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East Oregonian
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REGIONAL CITIES
Forecast
SATURDAY
TODAY
Milder with a little
rain
Cloudy with a
snow shower
46° 28°
37° 28°
SUNDAY
MONDAY
A bit of snow and
rain
A little snow in the
morning
PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
42° 36°
43° 38°
43° 33°
HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
45° 29°
39° 28°
PENDLETON
TEMPERATURE
LOW
38°
27°
39°
26°
62° (1917) -12° (1964)
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
0.11"
1.73"
0.80"
9.54"
11.73"
12.27"
Corvallis
49/36
HERMISTON
through 3 p.m. yesterday
Yesterday
Normals
Records
LOW
35°
39°
61° (1937)
7:31 a.m.
4:12 p.m.
12:07 p.m.
none
Last
New
Jan 1
Jan 9
Caldwell
41/37
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
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43
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38
41
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Hong Kong
Jerusalem
London
Mexico City
Moscow
Paris
Rome
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Sydney
Tokyo
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REGIONAL FORECAST
Coastal Oregon: Occasional rain today and
tonight. A passing shower tomorrow, except
dry in the south.
Eastern and Central Oregon: A shower
today, but occasional rain and drizzle in the
upper Treasure Valley.
Western Washington: Variable cloudiness
today with spotty showers. Cloudy tonight
with brief showers.
Eastern Washington: Ice in central sections
today; an icy mix for the Cascades. Snow in
the north and mountains. Rain in the south.
Cascades: Periods of snow today; rain mixed
in early with little or no accumulation.
Northern California: Rain today, except a
bit of snow in the interior mountains.
Today
Saturday
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National Summary: Colder air will sweep from the Upper Midwest to the East Coast today.
Lake-effect snow will extend to the central Appalachians. As showers linger in South
Florida, rain and snow will affect the Northwest.
Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states)
High 87° in Vero Beach, Fla.
Low -24° 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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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
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to respect decisions made by
law-abiding Oregonians and
small business owners in the
state.
“Unfortunately,
the
outdated federal approach
to marijuana as described in
the response from the Postal
Service undermines and
threatens news publications
that choose to accept adver-
tising from legal marijuana
businesses in Oregon and
other states where voters
also have freely decided to
legalize marijuana.”
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between the emerging mari-
juana industry in Oregon
and other states and the
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Washington state, Alaska
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use, but the federal govern-
ment considers marijuana
a Schedule I drug similar
to heroin and methamphet-
amine.
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Postal
Service
maintains that federal law
prohibits ads for Schedule
I drugs and the use of the
mail for “the commission of
any act or acts constituting a
felony.”
The Postal Service’s
policy puts newspapers and
others that advertise mari-
juana through the mail under
a legal cloud.
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Winters,
the
publisher of the Chinook
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Washington,
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surprise because recreational
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running marijuana ads for
months without complaints.
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continue to publish and mail
newspapers with the ads.
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our legal counsel and we’re
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The U.S. Postal Service
has issued a national policy
declaring it illegal to mail
newspapers with marijuana
advertising but instructing
local postmasters to continue
to accept the mail.
The guidance, issued
after the Postal Service in
Portland raised questions
in late November about
marijuana ads in the Coast
Weekend section of the
Chinook Observer, places the
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marijuana are non-mailable,”
wrote Marshall, who advised
Wyden that it would be up to
Congress to change federal
law and allow the ads.
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U.S. Rep. Earl Blumenauer.
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NATIONAL WEATHER TODAY
Sat.
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Medford
49/36
0.06"
1.17"
0.85"
6.56"
6.74"
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SUN AND MOON
Dec 25
Bend
43/23
Burns
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PRECIPITATION
Dec 18
John Day
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Ontario
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31°
27°
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24 hours ending 3 p.m.
Month to date
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Year to date
Last year to date
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Sunrise today
Sunset tonight
Moonrise today
Moonset today
First
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Albany
49/37
Eugene
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HIGH
46° 35°
Spokane
Wenatchee
38/27
36/24
Tacoma
Moses
47/32
Lake
Pullman
Aberdeen Olympia
Yakima 35/26
39/30
47/36
47/33
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Longview
Kennewick Walla Walla
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48/32 Lewiston
43/29
Astoria
45/36
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Portland
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Hermiston
48/37
Pendleton 41/29
The Dalles 45/29
46/28
43/30
La Grande
Salem
43/31
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