEDNESDAY
Cloudy, showers;
breezy, cooler
Warmer; a stray
afternoon shower
52° 41°
60° 45°
THURSDAY
Clouds and sun
FRIDAY
Mostly sunny and
pleasant
SATURDAY
Mostly sunny and
pleasant
PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
65° 44°
71° 50°
74° 50°
HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
68° 48°
58° 43°
PENDLETON
through 3 p.m. yesterday
TEMPERATURE
HIGH
LOW
61°
71°
94° (1924)
37°
47°
32° (1905)
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"
0.39"
0.58"
8.60"
5.19"
5.69"
HERMISTON
through 3 p.m. yesterday
TEMPERATURE
HIGH
Yesterday
Normals
Records
LOW
67°
73°
97° (1939)
36°
46°
31° (1932)
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"
0.19"
0.56"
6.07"
4.19"
4.55"
SUN AND MOON
Sunrise today
Sunset tonight
Moonrise today
Moonset today
Last
New
May 18
May 25
5:23 a.m.
8:21 p.m.
12:23 a.m.
10:04 a.m.
First
Full
June 1
78° 52°
80° 51°
Seattle
54/47
ALMANAC
Yesterday
Normals
Records
73° 46°
June 9
Today
Spokane
Wenatchee
50/41
57/41
Tacoma
Moses
54/43
Lake
Pullman
Aberdeen Olympia
Yakima 58/42
51/38
57/47
56/43
61/40
Longview
Kennewick Walla Walla
54/48
55/44 Lewiston
61/43
Astoria
54/42
55/47
Portland
Enterprise
Hermiston
56/47
Pendleton 48/32
The Dalles 58/43
52/41
57/48
La Grande
Salem
50/37
57/46
Albany
Corvallis 57/45
58/44
John Day
50/36
Ontario
Eugene
Bend
57/38
57/43
52/33
Caldwell
Burns
55/37
51/30
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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NATIONAL WEATHER TODAY
Wed.
Hi
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46
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68
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66
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WORLD CITIES
Today
Beijing
Hong Kong
Jerusalem
London
Mexico City
Moscow
Paris
Rome
Seoul
Sydney
Tokyo
Hi
90
84
82
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48
77
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70
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WINDS
Medford
59/40
(in mph)
Klamath Falls
50/26
Boardman
Pendleton
REGIONAL FORECAST
Coastal Oregon: Cloudy today with show-
ers; breezy across the north. A brief shower
or two tonight.
Eastern and Central Oregon: Cooler today;
showers, but rain and drizzle in central parts
and near the Cascades.
Western Washington: A couple of showers
and a thunderstorm today, but showers
across the south.
Eastern Washington: Showers around
today, but rain and drizzle near the Idaho
border and in the mountains.
Cascades: Rain and drizzle today, but snow
and rain in the south.
Northern California: Rain and drizzle today;
a morning shower or two, then snow in the
interior mountains.
Today
Wednesday
W 10-20
WSW 10-20
W 6-12
W 7-14
UV INDEX TODAY
Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.
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LINCOLN CITY (AP)
— Oregon park officials are
proposing a small campground
and rental cabins for Fogarty
Creek in a plan for the 25 state
parks on the Oregon Coast
between Lincoln City and
Yachats.
The plan also proposes
expanded camping at South
Beach State Park, along with
a new disc golf course. Both
projects join an ongoing plan
for a new 100-site campground
at Brian Booth State Park, the
Statesman Journal reported.
The 283-page proposal,
which also includes plans for
new trail systems and picnic
areas, is a wish list for the
Oregon Parks and Recreation
Department, said Ian
Matthews, park planner for the
Oregon Parks and Recreation
Department.
Corrections
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Forecast
Campgrounds
proposed for three
coastal state parks
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— Founded Oct. 16, 1875 —
Sheriff: No violations
found in Ammon
Bundy jail treatment
GRANTS PASS (AP) —
DNA testing has confirmed
that remains found in Northern
California are those of a
southwestern Oregon man who
went missing 18 months ago
after wandering from a campsite
while hunting for mushrooms.
The Del Norte County
Sheriff’s Office said Monday
the remains were those of
59-year-old Lee Martinho. The
Grants Pass Daily Courier
reports the remains were found
in March in rough terrain near
Gasquet, California.
Kathleen McVarish of Cave
Junction said her brother was
a carpenter by trade who loved
camping and gold mining. She
said he was a champion wrestler
for Illinois Valley High in 1973
and would give the shirt off his
back even when he was poor.
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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-
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Forecasts and graphics provided by
AccuWeather, Inc. ©2017
Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day.
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warm front stationary front
110s
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National Summary: Warmth will build in the Northeast today as summerlike heat holds
over the Mississippi Valley. Severe storms will fire over the Plains as parts of the Upper
Midwest, Rockies and Northwest get soaked.
Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states)
High 99° in Presidio, Texas
Low 24° in Boca Reservoir, Calif.
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
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91
71
80
66
92
53
73
90
89
87
83
87
72
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72
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85
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79
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Wed.
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73
89
75
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53
89
52
81
87
90
84
88
92
65
87
85
70
64
85
85
86
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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
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sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice.
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