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Friday, August 3, 2018
More than 58,000 crop acres reported
within Substation fire boundary
half of the area engulfed in
the Substation fire, which
burned 78,425 acres. Ini-
tial estimates from the Ore-
gon Department of Con-
sumer
and
Business
Services calculated that
nearly half of the crop of
Wasco County may be lost
as a result of the fire. The
new numbers, which repre-
sent crops planted in both
Wasco and Sherman coun-
ties, mean the loss could be
even greater.
Still, it’s too soon to say
whether all planted crops
were lost to the fire; the
USDA doesn’t know how
much of those crops were
By ERICKA CRUZ
GUEVARRA
Oregon Public Broadcasting
About 58,689 acres of
crops planted in Wasco and
Sherman counties were
within the perimeter of the
Substation Fire.
While its unclear how
much of those crops were
harvested before the land
east of The Dalles was
engulfed in flames, the num-
bers from the U.S. Depart-
ment of Agriculture rep-
resent the first itemized
estimate of the potential loss
to Oregon’s wheat country.
Crops make up more than
saved before the area erupted
in flames.
“Unfortunately, we do not
know how many acres were
harvested,” said Kent Wil-
lett, Oregon state specialist
with the USDA’s Farm Ser-
vice Agency.
The numbers, calculated
using geographic infor-
mation system (GIS) anal-
ysis of the fire area, are
based on farmers’ reports to
the USDA’s Farm Service
Agency, which maintains
records of what was planted.
They paint a clearer picture
of what was at stake in the
fire. Wheat, grass and fallow
made up the vast majority of
crops. About 23,551 acres of
grazing grass were within
the fire’s perimeter.
The fire hit wheat farm-
ers hard. Roughly 100
farms grow wheat in Wasco
County, where wheat made
up more than 12,000 acres
of planted crops within the
Substation Fire perimeter.
Wheat makes up more than
90 percent of farmland in
the area and harvest season
was just beginning when the
fire erupted.
“Every single neighbor
lost something in this fire,”
Cynthia Kortge, a Wasco
County resident, told OPB.
“Every single one.”
Fox-12 Oregon via AP
In photo taken from video provided by Fox-12 Ore-
gon a fast-spreading wildfire moves through Dufur
on Wednesday. The fire forced mandatory evacua-
tions in the north central Oregon community.
Dufur wildfire nearly triples in size;
threatens structures
PORTLAND (AP) — A new blaze in north-central
Oregon nearly tripled in size overnight and Thursday
threatened 172 homes.
The fire near the town of Dufur spread to more than 23
square miles and was 5 percent contained in the afternoon.
The Oregon State Fire Marshal’s Office says some
structures have burned and at least 400 people have been
told to evacuate.
The fire, caused by humans rather than lightning,
began Wednesday afternoon. By nightfall, Gov. Kate
Brown declared it a conflagration, which authorizes the
fire marshal to mobilize state-wide resources.
It’s the third major wildfire in the area this summer.
One scorched 125 square miles and killed a man.
After an unusually warm July, firefighters caught a
break with cooler temperatures Thursday.
Officer involved in militia leader’s death named in court
PORTLAND (AP) — A
state police officer acciden-
tally revealed in court Tues-
day the name of one of the
officers who fatally shot a
militia leader who partic-
ipated in the armed take-
over of an Oregon wildlife
refuge.
The officer’s name
slipped out this week
during the trial of indicted
FBI agent W. Joseph Astar-
ita, who is accused of lying
about firing shots toward
Robert “LaVoy” Finicum’s
truck, The Oregonian/Ore-
gonLive reported.
Astarita has pleaded not
guilty.
Authorities have con-
cealed names of the officers
involved in the shooting for
more than two years citing
concerns about threats from
militias.
Oregon law enforcement
officials ruled the shooting
justified.
During the trial, the offi-
cers involved were being
identified as “Officer 1” and
“Officer 1.”
State police SWAT offi-
cer Bob Olson acciden-
tally identified Officer 1 by
and had been told by federal
officials that their group
was dangerous.
“I pray for him and
hope he can see what he is
doing,” Bundy wrote. “He is
a brainwashed man who has
been fed lies his entire adult
life about what it really is to
defend freedom.”
The occupiers seized the
refuge in 2016 to protest the
imprisonment of two Ore-
gon ranchers.
Astarita’s
trial
is
expected to last several
weeks.
his last name and rank on
Tuesday.
People
who
were
involved in or supported
the occupation of Malheur
National Wildlife Refuge
began circulating the offi-
cer’s name and photo online
that night. Several threats
toward the officer followed.
Finicum’s widow, Jea-
nette, and Ammon Bundy
have spoken out against
these actions.
Bundy, the occupation’s
lead organizer, told support-
ers to consider that the offi-
cer was following orders
Brown-Nike deal draws complaint from Portland resident
PORTLAND (AP) —
The Oregon Department of
Justice will investigate a
Portland man’s complaint
about an apparent deal by
Gov. Kate Brown, Nike and
public employee unions to
keep an initiative off the
ballot.
The union-backed pro-
posal would have required
Nike and other large com-
panies to disclose tax pay-
ments and other closely
held business details.
The unions later decided
not to proceed. Around the
same time, Nike donated
$100,000 to a political
action committee which
is expected to campaign
against two tax initiatives
on the November ballot
opposed by Brown and the
unions.
Richard Leonetti filed
the complaint July 24 and
it was first reported by Ore-
gon Public Broadcasting.
His letter said the
arrangement violated a state
law against paying to hin-
der an initiative. He wrote
that the Legislature passed
the election law in question
“to prohibit the payment
of money in exchange for
withdrawing initiatives, and
if this practice is allowed
then surely there will be
a flood of initiatives filed
with the sole motivation of
securing payments to cer-
tain PACs or organizations
in exchange for withdraw-
ing initiatives.”
The complaint was sub-
mitted to the Secretary of
State’s office. It referred
the matter to the Oregon
Department of Justice to
investigate — standard
protocol.
Representatives for the
unions and the governor’s
campaign told The Orego-
nian/OregonLive that the
complaint has no merit.
Nike declined comment.
Last month, Brown’s
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pleasant
Mostly sunny and
beautiful
SUNDAY
MONDAY
Nice with sun
mixing with clouds
Mostly sunny
83° 57°
89° 59°
95° 62°
Hot with plenty
of sun
99° 67°
HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
87° 57°
85° 57°
PENDLETON
through 3 p.m. yesterday
TEMPERATURE
HIGH
LOW
90°
90°
107° (1898)
66°
60°
40° (1897)
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"
0.00"
0.02"
6.49"
11.30"
7.97"
HERMISTON
through 3 p.m. yesterday
TEMPERATURE
Yesterday
Normals
Records
HIGH
LOW
91°
90°
104° (1965)
60°
59°
44° (1987)
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"
0.00"
0.01"
5.10"
6.59"
5.93"
SUN AND MOON
Sunrise today
Sunset tonight
Moonrise today
Moonset today
Last
New
Aug 4
Aug 11
5:41 a.m.
8:21 p.m.
11:51 p.m.
12:29 p.m.
First
Full
Aug 18
100° 62°
103° 65°
Seattle
73/58
ALMANAC
Yesterday
Normals
Records
93° 61°
Aug 26
Today
TUESDAY
PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
81° 54°
Spokane
Wenatchee
79/55
81/57
Tacoma
Moses
72/55
Lake
Pullman
Aberdeen Olympia
Yakima 85/55
76/49
67/56
73/53
83/50
Longview
Kennewick Walla Walla
71/56
83/60 Lewiston
86/59
Astoria
85/58
66/56
Portland
Enterprise
Hermiston
75/58
Pendleton 78/44
The Dalles 85/57
81/54
80/58
La Grande
Salem
80/48
78/57
Albany
Corvallis 76/54
76/55
John Day
81/50
Ontario
Eugene
Bend
90/61
78/51
78/44
Burns
83/40
Caldwell
89/55
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
66
84
78
67
83
78
78
78
85
81
80
80
76
86
64
68
90
85
81
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80
78
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76
72
83
83
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56
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61
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Today
Beijing
Hong Kong
Jerusalem
London
Mexico City
Moscow
Paris
Rome
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Lo
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68
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(in mph)
Klamath Falls
80/41
Boardman
Pendleton
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REGIONAL FORECAST
Eastern Washington: Partly sunny today.
Mainly clear tonight. Mostly sunny tomor-
row.
Cascades: Low clouds followed by some
sun today; mostly sunny and pleasant in
the south.
Northern California: Low clouds followed
by sunshine at the coast today; hazy sun
and smoky elsewhere.
Today
Saturday
WSW 8-16
WSW 8-16
WSW 4-8
W 6-12
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Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.
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95
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Medford
86/56
Coastal Oregon: A passing shower across
the north today; low clouds followed by
some sun elsewhere.
Eastern and Central Oregon: Mostly sunny
and pleasant today. Clear tonight. Mostly
sunny and nice tomorrow.
Western Washington: Showers around across
the south today; low clouds breaking in central
parts. Low clouds may break at the coast.
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— Founded Oct. 16, 1875 —
TODAY
re-election campaign told
OPB that she had brokered
a deal with Nike and the
public employee unions to
keep the corporate transpar-
ency initiative off the ballot.
But the unions disagree
with that characterization.
They said they dropped
their initiative in order to
focus on defeating the two
anti-tax initiatives.
“It was an internal deci-
sion,” said Joe Baessler,
political director for the
American Federation of
State, County and Munici-
pal Employees. “We didn’t
withdraw the measure
because of Nike.”
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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. ©2018
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showers t-storms
0s
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rain
20s
flurries
30s
40s
snow
ice
50s
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cold front
70s
80s
90s
100s
warm front stationary front
110s
high
low
National Summary: A swath of flooding downpours and thunderstorms will continue to
affect the Southeast and Appalachians and spread to the Atlantic coast today. Storms will
rattle the northern Plains and dot the Rockies.
Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states)
High 114° in Thermal, Calif.
Low 33° in Walden, Colo.
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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82
84
83
86
87
88
91
85
81
83
86
97
83
86
97
70
85
87
94
87
88
94
107
92
88
Lo
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75
70
55
70
57
72
75
66
67
68
72
62
66
75
54
68
78
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67
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Sat.
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94
87
84
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81
87
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86
92
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96
92
88
96
68
83
87
91
90
89
92
109
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Louisville
89
Memphis
92
Miami
89
Milwaukee
77
Minneapolis
87
Nashville
91
New Orleans
89
New York City
84
Oklahoma City
93
Omaha
96
Philadelphia
87
Phoenix
109
Portland, ME
80
Providence
90
Raleigh
83
Rapid City
90
Reno
95
Sacramento
95
St. Louis
94
Salt Lake City
93
San Diego
81
San Francisco
70
Seattle
73
Tucson
102
Washington, DC 83
Wichita
96
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Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain,
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