Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 17, 2015)
Page 2A WEATHER East Oregonian TODAY SUNDAY MONDAY Cloudy with afternoon rain An a.m. shower; clouds and sun Partly sunny, a shower or two 46° 43° 53° 39° PENDLETON through 3 p.m. yesterday TEMPERATURE HIGH LOW 51° 41° 63° (1976) 34° 27° -5° (1950) 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 0.07" 0.32" 0.85" 0.32" 0.38" 0.85" HERMISTON through 3 p.m. yesterday TEMPERATURE HIGH LOW 54° 42° 63° (1961) 32° 28° -9° (1957) 0.05" 0.18" 0.66" 0.18" 0.27" 0.66" SUN AND MOON Jan 20 Full Jan 26 Some sunshine 48° 32° 44° 28° 51° 32° Feb 3 46° 30° 38° 29° 41° 30° Spokane Wenatchee 37/35 36/33 Tacoma Moses 49/47 Lake Pullman Aberdeen Olympia Yakima 40/36 39/38 51/48 49/48 40/36 Longview Kennewick Walla Walla 53/48 47/44 Lewiston 40/38 Astoria 44/42 54/49 Portland Enterprise Hermiston 53/48 Pendleton 39/34 The Dalles 43/41 46/43 44/41 La Grande Salem 42/41 57/50 Albany Corvallis 57/49 58/50 John Day 45/39 Ontario Eugene Bend 37/35 59/49 50/39 Caldwell Burns 39/36 42/38 Medford 56/49 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 Sunrise today Sunset tonight Moonrise today Moonset today New First Fog in the morning; partly sunny Seattle 49/46 ALMANAC Yesterday Normals Records WEDNESDAY HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 55° 39° REGIONAL CITIES TUESDAY PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 43° 41° Yesterday Normals Records Forecast 7:31 a.m. 4:40 p.m. 4:30 a.m. 2:12 p.m. Last Today 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 Beijing Hong Kong Jerusalem London Mexico City Moscow Paris Rome Seoul Sydney Tokyo Eastern and Central Oregon: Rain today; snow, then rain, accumulating 1-3 inches in the upper Treasure Valley. Western Washington: Rain, becoming heavy at times today. Feb 11 Eastern Washington: Snow today, an inch in the north and mountains; snow/rain near the Idaho border. Rain in the south and central parts. Cascades: Rain, heavy at times today. Hi 38 66 46 43 73 32 43 60 33 90 50 www.eastoregonian.com Lo 43 28 30 43 25 30 42 34 39 31 25 33 31 35 45 45 28 39 39 43 31 44 34 31 41 43 33 W sh r pc sh c r sh pc pc c r r r sh sh sh sh pc pc sh pc sh r r sh sh pc -10s Lo 19 54 37 34 47 29 35 46 18 69 37 W pc pc sh sh pc pc pc r s s pc Hi 43 67 52 40 71 36 43 55 38 83 49 Sun. Lo 18 54 36 31 44 25 33 45 28 67 38 W s s s pc pc pc c sh c sh pc Today Sunday SW 7-14 WSW 8-16 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 a.m. 10 a.m. Noon 2 p.m. 4 p.m. 6 p.m. 0-2, Low 3-5, Moderate 6-7, High; 8-10, Very High; 11+, Extreme The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index™ num- ber, the greater the need for eye and skin protection. Northern California: Cloudy today and to- night; a little rain, except dry in the interior mountains. Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2015 for same-day redelivery SUBSCRIPTION RATES -0s 10s rain 20s flurries 30s 40s snow ice 50s 60s cold front 70s 80s 90s 100s warm front stationary front 110s high low National Summary: The weekend will start on a cold note across the Northeast today as temperatures rebound throughout the Midwest. Winds will whip the northern Plains, while rain and mountain snow invade the Northwest. Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states) High 77° in Tamiami, Fla. Low -20° in Ely, Minn. NATIONAL CITIES Today Albuquerque Atlanta Atlantic City Baltimore Billings Birmingham Boise Boston Charleston, SC Charleston, WV Chicago Cleveland Dallas Denver Detroit El Paso Fairbanks Fargo Honolulu Houston Indianapolis Jacksonville Kansas City Las Vegas Little Rock Los Angeles Hi 50 56 32 34 38 56 39 21 61 54 40 41 64 49 38 60 15 39 80 65 46 64 52 65 60 77 Lo 26 38 30 27 32 37 37 19 46 37 32 37 35 31 31 33 6 20 66 42 30 48 29 43 34 52 W s s s s pc s c pc s s pc pc s s pc s c sf sh s s s pc pc s pc Hi 50 57 48 45 45 55 44 46 63 44 36 38 62 56 38 62 15 33 81 64 41 67 56 67 60 76 Sun. Lo 29 34 34 27 32 32 30 34 37 32 24 25 41 33 21 34 1 22 67 43 28 37 31 43 37 52 W s pc r r c s sh r pc sh pc sf s s sf s c pc s pc pc pc s pc s pc Today Louisville Memphis Miami Milwaukee Minneapolis Nashville New Orleans New York City Oklahoma City Omaha Philadelphia Phoenix Portland, ME Providence Raleigh Rapid City Reno Sacramento St. Louis Salt Lake City San Diego San Francisco Seattle Tucson Washington, DC Wichita Hi 52 57 76 39 38 54 62 27 62 49 32 73 17 24 49 44 63 65 57 41 71 63 49 73 39 57 Lo 39 37 63 29 24 38 44 27 32 27 27 48 13 18 38 28 40 49 34 30 52 53 46 43 34 31 W s s s pc sn s pc s s pc s s pc pc s s c c pc pc pc c r s s s Hi 48 58 80 35 35 52 61 42 63 50 44 75 42 47 56 51 61 66 54 47 71 61 49 76 49 62 Sun. Lo 32 39 58 23 23 34 41 32 37 31 32 49 36 31 33 31 33 50 36 32 54 52 44 44 33 33 W pc s pc pc pc s pc r s s r s r r r pc c r s c pc r sh s r s Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice. ADVERTISING Advertising Director: Jennine Perkinson NEWS To submit news tips and press releases: Multimedia consultants • Jeanne Jewett To submit community events, calendar items and Your EO News: • Stephanie Burkenbine • Dayle Stinson 541-966-0806 • dstinson@eastoregonian.com • Terri Briggs To submit engagements, weddings and anniversaries: To submit a Letter to the Editor: To subscribe, call 1-800-522-0255 or go online to www.eastoregonian.com and click on ‘Subscribe’ Classi ed Advertising: To submit sports or outdoors information or tips: Legal Advertising: (USPS 164-980) Postmaster: 0s showers t-storms UV INDEX TODAY Didn’t receive your paper? 211 S.E. Byers Ave., Pendleton 541-276-2211 333 E. Main St., Hermiston 541-567-6211 Hi 53 40 45 55 46 43 54 51 55 46 51 48 42 55 54 57 42 55 53 51 48 54 43 46 51 53 51 ENE 3-6 SSE 4-8 Subscriber services: For home delivery, vacation stops or delivery concerns: 1-800-522-0255 — Founded Oct. 16, 1875 — W r sn sh r sh sh r r r r sh r r r r r sn r r r sh r sn r r r r Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. WINDS Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. REGIONAL FORECAST Lo 49 35 39 51 38 34 49 41 41 39 44 41 38 49 50 52 35 38 43 48 41 50 35 37 47 44 36 Today Boardman Pendleton Klamath Falls 53/44 Hi 54 37 50 57 42 39 59 47 43 45 53 42 40 56 57 60 37 41 46 53 54 57 37 45 53 47 40 NATIONAL WEATHER TODAY Sun. WORLD CITIES (in mph) Coastal Oregon: Rain, heavy at times today. Saturday, January 17, 2015 Single copy price: Copyright © 2014, EO Media Group Real Estate Advertising: Jodi Snook COMMERCIAL PRINTING Production Director Jake Duquette Growers struggle with glut of legal pot in Washington state SEATTLE (AP) — Wash- ington’s legal marijuana market opened last summer to a dearth of weed. Some stores periodically closed because they didn’t have pot to sell. Prices were through the roof. Six months later, the equation - ing pains to the new industry. A big harvest of sun-grown marijuana from eastern Washing- Prices are starting to come down in the state’s licensed pot shops, but due to the glut, growers are — sur- prisingly — struggling to sell their marijuana. Some are already wor- it tougher than expected to make a living in legal weed. “It’s an economic nightmare,” says Andrew Seitz, general man- ager at Dutch Brothers Farms in Seattle. State data show that licensed growers had harvested 31,000 pounds of bud as of Thursday, but Washington’s relatively few legal pot shops have sold less than one- marijuana users have stuck with the untaxed or much-lesser-taxed pot they get from black market dealers or unregulated medical dis- pensaries — limiting how quickly product moves off the shelves of legal stores. “Every grower I know has got surplus inventory and they’re con- - gill, who has sold half of the 280 pounds he harvested from his pot farm in central Washington. “I don’t know anybody getting rich.” Control Board, which regulates marijuana, aren’t terribly con- cerned. So far, there are about 270 li- censed growers in Washington — but only about 85 open stores for them to sell to. That’s partly due to retail applicants who haven’t been bans in many cities and counties. The board’s legal pot project manager, Randy Simmons, says he hopes about 100 more stores will open in the next few months, providing additional outlets for the weed that’s been harvested. Wash- ington is always likely to have a glut of marijuana after the outdoor crop comes in each fall, he sug- gested, as the outdoor growers typ- ically harvest one big crop which they continue to sell throughout the year. Weed is still pricey at the state’s pot shops — often in the $23-to- $25-per-gram range. That’s about twice the cost at medical dispensa- ries, but cheaper than it was a few months ago. Simmons said he expects pot next year and a half: “It’s the vola- tility of a new marketplace.” Colorado, the only other state with legal marijuana sales, has a differently structured indus- try. Regulators have kept a lid on production, though those limits were loosened last fall as part of a planned expansion of the mar- ket. Colorado growers still have to prove legal demand for their prod- uct, a regulatory curb aimed at pre- venting excess weed from spilling to other states. The result has been more demand than supply. Corrections The East Oregonian works hard to be accurate and sincerely regrets any errors. If you notice a mistake in the paper, please call 541-966-0818. On the field and off. Photo by: Eric Evans From comparative literature to geography to biology and psychology, the University of Oregon has dozens of nationally-ranked disciplines. We recognize the hard work it takes to compete nationally and today we congratulate our football team on an amazing season. Tomorrow we start preparing for the next big challenge. In the classroom or the lab, we continue to push for excellence in all we do. Because that’s what Ducks do. If you do too, join us. UOREGON.EDU NATIONALLY RANKED EO/AA/ADA institution committed to cultural diversity.