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WEATHER
East Oregonian
REGIONAL CITIES
Forecast
TODAY
SUNDAY
MONDAY
Partly sunny;
breezy, pleasant
Chance of an
afternoon shower
Breezy in the
morning; sunshine
80° 55°
76° 53°
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
Sunny, pleasant
and warmer
Warmer with
plenty of sun
PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
77° 53°
86° 56°
95° 63°
HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
82° 57°
80° 54°
PENDLETON
through 3 p.m. yesterday
TEMPERATURE
HIGH
LOW
86°
90°
112° (1928)
59°
60°
45° (1917)
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"
Trace
0.25"
5.00"
7.71"
7.83"
Corvallis
74/52
through 3 p.m. yesterday
HIGH
LOW
89°
90°
110° (1928)
64°
59°
45° (1948)
July 31
Aug 6
5:30 a.m.
8:33 p.m.
3:08 p.m.
12:43 a.m.
New
First
Aug 14
Aug 22
Bend
72/44
Caldwell
90/58
Medford
85/58
0.00"
0.09"
0.17"
3.25"
4.23"
5.87"
SUN AND MOON
John Day
80/49
Ontario
91/60
Burns
83/46
PRECIPITATION
Sunrise today
Sunset tonight
Moonrise today
Moonset today
Full
Last
Albany
73/53
Eugene
76/51
TEMPERATURE
24 hours ending 3 p.m.
Month to date
Normal month to date
Year to date
Last year to date
Normal year to date
98° 60°
Spokane
Wenatchee
74/53
79/58
Tacoma
Moses
71/53
Lake
Pullman
Aberdeen Olympia
Yakima 80/54
75/50
66/54
72/51
80/50
Longview
Kennewick Walla Walla
68/53
81/59 Lewiston
83/59
Astoria
84/60
69/55
Portland
Enterprise
Hermiston
73/56
Pendleton 78/45
The Dalles 82/57
80/55
78/59
La Grande
Salem
80/49
75/55
HERMISTON
Yesterday
Normals
Records
90° 54°
Seattle
70/56
ALMANAC
Yesterday
Normals
Records
81° 52°
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: Partly sunny
and nice today, but sunnier in the south.
Patchy clouds tonight.
Western Washington: Mostly cloudy today
and tonight with a passing shower. A few
showers tomorrow.
Eastern Washington: Partly sunny today;
a passing afternoon shower in the north.
Partly cloudy tonight.
Cascades: Cooler today; partly sunny and
pleasant in central parts. Pleasant in the
south.
Northern California: Low clouds followed
by sunshine at the coast today; mostly
sunny elsewhere.
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be resolved, Fitz said.
Kenneth Amaditz, a lead
attorney for the U.S. Depart-
ment of Justice, countered
that “technical issues cannot
be predictably resolved by
certain dates.”
Resolution can be lengthy
and expensive, Amaditz said.
The judge’s choice is to
establish deadlines based on
guesses or wait until there is
enough information to make
them meaningful, he said.
It’s impossible to know now
if extensive work may be
needed, such as changing out
tanks in the plant, redoing
ventilation
systems
or
pulling piping out of concrete
to resolve technical issues, he
said.
State human services director steps down
the governor’s announcement Friday.
“She has done an incredible job,” said
Winters, who has been on the Legislature’s
SALEM — Erinn Kelley-Siel is out as human services budget subcommittee for
director of the Department of Human Services, more than a decade, and has known her since
Kelley-Siel was health and human
which has the largest workforce
services adviser to Kulongoski.
among Oregon state agencies.
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and leadership in public service for
Feb. 18 upon the resignation of John Kitzhaber,
more than 13 years.”
Kelley-Siel, in a statement to agency she has replaced two agency chiefs: Michael
employees, said one reason for her departure Jordan at the Department of Administrative
is her family. She was asked by then-Gov. Ted Services, and Rob Saxton at the Department of
Kulongoski in 2008 to take over one of the Education.
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DHS divisions upon the death of its leader,
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Bryan Johnston.
“At the time, my son was a baby and just Jordan is now a bureau director with Portland
prior to that call, I had promised my family that city government.
Saxton resigned to become superintendent
I was going to stop commuting to Salem,” she
said in the statement. “Well, it’s time for me of the Northwest Regional Education Service
to keep that promise. I have let Gov. Brown District. He was succeeded by Salam Noor,
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know that it’s time for me to leave DHS.”
State Sen. Jackie Winters, R-Salem, had worked at the education agency and the
praised Kelley-Siel, who called her just before Higher Education Coordinating Commission.
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deadlines in cleanup at Hanford
decree and lean closer to the
state’s proposal.
Malouf Peterson made
only brief remarks Thursday
after listening to arguments
from DOE and the states of
Washington and Oregon. She
said she will issue a written
opinion.
Her ruling will focus
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documents, according to the
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energy department and the
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lines for emptying radio-
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WINDS
Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.
REGIONAL FORECAST
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Today
Hi
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Boardman
Pendleton
Klamath Falls
80/46
Hi
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NATIONAL WEATHER TODAY
Sun.
WORLD CITIES
(in mph)
Coastal Oregon: A shower today. Mostly
cloudy; clouds, then sun in the south.
Saturday, July 25, 2015
Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day.
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showers t-storms
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: Drenching storms will affect Florida today. As humid air approaches
the Northeast, storms will dot the region later. Heat will hold in the southern Plains.
Showers will affect part of Washington state.
Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states)
High 108° in Needles, Calif.
Low 33° in West Yellowstone, Mont.
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
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Hi
Louisville
91
Memphis
94
Miami
88
Milwaukee
81
Minneapolis
87
Nashville
92
New Orleans
95
New York City
86
Oklahoma City
97
Omaha
83
Philadelphia
89
Phoenix
107
Portland, ME
68
Providence
80
Raleigh
88
Rapid City
86
Reno
89
Sacramento
90
St. Louis
91
Salt Lake City
91
San Diego
81
San Francisco
71
Seattle
70
Tucson
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Washington, DC 92
Wichita
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Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain,
sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice.
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