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6A StatesmanJournal.com Cold Front Ice Snow Flurries Rain T-storms Showers Warm Front Stationary Front -0s 0s 10s 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s 100s 110s -10s Trees Grass Weeds Molds Source: National Allergy Bureau Pollen Index TODAY Shown is weather. Temperatures are highs and lows. LOCAL WEATHER SALEM Portland Corvallis Eugene Albany Woodburn Oregon City Beaverton McMinnville REGIONAL WEATHER Local Forecast Coastal Forecast Mountain Forecast Astoria SALEM Lebanon eld Roseburg Medford Klamath Falls Lakeview Bend Burns Baker Pendleton The Dalles Newberg Tillamook Ontario Ashland Newport Coos Bay Brookings John Day Prineville ROAD CONDITIONS Go to Statesman Journal.com/Roadcams to nd updated information on road conditions MINOR MAJOR MINOR MAJOR A.M. P.M. Major periods last up to two hours after the time listed.

Minor periods are much shorter. Solunar Tables In the Sky WEATHER HISTORY NATIONAL WEATHER WORLD CITIES REGIONAL CITIES High Ht. Low Ht. Willamette River at Portland TIDES High Ht. Low Ht.

Tillamook Bay at Tillamook High Ht. Low Ht. Yaquina Bay and River at Newport High Ht. Low Ht. Tillamook Bay at Bay City High Ht.

Low Ht. Depoe Bay High Ht. Low Ht. Netarts Bay at Netarts 8 a.m. 10 a.m.

Noon 2 p.m. 4 p.m. 0-50 Good; 51-100 Moderate; 101-150 Unhealthy for sensitive groups; 151-200 Unhealthy; 201-300 Very Unhealthy; 301-500 Hazardous OR Department of Environmental Protection Air Quality Index UV Index and RealFeel Temp The higher the AccuWeather.com UV number, the greater the need for eye and skin protection. 0-2 Low; 3-5 Moderate; 6-7 High; 8-10 Very High; Extreme. The patented AccuWeather.com RealFeel is an exclusive index of effective temperature based on eight weather factors.

Precipitation Temperatures LOCAL ALMANAC Flow(cfs) Stage(ft.) Change(ft.) RIVER LEVELS Willamette River North Santlam River Santlam River Columbia River Nestucca River Siletz River Alsea River SKY WATCH Sun and Moon Forecast Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. 6 a.mNoon6 p.m High Low THE MID-WILLAMETTE VALLEY Source: Jim Todd OMSI La Grande Weather(W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow urries, sn-snow, i-ice. Albuquerque Anchorage Atlanta Baltimore Boston Chicago Charlotte Cincinnati Cleveland Dallas enver Des Moines Detroit Honolulu Houston Indianapolis Kansas City Las Vegas Los Angeles Miami Milwaukee Minneapolis Missoula Nashville ew Orleans New York City Oklahoma City Omaha Orlando Palm Springs Philadelphia Phoenix Pittsburgh Reno Sacramento St. Louis Salt Lake City San Diego an Francisco Tampa Tucson Washington, DC Wednesday ThursdayFridaySaturdaySunday Hot with plenty of sun Blazing sunshineVery hot Low clouds breaking; cooler Partly sunny and comfortable Mostly sunny and pleasant today.

Winds north 6-12 mph. Clear tonight. Winds north 4-8 mph. Mostly sunny today; pleasant across the north. Clear tonight.

Plenty of sunshine tomorrow; hot. Thursday and Friday: scorching sunshine and very hot. Ashland Astoria Bend Boise Burns Eugene Eureka Florence Grants Pass Klamath Falls Lakeview La Grande Longview Newport North Bend Olympia Ontario Pendleton Portland Redding Redmond Seattle Spokane Tacoma Tri-Cities Vancouver Walla Walla Yakima Areas of low clouds early today; otherwise, mostly sunny. Clear in the evening followed by patchy low clouds tonight. Patchy low clouds early tomorrow; otherwise, mostly sunny.

Plenty of sunshine today. Clear tonight. Plenty of sunshine tomorrow. Thursday and Friday: abundant sunshine. LastNewFirstFull Aug 24Sep 1Sep 9Sep 16 Today Wed.

Thu. Fri. Sat. Sun. Sunrise today 6:24 a.m.

Sunset tonight 8:04 p.m. Moonrise today 11:22 p.m. Moonset today 12:37 p.m. Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. The Summer Triangle stands high overhead this evening.

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3.4 4:22 p.m. 0.2 Call for Details Nov29 th 4 th 2016 Oregon ranked second to last for community college ystems in a recent study by finance company WalletH- b. The personal-finance ebsite conducted an analysis of Best Worst Community Collegesand identified the states with the est and worst community college systems. regon came in 46th out of 47 states, followed only by Pennsylvania. Delaware, Rhode Island and Vermont did not having enough community colleges to be included in the study.

South Dakota, Alaska, North Dak ota, Florida and Montana took the top five spots. Jill Gonzalez, an analyst rom WalletHub, said the study calculated a weighted a verage of the scores ob- ained by the community colleges in each state and he number of students enrolled in each school. Oregon we looked at 1 7 community colleges and nly three of them ranked above she said. The rest of the colleges we analyzed ranked quite low, hus impacting the overall he study looked at three key categories cost and fin ancing for the schools; education outcomes; and career outcomes. The analysts looked at 12 key metrics ithin those categories, including availability of rants, faculty salary, first- year retention rates, graduation rates, and student-faculty ratio.

were surprised to see just how significantly costs she said. The Fashion Institute of esign Merchandising in Los Angeles, Gonzalez said as an example, has the high- st tuition and fees at almost $30,000 per year, which is 27 imes higher than the comm unity college with the lowest tuition and fees, South- estern Indian Polytechnic Institute in New Mexico, at $1,095. The best community olleges enable students and future students to get he most bang for their buck, with high (return on i nvestment) when it comes to starting salaries and low tudent loan default she said. worst col- eges should try to improve their graduation rates and the number of credentials fficials from the Center for Community College Stud ent Engagement said in 2015 they do not support these methods for studies, saying, center) opposes using its data to rank colleges. Each community performance should be considered in erms of its mission, institutional focus, and student hemeketa Community College in Oregon ranked at 7 59 out of 821schools.

We were said Greg Harris, a spokes- erson for Chemeketa, when asked about the results. course we are roud of our students and he work we do, but we know the completion and gradua- ion rates are not where we want regon, Minnesota, and Tennessee were praised in he study for the of the college-for-all ircuit. Chemeketa Community College, specifically, has kept tuition the same for four years in a row. address issues with completion, Harris said, hemeketa is teaching college readiness courses and providing more tutors and guidance counselors. He said they are exploring other models from national research centers this year.

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