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Thursday, June 8, 2017
PENDLETON
Amazon to build
distribution center in
Troutdale, hire 1,500
UAS Range lands Airbus air taxi project
automated air taxi concept.
SOAR Oregon, a Bend-
based statewide nonprofit
that supports the state’s drone
industry and test ranges in
Pendleton, Warm Springs
and Tillamook, partnered
with Modern Technology
Solutions Inc. in November
to help provide test services
for Project Vahana.
“From nearly a dozen sites
across the western United
States that we evaluated, the
Pendleton UAS Test Range
quickly stood out as a premier
East Oregonian
The Pendleton Unmanned
Aerial Systems Range has
landed the business of a
Silicon Valley subsidiary of
French aviation giant Airbus.
SOAR Oregon announced
Wednesday that A3, the
Airbus subsidiary, would be
the first occupant of a new,
9,600-square-foot hangar at
the Eastern Oregon Regional
Airport in Pendleton. A3
plans to use the UAS range
to test Project Vahana, its
U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden
is expected to attend the
hangar’s ribbon cutting at
the airport Saturday. From 10
a.m. to 1 p.m., the UAS range
will put its mobile command
center, a travel trailer outfitted
with UAS technology, on
display.
In 2015, Gov. Kate
Brown and Business Oregon
announced a $1.7 million
financial package to build
hangars and storage facilities
in support of Pendleton’s
UAS industry.
test location for our unique
test program,” said Jeff
Mabry, the Vahana flight test
lead for Modern Technology
Solutions, in a statement.
A3 also added its endorse-
ment.
“As our project matures
to the stage of full-scale test
flights, it’s essential that we
have trusted and committed
partners in place to ensure
Vahana’s safety and reli-
ability are tested and proven,”
Vahana Project Executive
Zach Lovering said.
By ANNA MARUM
The Oregonian/OregonLive
Online retail giant
Amazon is expected to hire
at least 1,500 to staff its new
facility in Troutdale.
Gov. Kate Brown on
Wednesday visited the
future site of the $178.4
million, 855,000-square-
foot fulfillment center
planned for the Troutdale
Reynolds Industrial Park.
She praised the compa-
ny’s investment as a symbol
of growth for Troutdale and
for Oregon.
“Amazon’s expansion in
Oregon brings us great jobs
with competitive wages
and bright futures for its
employees and communi-
ties,” Brown said.
According to a statement
from the governor’s office,
Akash Chauhan, Amazon’s
vice president of North
America operations, said
the company was excited
to open its first fulfillment
center in Oregon, creating
1,500 full-time jobs in
Troutdale.
The fulfillment center,
where
workers
pick,
pack and ship items to fill
customer orders, is the
first of its kind in Oregon.
Amazon currently operates
a sortation center in Hill-
sboro and a Prime Now
hub in Portland. It also
has data centers in various
locations in Eastern Oregon
and employs hundreds in
downtown Portland through
video-encoding company
AWS Elemental.
The
new Amazon
facility will fill vacant
lots in the industrial park,
occupying space between
Christian targets stabbing victim in outburst
away from Christian, he
made a sudden move toward
Namkai-Meche. The two
got into a confrontation,
prompting Fletcher to stand
up.
Christian
shoved
Fletcher in the chest and
then pulled out a knife that
he concealed in his right
hand, prosecutor Ryan
Lufkin wrote. Fletcher
pushed Christian back,
causing him to stumble.
Christian asked Fletcher
to “Hit me again!” as
Fletcher kept telling him to
get off the train.
Christian then stabbed
Fletcher, Namkai-Meche
and a third man who inter-
vened, Best.
The defendant is being
held without bail at a jail in
downtown Portland. He due
in court again July 18.
Court officials made
Wednesday’s hearing earlier
and banned livestreaming in
an effort to avoid the chaos
that erupted at Christian’s
first court appearance.
By STEVEN DUBOIS
Associated Press
PORTLAND — The
man accused of killing
two men and wounding
a third who tried to stop
his anti-Muslim tirade
against two teenagers on a
Portland, Oregon, light-rail
train shouted he was “not
guilty” Wednesday during a
courtroom outburst directed
at one of the victims.
“Not guilty,” Jeremy
Christian said before a
pause, “of anything but
defending myself against
the violent aggression by
Micah Fletcher!”
Fletcher was in the
courtroom but said nothing
to reporters and displayed
no reaction as he left with
his father. The 21-year-old
was stabbed in the neck
during the May 26 attack
that killed Ricky Best and
Taliesin Namkai-Meche.
Christian was arraigned
in a 15-count indictment
charging him with aggra-
Stephanie Yao Long/The Oregonian via AP, Pool
Jeremy Christian shouts during a court appearance
at Multnomah County Circuit Court in Portland on
Wednesday.
vated murder, attempted
murder and other crimes.
The judge did not ask
him for a plea during the
two-minute hearing, but
court records show the
entry of “not guilty” pleas.
The stabbings shocked
the liberal city and deep-
ened worries about a series
of apparent hate crimes in
the region and contentious
public rallies that have
drawn national attention.
Prosecutors who have
reviewed videos and inter-
views with witnesses say in
court papers that Christian
yelled hateful comments
at two black girls, one of
whom was wearing an
Islamic head covering
called a hijab.
When the girls moved
Oregon’s water supply outlook holding steady
even though May was drier
than normal. Since the “water
year” began Oct. 1, a heavy
winter snowpack and a cold,
rainy spring combined to fill
reservoirs and restore stream-
flows to normal or better
throughout the state.
Even the snowmelt is
going better than usual. Most
of the snow below 5,000 feet
elevation is gone, but at many
monitored sites the snow
melted slower than usual —
By ERIC MORTENSON
EO Media Group
Oregon heads into the
summer showing no sign
of drought for the first time
since 2011, according to the
USDA’s Natural Resources
Conservation Service.
The agency’s monthly
water outlook report for
June said the state will have
adequate water for irrigation
and recreation this summer
up to three weeks late in some
areas, according to NRCS.
Meanwhile,
research
climatologist and professor
Gregory Jones of Southern
Oregon University said
the weather into mid-June
will remain unsettled, with
lower temperatures and rain
returning to the West Coast.
The warm spell that marked
the start of the month brought
a “flush of growth” to vine-
yards, but it will give way
to weather that’s more like
early- to mid-spring instead
of summer, said Jones, who
specializes in the impact
of climate variability on
grapevine growth and wine
production.
Despite the cool down,
the forecast is that June will
end up warmer than normal
from the Pacific Northwest
into California, Jones said in
a climate update he circulates
by email.
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REGIONAL CITIES
Forecast
TODAY
FRIDAY
Cooler with a
couple of showers
Mostly cloudy, a
shower; cool
67° 46°
65° 45°
SATURDAY
SUNDAY
Mostly cloudy with
a few showers
Cloudy, showers
around; cool
MONDAY
Partly sunny with a
cool breeze
PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
65° 46°
66° 48°
65° 49°
HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
72° 47°
72° 50°
PENDLETON
through 3 p.m. yesterday
TEMPERATURE
HIGH
LOW
82°
76°
104° (1931)
59°
51°
34° (1919)
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"
0.11"
0.40"
9.26"
5.55"
6.91"
HERMISTON
through 3 p.m. yesterday
TEMPERATURE
Yesterday
Normals
Records
HIGH
LOW
87°
77°
102° (2016)
54°
52°
40° (2002)
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"
0.11"
0.19"
6.42"
4.25"
5.30"
SUN AND MOON
Sunrise today
Sunset tonight
Moonrise today
Moonset today
Full
Last
June 9
New
74° 51°
71° 52°
Seattle
62/50
ALMANAC
Yesterday
Normals
Records
72° 48°
5:06 a.m.
8:43 p.m.
7:54 p.m.
4:58 a.m.
First
June 17 June 23 June 30
Today
Spokane
Wenatchee
69/48
69/48
Tacoma
Moses
62/46
Lake
Pullman
Aberdeen Olympia
Yakima 71/45
66/45
59/50
61/46
73/43
Longview
Kennewick Walla Walla
62/48
73/50 Lewiston
72/50
Astoria
76/51
60/48
Portland
Enterprise
Hermiston
65/50
Pendleton 69/43
The Dalles 72/50
67/46
71/49
La Grande
Salem
67/45
65/47
Albany
Corvallis 65/46
66/45
John Day
65/45
Ontario
Eugene
Bend
75/51
64/45
64/38
Caldwell
Burns
75/51
66/36
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
60
66
64
57
66
69
64
66
72
65
64
67
65
69
58
61
75
71
67
65
66
65
69
62
64
73
73
Lo
48
39
38
49
36
43
45
44
50
45
39
45
42
49
48
50
51
48
46
50
35
47
48
41
49
50
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NATIONAL WEATHER TODAY
Fri.
Hi
59
62
60
56
62
58
60
64
72
62
60
61
58
69
56
59
73
73
65
62
63
60
65
59
61
68
72
Lo
47
36
37
49
32
39
46
41
47
41
33
41
40
46
48
50
47
46
45
50
35
48
46
38
49
49
43
Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day.
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WORLD CITIES
Today
Beijing
Hong Kong
Jerusalem
London
Mexico City
Moscow
Paris
Rome
Seoul
Sydney
Tokyo
Hi
93
91
91
66
79
70
80
82
77
65
75
Lo
60
82
68
54
55
48
60
61
62
57
68
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pc
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pc
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pc
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Fri.
Hi
102
91
90
68
80
64
75
82
77
64
78
Lo
63
84
64
56
56
53
57
62
62
57
68
W
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WINDS
Medford
69/49
(in mph)
Klamath Falls
64/39
Boardman
Pendleton
REGIONAL FORECAST
Coastal Oregon: Periods of rain today; only
during the morning in the south. A passing
shower tonight.
Eastern and Central Oregon: Mostly cloudy
and cooler today with a couple of showers,
but dry in the south.
Western Washington: Mostly cloudy today
with rain tapering to a couple of showers.
Eastern Washington: A heavy thunderstorm
near the Idaho border and in the mountains
today; showers around elsewhere.
Cascades: Mostly cloudy and cooler today
with rain tapering to a couple of showers.
Northern California: Rain this morning,
then a shower or two; cooler.
Today
Friday
WSW 7-14
SW 6-12
WSW 7-14
W 4-8
UV INDEX TODAY
Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.
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3
4
4
2
the Troutdale airport and a
FedEx Ground facility.
The Port of Portland
Commission
approved
the sale of 74 acres for the
development in February.
According
to
the
Gresham Outlook, construc-
tion is slated to begin this
year, with installation work
wrapping up by July 2018.
The Outlook reported
that the Troutdale City
Council
unanimously
approved a five-year tax
break for Amazon begin-
ning in 2019 worth about
$9.6 million.
As a condition of
building inside an enter-
prise zone — an area where
companies are encouraged
to build in exchange for
a property tax break —
Amazon has agreed to pay
workers at least 125 percent
of the minimum wage. Due
to scheduled minimum
wage increases, this means
workers hired next summer
would make $15 an hour,
though the wage calculation
may include health care
benefits.
According
to
the
governor’s office, benefits
packages for full-time
employees will also include
a 401(k), company stock
awards and parental leave.
In addition, full-time
workers will also get access
to a program that pre-pays
up to 95 percent of tuition
for courses related to
in-demand fields. Workers
can use the program to
pursue degrees that have
nothing to do with Amazon,
including game design and
visual
communications,
nursing, IT programming
and radiology.
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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. ©2017
-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 and storms will riddle the southeastern corner of the nation
and will extend from the upper Great Lakes to the central Plains and northern Rockies
today. Rain and cool air will invade the Northwest.
Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states)
High 106° in Glendale, Ariz.
Low 25° in Bodie State Park, 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
93
79
66
72
93
80
77
71
75
71
81
73
87
88
77
94
80
84
87
90
77
76
82
101
81
74
Lo
64
62
54
53
61
60
54
53
60
55
62
54
69
57
58
72
60
60
74
67
56
64
60
76
58
59
W
pc
pc
pc
c
pc
s
c
pc
pc
pc
pc
pc
pc
t
s
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pc
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s
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pc
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pc
Fri.
Hi
94
82
75
81
83
83
74
64
84
78
82
79
88
93
78
99
86
90
87
89
83
85
86
97
84
75
Lo
64
66
64
59
54
64
48
61
65
57
62
63
72
58
62
74
60
72
74
68
62
69
69
73
62
61
Today
W
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pc
pc
pc
pc
s
c
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Hi
Louisville
78
Memphis
80
Miami
88
Milwaukee
79
Minneapolis
86
Nashville
77
New Orleans
85
New York City
72
Oklahoma City
84
Omaha
88
Philadelphia
74
Phoenix
107
Portland, ME
75
Providence
71
Raleigh
72
Rapid City
89
Reno
70
Sacramento
69
St. Louis
83
Salt Lake City
98
San Diego
70
San Francisco
68
Seattle
62
Tucson
103
Washington, DC 74
Wichita
83
Lo
59
60
77
61
64
57
68
55
64
64
55
81
48
51
55
59
51
54
63
65
61
55
50
73
59
63
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pc
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pc
pc
pc
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r
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pc
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pc
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Fri.
Hi
83
84
88
75
85
83
84
78
86
92
80
107
60
68
82
98
70
77
88
86
71
66
62
104
81
87
Lo
63
64
77
59
71
61
68
62
69
73
63
79
54
59
63
59
48
49
68
62
62
54
49
71
64
70
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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