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Wednesday, August 23, 2017
Wildfire burns three homes in S. Oregon
GOLD BEACH (AP) — A
wildfire has destroyed three
houses in the same south-
western Oregon area where a
notorious 2002 blaze black-
ened nearly 800 square miles.
Nobody has been injured
in the current fire in the
Kalmiopsis Wilderness, and
the affected homeowners
were getting assistance from
the Curry County Sheriff’s
Office, KDRV-TV reported.
The sheriff did not immedi-
ately return a phone message
from The Associated Press.
Evacuation
notices
remained in place Tuesday for
the lightning-sparked fire that
began July 12 and has grown
rapidly in the past week to
more than 150 square miles.
The state’s largest active
blaze is burning in the scar
of the 2002 fire that remains
seared in the memory of those
living along the Oregon-Cali-
fornia border.
People living along
Highway 101 near Brook-
ings were warned to evac-
uate Sunday after the current
blaze made a westward push
toward the coast. The Red
Cross established a shelter
BRIEFLY
Swastikas and
bomb threat
prompt WSU
dorm evacuation
PULLMAN, Wash.
(AP) — Dozens of students
were evacuated from a
dormitory at Washington
State University after
students reported vandals
had scratched several
swastikas and a vague bomb
threat onto the walls.
The Spokesman-Review
says the graffiti was reported
about 10 p.m. Monday.
Police inspected Simson
Hall and found no evidence
of explosives, and the
students were allowed back
in shortly after 2 a.m.
WSU assistant police
chief Steve Hansen says the
Nazi symbols were etched
into walls in stairwells and
common areas on multiple
floors of the building. He
said the markings were
thin and hardly visible and
appeared to have been
created with a sharp knife.
He says the bomb
threat was simply the word
“bomb” above a time: 1
a.m.
Photo contributed by Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest
A wildfire in southern Oregon has destroyed three homes and forced evacuations.
in Gold Beach.
Fire spokesman Chris
Barth said cooler temperatures
and lighter winds helped slow
the fire’s growth Monday, and
similar weather was expected
Tuesday. He said firefighters
hope to take advantage of the
conditions and get residents
home as quickly as possible
More than 400 firefighters
were battling the blaze. The
Federal Emergency Manage-
ment Agency has approved
money to help reimburse the
cost of the fight.
August is peak wildfire
season in the Pacific North-
west, and firefighters were
busy throughout Oregon.
In the central part of state,
a wildfire in the Three Sisters
Wilderness has scorched 18
square miles. An evacuation
warning went out Monday
for an area that includes Black
Butte Ranch, a resort commu-
nity.
Last week, hundreds of
people living near the West-
ern-themed town of Sisters
were advised to evacuate. Fire
managers worry that winds
will push the fire out of the
wilderness and into populated
areas.
Two Seattle cops
sue councilwoman
over comments
Eclipse’s high tides break net, dump salmon
BELLINGHAM, Wash.
(AP) — The public is being
asked to help mop up a salmon
spill from an imploded net
holding 305,000 fish at a
Cooke Aquaculture fish farm
near Cypress Island.
The Seattle Times reports
Lummi fishers out for chinook
on Sunday near Samish,
south of Bellingham Bay,
were surprised to pull up the
Atlantic salmon — escapees
that turned up in their nets
again on Monday.
The Washington Depart-
ment of Fish and Wildlife is
urging the public to catch as
many of the fish as possible,
with no limit on size or
number. The fish are about 10
pounds each. No one knows
yet how many escaped. But
Ron Warren, fish program
assistant director for the Wash-
ington Department of Fish and
Wildlife, said the net had some
3 million pounds of fish in it
when it imploded Saturday.
Warren said the spill
don’t want those fish preying
on our baby salmon. And we
don’t want them getting up in
the rivers.”
G.I. James, a member of
the Lummi Natural Resources
staff and fish commission,
said Pacific salmon face
enough trouble as it is without
dueling with invaders in their
home waters. “It is potentially
a disease issue, and impact on
our fish, as dire a shape as they
are in, right now any impact to
them is difficult to absorb.”
was caused by tides pushed
unusually high by Monday’s
approaching total solar eclipse.
The department has been
monitoring the situation and
crafting a spill-response plan
with Cooke.
Lummi fishers were
incensed at the Atlantic
salmon intruding in home
waters of native Washington
Pacific salmon. “It’s a devas-
tation,” said Ellie Kinley,
whose family has fished Puget
Sound for generations. “We
SEATTLE (AP) — Two
Seattle police officers who
were cleared of wrongdoing
in the fatal shooting of a
man last year have sued City
Councilwoman Kshama
Sawant, saying she defamed
them when she called the
killing a “brutal murder.”
The Seattle Times reports
that officers Scott Miller
and Michael Spaulding
filed the lawsuit last week
in King County Superior
Court. They sued her in
her individual capacity,
without naming the city as a
defendant, saying they “do
not want one red cent of
public money.”
The lawsuit cites
comments Sawant made
after the officers, who are
white, shot a 46-year-old
black man named Che
Lawyer plans campaign against judge facing charges
SALEM (AP) — The
executive director of the
Marion County Association
of Defenders announced
he will file to run against a
county judge who is facing
two felony gun charges and
two first-degree official
misconduct charges.
Salem lawyer Jon Weiner
plans to challenge Marion
County Circuit Court Judge
Vance Day’s seat in the May
2018 election, the Statesman
Journal reported.
Weiner’s 10-year stint as
a part-time pro tem judge
with Salem Municipal Court
fueled his interest in running
for the seat, he said, but Day’s
criminal charges reaffirmed
his desire to run.
“It is harmful and
distracting to the Marion
County justice system and
legal community, and runs
Michael Paul De Muniz,
Day’s attorney, said he could
not comment on whether
Day plans on running to keep
his seat.
Weiner plans on filing his
candidacy Sept. 10, which is
the first day he’s able to.
“I love being a judge,”
Weiner said. “It’s time for a
new chapter.”
Day is scheduled for a
12-person jury trial Nov. 7.
counter to the best interests of
the people of Marion County
overall,” Weiner said. “It’s
time for a change.”
Day is accused of
allowing a convicted felon
and Navy SEAL to possess
and control guns on at least
two occasions in 2013 and
2014. He is also accused of
instructing staff to inappro-
priately screen same-sex
wedding applicants.
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TODAY
THURSDAY
Partly sunny and
very warm
Mostly sunny and
pleasant
90° 62°
83° 50°
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
Nice with plenty of
sunshine
Pleasant with
plenty of sun
PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
81° 54°
88° 58°
93° 62°
HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
87° 48°
92° 65°
PENDLETON
through 3 p.m. yesterday
TEMPERATURE
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LOW
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55°
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PRECIPITATION
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HERMISTON
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TEMPERATURE
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PRECIPITATION
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SUN AND MOON
Sunrise today
Sunset tonight
Moonrise today
Moonset today
First
Full
Aug 29
Sep 5
Last
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90° 54°
95° 54°
Seattle
75/56
ALMANAC
Yesterday
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85° 52°
6:05 a.m.
7:49 p.m.
8:11 a.m.
9:04 p.m.
New
Sep 19
Spokane
Wenatchee
86/60
89/63
Tacoma
Moses
77/53
Lake
Pullman
Aberdeen Olympia
Yakima 91/61
86/56
67/52
76/50
91/57
Longview
Kennewick Walla Walla
78/53
89/66 Lewiston
93/65
Astoria
91/65
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Portland
Enterprise
Hermiston
81/58
Pendleton 87/57
The Dalles 92/65
90/62
87/64
La Grande
Salem
87/57
84/59
Albany
Corvallis 84/58
82/56
John Day
87/56
Ontario
Eugene
Bend
92/63
82/56
85/52
Caldwell
Burns
91/62
85/48
REGIONAL CITIES
Today
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
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WORLD CITIES
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Beijing
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Klamath Falls
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REGIONAL FORECAST
Coastal Oregon: Partly sunny today; how-
ever, low clouds across the north.
Eastern Washington: Sunny to partly
cloudy today.
Eastern and Central Oregon: Clouds and
sun today. Not as hot in central parts; very
warm across the north.
Western Washington: Times of clouds and
sun today, but low clouds at the coast.
Cascades: Sunny to partly cloudy today; a
thunderstorm in spots in the south.
Northern California: Clouds and sun today;
pleasant at the coast. Partly cloudy tonight.
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SALEM (AP) —
Oregon’s governor and
the head of the state police
defended the state’s legal
marijuana industry in letters
to U.S. Attorney General
Jeff Sessions, who has been
hinting at a crackdown on
states like Oregon that have
legalized pot in defiance of
federal law.
Gov. Kate Brown noted
that Sessions’ earlier letter
to her referenced a draft
report from the Oregon
State Police that concluded
a lot of Oregon’s marijuana
was being diverted to other
states. Brown and Oregon
State Police Superintendent
Travis Hampton said that
draft report was invalid
and had incorrect data and
conclusions.
NATIONAL WEATHER TODAY
Thu.
WINDS
Medford
93/60
Governor, state
police chief stand
up for marijuana
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PORTLAND (AP) —
Portland police say one man
stabbed another during a
fight on a light-rail train.
Sgt. Christ Burley says
the incident happened
Tuesday afternoon on a
westbound train heading to
the Old Town Chinatown
stop. He says a man was
arrested and the victim was
taken to a hospital with
injuries not considered
life-threatening.
The Oregonian/
OregonLive reports that the
stop was closed during the
investigation.
Concerns about safety
on the light-rail system have
been heightened since a
May 26 knife attack left two
men dead a third wounded.
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Passenger stabbed
on light-rail train
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Taylor, next to an open car
door in February 2016.
Taylor was a felon
previously convicted of
rape and robbery. The
officers said he appeared
to be drawing a gun when
they fired, and a gun was
discovered under the seat
of the car. An inquest jury
cleared them of wrongdoing.
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National Summary: Storms will extend from the coastal Northeast to northern Texas and
will drench parts of the Florida Peninsula today. Storms will dot the interior West. Cool air
will extend from the Midwest to the Northeast.
Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states)
High 108° in Thermal, Calif.
Low 30° in West Yellowstone, Mont.
NATIONAL CITIES
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Atlanta
Atlantic City
Baltimore
Billings
Birmingham
Boise
Boston
Charleston, SC
Charleston, WV
Chicago
Cleveland
Dallas
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Fairbanks
Fargo
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Indianapolis
Jacksonville
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