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NORTHWEST East Oregonian Page 2A Illinois group threatens legal action over Oregon union dues PORTLAND (AP) — A Chicago-based conservative group is threatening to sue Oregon government officials if they don’t stop collecting union dues and agency fees from workers’ paychecks, a newspaper reported Wednesday. The Liberty Justice Cen- ter has sent cease-and-de- sist letters to state officials, The Oregonian/OregonLive reported. The nonprofit helped rep- resent an Illinois child sup- port worker in his land- mark case before the U.S. Supreme Court, resulting in a June ruling that public employees can’t be required to pay union dues or fees if they opt out of membership. The decision ended a provision in Oregon and 21 other states that required public employees to pay what’s known as “fair share” or “agency” fees as a con- dition of their employment, even if they opted out of union membership. The fees are supposed to cover bar- gaining and contract admin- istration, including handling grievances. Lawyers from the Liberty Justice Center say the court’s Thursday, August 30, 2018 Feds: ‘Vast’ Oregon pot trafficking schemes prompt 6 arrests By GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File In this May 20, 2011, file photo, Deb Ueltzen, center, shouts during a union rally with thousands of state workers at the Oregon Capitol, in Salem, Ore. decision means that pub- lic employers must get writ- ten consent from employees before collecting all union dues. The group argues in the letter that the employ- ees’ consent was based on a false choice: become a union member and pay dues or pay an agency fee as a non-member. Oregon Attorney Gen- eral Ellen Rosenblum says the high court’s rul- ing only applies to agency fees or union dues from non-members. The interpretation has huge implications for Ore- gon’s unions. They collected nearly $21 million in dues from 25,000 state employees who are union members, and another $5 million in fair share fees from 6,000 state work- ers who opted out of union membership, according to the Oregon Department of Administrative Services. The state has stopped deducting fair share fees from non-members’ paychecks. PORTLAND — Fed- eral prosecutors in Oregon on Wednesday announced charges against six peo- ple involving two “vast” interstate trafficking oper- ations that delivered mar- ijuana to Texas, Virginia and Florida. Proceeds from the black market sales returned to Oregon as cash stuffed in airplane luggage or through the U.S. mail, said U.S. Attor- ney for Oregon Billy J. Williams. In one case, the mari- juana was grown in Port- land and distributed in Houston, Texas and Vir- ginia. In the second case, the marijuana was grown in Hood River and sent to Florida, according to court documents. All six defendants are charged with conspiring to manufacture, possess and distribute marijuana — which remains illegal under federal law. Other charges include money laundering, kidnapping BRIEFLY Forecast for Pendleton Area TODAY SATURDAY FRIDAY SUNDAY MONDAY Wolf pups photographed in Cascade Mountains Not as warm with hazy sunshine Partly sunny and nice 78° 55° 78° 49° Nice with plenty of sunshine Mostly sunny and pleasant Nice with plenty of sunshine PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 81° 51° 84° 52° 81° 50° HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 82° 50° 83° 56° 83° 50° 87° 52° OREGON FORECAST 84° 48° ALMANAC Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. PENDLETON through 3 p.m. yest. HIGH LOW TEMP. Seattle Olympia 66/55 71/50 81/48 Longview Kennewick Walla Walla 79/58 Lewiston 71/55 83/56 Astoria 66/54 Pullman Yakima 81/51 71/50 78/55 Portland Hermiston 72/57 The Dalles 83/56 Salem Corvallis 69/53 Yesterday Normals Records La Grande 76/50 PRECIPITATION John Day Eugene Bend 72/54 74/44 79/50 Ontario 87/58 Caldwell Burns 91° 45° 85° 54° 102° (1972) 36° (1937) 24 hours ending 3 p.m. Month to date Normal month to date Year to date Last year to date Normal year to date Albany 73/53 0.00" 0.05" 0.19" 5.15" 6.65" 6.11" WINDS (in mph) 87/58 80/39 0.00" 0.03" 0.40" 6.52" 11.37" 8.35" through 3 p.m. yest. HIGH LOW TEMP. Pendleton 73/44 73/55 24 hours ending 3 p.m. Month to date Normal month to date Year to date Last year to date Normal year to date HERMISTON Enterprise 78/55 77/57 86° 51° 84° 55° 106° (1915) 36° (1927) PRECIPITATION Moses Lake 70/51 Aberdeen 73/48 78/55 Tacoma Yesterday Normals Records Spokane Wenatchee 70/55 Today Boardman Pendleton Medford 82/55 Fri. WSW 8-16 WSW 8-16 WSW 6-12 WSW 7-14 SUN AND MOON Klamath Falls 79/43 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2018 Sunrise today Sunset tonight Moonrise today Moonset today Last 6:14 a.m. 7:37 p.m. 9:54 p.m. 10:22 a.m. New First Full NATIONAL EXTREMES Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states) High 107° in Thermal, Calif. Low 24° in Daniel, Wyo. Sep 2 Sep 9 Sep 16 Sep 24 NATIONAL WEATHER TODAY MOUNT HOOD (AP) — Two wolf pups have been seen near Mount Hood, marking the first known reproduction by wolves in the northern part of the Cascade Mountains in Oregon since wolves began returning to the state in the past decade. The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife said Wednesday that a remote camera on the Warm Springs Indian Res- ervation captured images of two pups on Aug. 10. Wolves in western Oregon are pro- tected by the federal Endangered Species Act. The state Department of Fish and Wildlife, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Ser- vice and the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs are monitoring the wolves. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports that as of 2017 Oregon was home to at least 124 wolves, mostly concentrated in the northeast corner of the state. Pro-choice group donates $500,000 to Brown campaign PORTLAND (AP) — Gov. Kate Brown’s re-election campaign has received a $500,000 contribution from a national political group. Brown’s most recent campaign filing disclosures shows the contribution from EMILY’s List as her largest contribution to date. The political action committee backs female Democratic candidates who sup- port abortion rights. The EMILY’s List website shows Brown is one of nine gubernatorial can- didates the PAC is supporting this elec- tion cycle, calling her “a progressive leader with the experience to move Ore- gon forward.” Oregon Public Broadcasting reports the influx comes nearly a year after her Republican opponent Knute Buehler received a donation in that amount from Nike co-founder Phil Knight. As of the most recent reporting, Brown has nearly $4 million more on hand than Buehler, who spent money to fend off challengers during the May primary. Dufur track coach sentenced to prison for sex abuse Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. -10s -0s 0s showers t-storms 10s rain 20s flurries 30s snow 40s ice 50s 60s cold front — Founded Oct. 16, 1875 — 211 S.E. Byers Ave., Pendleton 541-276-2211 333 E. Main St., Hermiston 541-567-6211 Office hours: Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Closed major holidays www.eastoregonian.com To subscribe, call 1-800-522-0255 or go online to www.eastoregonian.com and click on ‘Subscribe’ East Oregonian (USPS 164-980) is published daily except Sunday, Monday and postal holidays, by the EO Media Group, 211 S.E. Byers Ave. Pendleton, OR 97801. Periodicals postage paid at Pendleton, OR. Postmaster: send address changes to East Oregonian, 211 S.E. Byers Ave. Pendleton, OR 97801. Copyright © 2018, EO Media Group and using a firearm to commit a drug trafficking crime and interfere with commerce. “These cases provide clear evidence of what I have repeatedly raised concerns over: Oregon’s marijuana industry is attracting organized crim- inal networks looking to capitalize on the state’s relaxed regulatory envi- ronment,” Williams said in a statement. Oregon law allows the manufacture and sale of marijuana within state boundaries for growers, processors and retailers who are permitted by the state. Williams has repeat- edly called on Oregon regulators to tighten their monitoring of the mar- ijuana industry to limit diversion out-of-state. Oregon’s adult-use market has struggled for months with too much marijuana, an outcome fueled by state regula- tions that didn’t limit the number of growers and allowed each grower to have multiple licenses. 70s 80s 90s 100s warm front stationary front 110s high low DUFUR (AP) — A man who worked as a track coach, custodian and bus driver at a Wasco County school has been sen- tenced to prison on charges he sexually abused two female students. The Dalles Chronicle reports that 27-year-old Ty Lee Wyman had worked at the Dufur School for about a year and was arrested May 1. 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Court documents show Wyman was accused of giving alcohol to at least one student and having sex with her. Dufur School is a public school with 280 students in grades K-12 in rural north-central Oregon. Once released from prison, Wyman must register as a sex offender. Schools delayed as teachers picket in Washington state VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — The school year has been delayed for more than 75,000 students in southwest Wash- ington this week as teachers and districts failed to reach contract agreements over teacher salaries. Teachers in at least seven school dis- tricts were picketing Wednesday. Two districts in Vancouver are among the larg- est in the state. Meanwhile, teachers in Seattle and other cities have authorized strikes if they don’t reach salary agreements by the time school starts either this week or next. Teachers in nearly all 295 school dis- tricts in the state opened contract nego- tiations after the Legislature in March approved an additional $1 billion for edu- cator salaries for the upcoming school year. The state had been under a court order to fully fund K-12 school. Teachers in Longview, Battle Ground and Ridgefield are among those on strike. Second Hanford radioactive tunnel collapse expected RICHLAND, Wash. (AP) — Officials say the possible collapse of a second Han- ford tunnel storing radioactive waste is both more likely than thought a year ago and the effects potentially more severe. The Tri-City Herald reported Tuesday that the risk of failure, based on Depart- ment of Energy nuclear safety standards, has increased from “unlikely” to “antic- ipated.” The potential severity has been increased from “low” to “moderate.” Chief operating officer of Hanford contractor CH2M Hill Plateau Remedia- tion Co. Dan Wood said the severity of the possible collapse is still not ranked as “high,” but it would be a significant event with the potential for the airborne release of radioactive particles. After the partial collapse in May 2017 of the older of two tunnels storing radio- active waste at Hanford’s PUREX pro- cessing plant, an initial structural analysis of the other tunnel was conducted. 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