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East Oregonian
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REGIONAL CITIES
Forecast
SATURDAY
TODAY
Cloudy with a
shower in spots
Clouds breaking
for some sun
57° 38°
53° 43°
SUNDAY
MONDAY
Cloudy, a shower
or two; mild
Cloudy and mild
PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
56° 50°
63° 49°
62° 46°
HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
58° 37°
56° 42°
PENDLETON
TEMPERATURE
LOW
51°
45°
66° (1924)
42°
29°
-8° (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
0.02"
0.24"
0.49"
1.75"
1.48"
1.87"
Corvallis
57/44
HERMISTON
through 3 p.m. yesterday
Yesterday
Normals
Records
LOW
John Day
61/39
Ontario
46/32
Bend
55/28
52°
40°
47°
29°
68° (1977) -16° (1929)
Burns
46/23
Trace
0.05"
0.38"
1.15"
1.05"
1.66"
SUN AND MOON
Sunrise today
Sunset tonight
Moonrise today
Moonset today
First
Full
Feb 22
7:03 a.m.
5:17 p.m.
9:20 a.m.
10:40 p.m.
Last
New
Mar 1
Mar 8
Caldwell
50/35
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
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WORLD CITIES
Today
Hi
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71
58
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71
32
42
58
52
83
57
Beijing
Hong Kong
Jerusalem
London
Mexico City
Moscow
Paris
Rome
Seoul
Sydney
Tokyo
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REGIONAL FORECAST
Coastal Oregon: Cloudy today with show-
ers; cooler in central parts. Showers tonight.
Eastern Washington: Cloudy today with a
couple of showers.
Eastern and Central Oregon: Variable
clouds today; a shower across the north and
near the Cascades.
Western Washington: Cloudy today with
showers. Periods of rain tonight, but a
shower across the south.
Cascades: Cloudy today with a couple of
showers; mild in the south.
Northern California: Rather cloudy
today. Partly cloudy tonight. Partly sunny
tomorrow.
Today
Saturday
WSW 3-6
SW 4-8
WSW 7-14
WSW 7-14
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Relaxed Oregon hemp rules
headed for House vote
Bill would allow growers to use greenhouses, cuttings
desirable plants and produce
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intended to facilitate indus- 4060 because it wants hemp
trial production but proved treating like other crops.
The bill was approved
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lawmakers
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legalized hemp production Resources on Feb. 11 after
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tion.
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found that many hemp be subject to a vote on the
producers
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interested in growing the that growers can cultivate
crop for cannabidiol, a all varieties of hemp and that
compound used for medic- the crop won’t be considered
inal purposes, than for such a food adulterant, among
other provisions.
traditional products.
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to use greenhouses, clone crop samples to accredited
laboratories for required
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be cheaper than using ODA
staff and facilities.
During the Feb. 11
hearing, the committee
also unanimously approved
House Bill 4007, which
creates a new way to form
rangeland protection associ-
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must
currently win approval
from the Oregon Board
of Forestry to create such
associations, but H.B. 4007
would also allow them to be
approved by county govern-
ments.
Currently, 20 rangeland
protection
associations
staffed by volunteers protect
4.6 million acres in Eastern
Oregon.
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nized by counties would
still have to submit annual
budgets to the Oregon
Board of Forestry and enter
into cooperative agreements
with the Oregon Department
of Forestry.
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Agencies push back on proposal to double lodging tax
highest in the state.
Randy Tucker, a lobbyist
for Metro, told lawmakers
at a hearing this week that
the proposal would put
Portland at a disadvantage
when competing with other
big national cities to host
conventions in the short
term. In the long term, the
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to pay for tourism improve-
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“Portland does have its
own tourism infrastructure
and event needs, just like
Hayward Field and the track
event,” said Jeff Miller,
CEO of Travel Portland.
A 2015 industry survey
found that Portland ranked
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jump to 25th nationally.
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championships in 2021 at
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National Summary: Frigid air will spread from the Midwest to the Northeast with flurries
and snow squalls today. Much of the Plains, South and West will be dry, except for showers
in the coastal Northwest and western Montana.
Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states)
High 88° in Yuma, Ariz.
Low -35° in Cotton, 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
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Miami
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New Orleans
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Oklahoma City
Omaha
Philadelphia
Phoenix
Portland, ME
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Raleigh
Rapid City
Reno
Sacramento
St. Louis
Salt Lake City
San Diego
San Francisco
Seattle
Tucson
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say they don’t oppose the
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worry the increase is too
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NATIONAL WEATHER TODAY
Sat.
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Medford
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PRECIPITATION
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Month to date
Normal month to date
Year to date
Last year to date
Normal year to date
Feb 14
Albany
56/44
Eugene
58/43
TEMPERATURE
HIGH
64° 44°
Spokane
Wenatchee
48/36
47/32
Tacoma
Moses
56/40
Lake
Pullman
Aberdeen Olympia
Yakima 51/36
53/40
54/44
56/41
54/32
Longview
Kennewick Walla Walla
57/43
55/42 Lewiston
57/41
Astoria
60/44
56/45
Portland
Enterprise
Hermiston
58/45
Pendleton 49/31
The Dalles 58/37
57/38
58/39
La Grande
Salem
53/35
58/44
through 3 p.m. yesterday
HIGH
64° 47°
Seattle
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Yesterday
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Today
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