WEATHER
East Oregonian
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REGIONAL CITIES
Forecast
THURSDAY
TODAY
Fog in the morning;
partly sunny
Mild with periods
of sun
54° 36°
54° 38°
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
Cloudy, a shower
in the p.m.
Today
SUNDAY
Considerable
cloudiness
Mostly cloudy
PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
54° 40°
53° 39°
57° 48°
HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
53° 37°
53° 39°
PENDLETON
through 3 p.m. yesterday
TEMPERATURE
HIGH
LOW
50°
27°
45°
29°
73° (1996) -20° (1929)
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"
0.22"
0.40"
1.73"
1.47"
1.78"
HERMISTON
through 3 p.m. yesterday
LOW
John Day
58/38
Ontario
44/26
Bend
59/37
50°
26°
46°
29°
70° (1996) -24° (1929)
Burns
44/23
0.00"
0.05"
0.31"
1.15"
1.04"
1.59"
SUN AND MOON
Sunrise today
Sunset tonight
Moonrise today
Moonset today
First
Full
Feb 22
Last
Mar 1
7:06 a.m.
5:14 p.m.
8:12 a.m.
8:13 p.m.
New
Mar 8
Caldwell
46/28
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
57
44
59
61
44
47
63
56
53
58
57
50
50
65
58
64
44
51
54
58
63
62
46
54
56
52
52
Lo
51
25
37
50
23
28
47
37
37
38
35
34
35
43
51
52
26
34
36
48
36
47
34
34
48
37
37
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pc
c
pc
pc
pc
pc
pc
pc
pc
c
c
pc
pc
pc
c
pc
c
pc
pc
c
pc
pc
NATIONAL WEATHER TODAY
Thu.
Hi
58
45
60
62
47
48
62
55
53
59
59
51
51
68
59
65
45
54
54
58
64
61
48
54
57
54
52
Lo
51
30
39
51
25
32
50
38
39
39
34
39
39
44
51
53
29
39
38
49
38
50
40
34
49
43
41
Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day.
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r
pc
pc
c
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pc
pc
pc
pc
pc
c
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WORLD CITIES
Today
Beijing
Hong Kong
Jerusalem
London
Mexico City
Moscow
Paris
Rome
Seoul
Sydney
Tokyo
Hi
52
68
51
47
63
34
46
58
47
84
49
Lo
31
63
38
32
36
24
34
43
29
68
38
W
s
pc
sh
pc
pc
c
pc
s
s
s
s
Thu.
Hi
49
69
51
46
69
30
45
55
56
82
50
Lo
35
65
38
33
37
27
34
45
41
69
42
W
sh
c
pc
pc
s
pc
sh
sh
c
pc
s
WINDS
Medford
65/43
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
Feb 14
Albany
60/48
Eugene
63/47
TEMPERATURE
Yesterday
Normals
Records
59° 45°
Spokane
Wenatchee
46/34
42/33
Tacoma
Moses
57/45
Lake
Pullman
Aberdeen Olympia
Yakima 47/36
53/39
55/50
56/46
52/37
Longview
Kennewick Walla Walla
55/49
52/37 Lewiston
52/37
Astoria
58/40
57/51
Portland
Enterprise
Hermiston
58/48
Pendleton 47/28
The Dalles 53/37
54/36
57/42
La Grande
Salem
50/34
62/47
Corvallis
60/49
HIGH
56° 39°
Seattle
56/48
ALMANAC
Yesterday
Normals
Records
53° 41°
Wednesday, February 10, 2016
Klamath Falls
57/35
(in mph)
Today
Thursday
Boardman
Pendleton
VAR 2-4
SW 3-6
NNE 4-8
E 3-6
UV INDEX TODAY
Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.
REGIONAL FORECAST
Coastal Oregon: Variable cloudiness today;
a little rain across the north.
Eastern Washington: Patchy fog in the
morning; otherwise, clouds and sun today.
Eastern and Central Oregon: Some sun
today; however, low clouds and fog break-
ing in the upper Treasure Valley.
Western Washington: Cloudy today. A
little rain; arriving in the afternoon across
the south.
Cascades: Mild today with variable cloudi-
ness. Mostly cloudy tonight.
Northern California: Clouds and sun today.
Mostly cloudy tonight. Intervals of clouds
and sun tomorrow.
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showers t-storms
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snow
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90s
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warm front stationary front
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Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states)
High 92° in Fullerton, Calif.
Low -11° in Gunnison, Colo.
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
63
39
40
39
61
41
48
37
46
25
17
25
73
58
27
70
4
15
81
70
21
52
44
71
51
87
Lo
32
27
26
22
38
27
31
23
26
13
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13
48
29
11
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50
8
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20
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32
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Thur.
Hi
65
53
30
30
61
57
51
32
52
26
23
22
69
54
25
72
18
17
81
77
25
60
36
72
54
86
Lo
33
32
19
13
36
31
33
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35
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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
26
42
65
16
12
33
57
40
72
29
42
84
34
37
42
58
63
73
29
42
83
65
56
82
41
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Thur.
Hi
33
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75
30
57
28
29
85
30
31
40
49
66
72
32
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64
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18
28
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Legislature has plenty of requests for more money
the Department of Human
Services will ask the Legis-
lature for an additional $71.7
SALEM — State econo- million to plug a budget hole
mists will provide an update caused by increased costs for
Wednesday morning on certain types of cases, changes
the outlook for Oregon’s in caseloads and increased
economy and government personnel costs, according to
a budget presentation.
revenue.
The
Oregon
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also
asked
short legislative session, Authority
lawmakers have received lawmakers for more money
plenty of requests for more from the state general fund,
money. The ability for although for a less routine
lawmakers to tackle budget reason. Budget documents
shortfalls and look for show the agency asked for
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reasons supporters of annual cations director Robb Cowie
legislative sessions cited in said most of the request stems
2010, when voters approved a from higher-than-anticipated
measure requiring lawmakers enrollment in Medicaid since
to meet annually in Salem. the program was expanded
The state is seven months under the federal Affordable
into a two-year budget that Care Act.
Other budget requests
extends through mid-2017.
Some of the funding are tied to natural events.
requests this session are The Oregon Department of
routine from agencies with Forestry is asking the Legis-
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Department of Forestry.
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Legislature for authorization
to spend an additional $6.2
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spokesman Tom Fuller wrote
in an email that the agency
expects to be reimbursed by
the federal government and
other state agencies.
There are also anticipated
budget issues that could affect
the state in a few years, but
which might not be addressed
in hearings or legislation this
session.
In late January, the Legis-
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a report that analyzed the
cost to state government,
during a two-year period, of
increasing the minimum wage
immediately to $13.50 or $15
per hour. Analysts estimated
the wage hike could cost the
state more than $140 million
during the next biennium.
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did not know how many state
employees would be working
for minimum wage as the
increases were phased in over
seven years. As a result, a
three-tier minimum wage bill
was not referred to the budget
writing Joint Committee on
Ways and Means and there is
currently no plan to cover the
costs to the state.
That did not sit well with
House and Senate Republi-
cans.
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concerned it’s not going to
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cations director Preston Mann
said on Wednesday.
Sen. Tim Knopp, R-Bend,
agreed the Legislature should
discuss the potential state
budget impact of a minimum
wage increase.
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that the Legislature is actually
adding costs to the budget
for this biennium and next
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state budget as well as local
budgets — school districts,
park districts and so on — and
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Spokespeople for Demo-
crats in the House and Senate
did not respond to requests for
comment Tuesday.
Knopp, who sponsored a
bill aimed at trimming public
employee pension costs, said
he was also disappointed
lawmakers likely will not
address the looming pension
shortfall this session.
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short session was intended
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pension liability and other
long-term budget issues. The
unfunded liability in the state
pension fund has continued to
grow, with the latest projec-
tion surpassing $21 billion
over the next couple decades.
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Belief in Jesus is more than just mentally
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Son of God who was born of a virgin, lived a
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rose triumphantly from the grave. Belief involves
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acknowledge Him as except through Me.
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