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Weather Alert

Weather Alert

...LOW ELEVATION SNOW POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY
MORNING...

A strong cold front will usher unseasonably cold air into
southwest Washington and northwest Oregon later today, with the
cold air likely to linger well into the upcoming weekend. Snow
levels will lower dramatically with the cold front, falling to
around 1000 feet or possibly lower by Friday morning.

Accumulating snow is possible at any elevation beginning late
tonight or early Friday morning. However, the chances of receiving
1 inch or more of snow remain around 20 to 30 percent for any
given location in the interior lowlands. This includes the Greater
Portland and Vancouver area, Kelso, Salem, Albany, Corvallis, and
the Eugene metro area. Chances are slightly higher in the
Columbia Gorge, where showers will be most numerous.

Snow will be most likely to accumulate during the late night and
early morning hours, when ground temperatures are the coolest.
Temperatures are expected to gradually moderate beginning Sunday,
ending the potential for lowland snow.

Proposed house bill seeks to end Oregon DUII loophole

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New Bill Proposed to update DUII Laws

EUGENE Ore -- House Bill 2316 is currently sitting in the Oregon House Judiciary Committee.

Leading this bill in the House Judiciary Committee is the chairman of the committee, representative Jason Kropf. (D - Bend)

If the bill is passed, a person driving under the influence of any drug, including legal medications, can be charged with a DUII. This would put things like Nyquil & Metaxalone on the same level as controlled substances such as alcohol, cannabis, and psilocybin that are already classified as intoxicants. 

Medications not currently listed as Intoxicants under Oregon Law

The bill comes at a time when a number of substances are being decriminalized. Statistics show in 2019  nearly 29 million Americans over the age of 16 drove under the influence of some sort of drug, the most prevalent of which was marijuana. 

Eugene residents like Colleen McCaffrey say this bill is a no-brainer. For her its all about safety.

"I would feel safer," she said. "I would feel safer if there were less distractions in general and not just driving under the influence. It is frightening to be a pedestrian to cross the street in a crosswalk and see people just run through the crosswalk and not pay attention to you. And this would be just one more helpful thing."

DUI stop

A DUII charge can end up as a felony on a person's record. Other consequences may include the guilty party having their license suspended or revoked. Residents said they were surprised some of the drugs previously mentioned weren't already under the DUII law.

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