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Winter Alert: Winter Weather Conditions Developing Across Much of the US

GlobalTranz

Eastbound lanes of I-84 in Oregon's Columbia River Gorge are closed. Source: NWS. Starting Saturday, a Pacific storm system will cause heavy snowfall from Portland to Seattle. Parts of I-44 are closed near Oklahoma City, OK. Parts of I-35 in Oklahoma are closed. All westbound lanes of I-40 near Albuquerque, NM are closed.

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Boeing’s Newest Production and Quality Challenge

Supply Chain Matters

Fortunately, the aircraft was able to return to its point of departure, Portland, Oregon for an emergency landing. Latest Incident On Friday of last week, an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft flying at 16,000 feet experienced a main cabin decompression as a result of a rear exit fuselage door plug blowing out.

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Columbus Day/Indigenous Peoples’ Day 2019

Enterra Insights

Columbus Day, a day set aside to celebrate the discovery of the New World by Europeans, has become a source of controversy. Some states like Oregon, Iowa, and Nebraska have never observed it. The movement lost steam again until 2014, when Minneapolis, MN, Grand Rapids, MN, and Seattle, WA, decided to adopt the change.