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WEATHER East Oregonian Page 2A REGIONAL CITIES Forecast SATURDAY TODAY SUNDAY A passing shower this afternoon Intervals of clouds and sun 47° 41° 51° 42° MONDAY A.M. rain; mostly cloudy, breezy Periods of sun, a snow shower PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 46° 29° 38° 22° 29° 20° HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 53° 41° 48° 40° PENDLETON through 3 p.m. yesterday TEMPERATURE HIGH LOW 44° 42° 66° (1926) 37° 29° -6° (1985) PRECIPITATION 24 hours ending 3 p.m. Month to date Normal month to date Year to date Last year to date Normal year to date 0.00" 0.00" 0.05" 11.30" 7.81" 11.56" HERMISTON through 3 p.m. yesterday LOW 50° 43° 64° (1951) 0.00" 0.00" 0.06" 7.90" 5.39" 8.56" SUN AND MOON Dec 13 Bend 43/36 Last 7:17 a.m. 4:12 p.m. 9:38 a.m. 7:17 p.m. New Dec 20 Dec 28 Caldwell 39/27 Burns 36/23 Astoria Baker City Bend Brookings Burns Enterprise Eugene Heppner Hermiston John Day Klamath Falls La Grande Meacham Medford Newport North Bend Ontario Pasco Pendleton Portland Redmond Salem Spokane Ukiah Vancouver Walla Walla Yakima Hi 55 38 43 53 36 35 48 44 48 41 38 41 40 47 50 53 40 47 47 50 46 48 38 39 50 47 46 Lo 48 25 36 45 23 29 42 38 40 35 26 36 35 40 46 48 25 37 41 45 33 44 33 33 44 40 31 Beijing Hong Kong Jerusalem London Mexico City Moscow Paris Rome Seoul Sydney Tokyo Boardman Pendleton Klamath Falls 38/26 Lo 44 29 35 45 27 31 45 38 41 36 29 37 36 41 43 45 29 39 42 46 33 44 35 35 44 40 34 W r c c pc c c c pc pc c pc c sh pc pc pc pc pc pc c c c pc c c pc pc Hi 50 72 51 45 74 24 42 60 47 92 59 Lo 27 65 47 37 44 20 35 44 31 66 47 Sat. W s pc sh pc pc sn c pc s pc s Hi 51 76 56 46 74 25 42 62 51 77 59 Lo 30 67 47 35 45 19 29 45 38 67 50 W pc pc pc pc pc sn s pc s pc s REGIONAL FORECAST Coastal Oregon: Cloudy today; a little rain; however, dry in the south. Eastern and Central Oregon: Mostly cloudy today; a passing shower across the north and near the Cascades. Western Washington: A thick cloud cover today with occasional rain. A brief shower or two tonight. Eastern Washington: Snow and rain today, except a bit of snow near the Idaho border and in the mountains. Cascades: A bit of snow across the north today; a bit of snow and rain in central parts. Flurries in the south. Northern California: Sunshine today. Mainly clear tonight. Today Saturday SW 6-12 SSW 6-12 WSW 8-16 WSW 8-16 UV INDEX TODAY Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. 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 Dec. 25, 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. 0 0 1 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2016 Single copy price: $1 Tuesday through Friday, $1.50 Saturday Prosecutors in Nevada asking for 3 ranching standoff trials his sons Ammon and Ryan Bundy, and co-defendants Ryan Payne and Peter Santilli. Each faces 16 felony charges, also including assault on a federal officer, extortion and obstruction of justice. A second trial would start in May for six alleged “mid-level leaders and organizers” of the standoff: Bundy sons Dave and Mel Bundy, Brian Cavalier, Micah McGuire, Joseph O’Shaughnessy and Jason Woods. A third trial would begin in August for six accused Bundy followers and gunmen: Gregory Burleson, O. Scott Drexler, Todd Engel, Ricky Lovelien, Eric Parker and Steven Stewart. Ammon and Ryan Bundy were returned to Las Vegas last month after they and five other defendants were acquitted by a federal court jury in Portland of all charges. EPA calls federal study of coal-export project flawed Visit the finest Thai Restaurant in the West. Located in the shadow of the County Court House Open 7 days a week • 541-278-4182 210 SE 5th Street, Pendleton, OR 97801 0 The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index™ num- ber, the greater the need for eye and skin protection. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Local home delivery Savings off cover price EZPay $14.50 41 percent 52 weeks $173.67 41 percent 26 weeks $91.86 38 percent 13 weeks $47.77 36 percent *EZ Pay = one-year rate with a monthly credit or debit card/check charge in Longview to handle up to 44 million metric tons of coal a year. Coal would arrive by train from Montana, Wyoming and other states to be stored and loaded on ships for export to Asia. The project requires permits from the corps, among others. EPA said the corps adopted an inappropriately narrow scope for its review and it recommended the corps’ study be revised and resubmitted for public comment, The Daily News of Longview reported Thursday. “Because the corps 0 0-2, Low 3-5, Moderate 6-7, High; 8-10, Very High; 11+, Extreme Didn’t receive your paper? Call 1-800-522-0255 before noon Tuesday through Friday or before 10 a.m. Saturday for same-day redelivery southern Nevada. The judge plans a Dec. 9 date-setting hearing in the case stemming from alle- gations the men conspired to create an armed posse to prevent federal agents and contract cowboys from rounding up Bundy cattle that the U.S. Bureau of Land Management said were tres- passing on public land. Navarro has denied bids by Bundy and other defendants to be tried individually. She called it “logistically impossible to try all 17 defendants in a single trial.” Federal prosecutors filed paperwork Nov. 13 proposing three trials, grouped according to whether the defendants were alleged leaders, mid-level organizers or “follower-gunmen” during the standoff outside Bunker- ville. The first trial would start Feb. 6 for the accused conspiracy leaders: Bundy, 0 8 a.m. 10 a.m. Noon 2 p.m. 4 p.m. 6 p.m. Copyright © 2016, EO Media Group thaicrystalrestaurant.com Hi 55 41 47 55 43 40 54 48 53 46 45 45 43 54 53 56 43 54 51 53 48 54 42 44 52 51 52 Today (in mph) — Founded Oct. 16, 1875 — LONGVIEW, Wash. (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency has criticized as inadequate a draft study the Army Corps of Engineers did on a proposed coal-export project in Washington state. The corps’ draft environmental review is flawed because it fails to take a hard look at potential environmental impacts, such as air quality, rail traffic and climate change, EPA wrote to the corps in a letter Tuesday. Millennium Bulk Terminals-Longview is proposing a project W r c c c c c r c c c pc sh c c r r c c c r c r sn c r c c Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. WORLD CITIES Subscriber services: For home delivery, vacation stops or delivery concerns: 1-800-522-0255 LAS VEGAS (AP) — Federal prosecutors want a judge in Nevada to schedule a trio of trials for the 17 defendants jailed on charges stemming from an armed confrontation in April 2014 with U.S. officials over grazing rights near cattleman Cliven Bundy’s ranch. But Bundy and his attorney call in documents filed Wednesday for all the defendants to be tried together. Otherwise, the defen- dants who are required to wait will spend more months behind bars without a chance to prove their inno- cence, Bundy attorney Bret Whipple said in the request to Chief U.S. District Judge Gloria Navarro. All 17 defendants have pleaded not guilty to charges that could get them decades in federal prison. They and two others who have pleaded guilty in the case remain in federal custody in NATIONAL WEATHER TODAY Sat. WINDS Medford 47/40 PRECIPITATION Dec 7 John Day 41/35 Ontario 40/25 39° 30° -7° (1985) 24 hours ending 3 p.m. Month to date Normal month to date Year to date Last year to date Normal year to date Sunrise today Sunset tonight Moonrise today Moonset today First Full Albany 47/44 Eugene 48/42 TEMPERATURE Yesterday Normals Records 33° 20° Spokane Wenatchee 38/33 41/35 Tacoma Moses 50/41 Lake Pullman Aberdeen Olympia Yakima 40/32 38/35 52/46 48/42 46/31 Longview Kennewick Walla Walla 48/45 47/40 Lewiston 47/39 Astoria 42/36 55/48 Portland Enterprise Hermiston 50/45 Pendleton 35/29 The Dalles 48/40 47/41 48/38 La Grande Salem 41/36 48/44 Corvallis 48/45 HIGH 41° 23° Seattle 50/45 ALMANAC Yesterday Normals Records 50° 29° Today TUESDAY Cloudy, a bit of snow; chilly Friday, December 2, 2016 analysis of effects is much too limited, the corps DEIS does not adequately assess the potentially significant environmental impacts of the proposal,” the EPA wrote in its letter. Millennium officials downplayed EPA’s comments as just another step in the process, saying it’s typical for EPA to comment on such projects. “This is one federal agency commenting on the work of a sister federal agency,” said Bill Chapman, Millennium Bulk Terminals CEO told the newspaper. -10s -0s showers t-storms 0s 10s rain 20s flurries 30s 40s snow ice 50s 60s cold front 70s 80s 90s 100s 110s high warm front stationary front low National Summary: Rain and snow showers will affect the Great Lakes region with snow showers over the Rockies today. Rain will gather in Texas and linger in the coastal Northwest. Winds will buffet parts of California. Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states) High 90° in Stuart, Fla. Low -9° in Sunrise Mountain, Ariz. 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Byers Ave. Pendleton, OR 97801 or email editor@eastoregonian.com. • To submit sports or outdoors information or tips: 541-966-0838 • sports@eastoregonian.com COMMERCIAL PRINTING Production Manager: Mike Jensen 541-215-0824 • mjensen@eastoregonian.com U.S. overhauls public land use planning BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — U.S. government officials on Thursday finalized an overhaul of how they plan for oil and gas drilling, mining, grazing and other activities across public lands in the West. The move by the Bureau of Land Management aims to address longstanding criticism of an often-cum- bersome process that dictates development across almost 250 million acres of federal lands, primarily in 12 Western states and the Dakotas. Administration officials said the changes would improve public involvement and government transpar- ency by adding additional steps to land-use planning. Members of Congress, industry groups and local officials have raised concerns about the overhaul’s practical effects. They’ve said it will elevate wildlife and environ- mental preservation above other uses such as energy development and shift deci- sion-making from agency field offices to Washington, D.C. It updates regulations adopted in 1979. The Associated Press obtained details prior to Thursday’s public announce- ment. The timing of the new rule in the Obama admin- istration’s last days drew a rebuke from U.S. Sen. John Barrasso, who predicted it would take authority away from local land managers. The Wyoming Republican pledged to work to reverse the action once President-elect Donald Trump takes office. Live Music 9:00 PM FRIDAY, DEC. 2 JJ & The Hill Top Gang 8 S . E . CO U RT, P E N D L E TO N • 5 4 1 . 278 .1 1 0 0 (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik,File In this April 5 file photo, Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. About 28 percent of Wyoming’s land and 65 percent of the minerals beneath its surface are administered by the Bureau of Land Management. “We need better coordi- nation among state, local and federal land management agencies. Massive land- scape-scale plans directed from Washington, D.C., are not the answer,” said Barrasso, chairman of the Senate Subcommittee. The changes were backed by conservation and sporting groups including Trout Unlimited and the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership. Joel Webster, the partnership’s Western lands director, said the rule would ensure decisions affecting wildlife such as mule deer weren’t hobbled by artificial boundaries that separate bureau field offices. Opponents were “seeing ghosts” with concerns that public involvement would be hurt, he added. Among other changes, alternatives for development would be offered at the front-end of planning instead of well into the process. Bureau Deputy Director Linda Lance said the intent is to frontload the process so that thorny issues are revealed early. That will reduce the likelihood of lawsuits or the need for substantial revisions down the road, she said. The federal agency has 160 management plans for the lands and mineral reserves that it oversees. Crafting those plans currently takes eight years on average. “The hope is we are going to shave years off the process, not days,” Lance said.