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PENDLETON — Interstate 84 in Eastern Oregon shutdown for two hours or longer during winter weather more than three times as often in 2021-22 than the year prior.
According to data from the Oregon Department of Transportation, “long term closures” on I-84 between Pendleton and Ontario spiked from 11 shutdowns in 2020-21 to more than 30 the next season.
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