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WEATHER East Oregonian Page 2A REGIONAL CITIES Forecast SATURDAY TODAY SUNDAY Cloudy with a few showers Clouds giving way to some sun 53° 36° 50° 30° MONDAY Spotty showers in the afternoon Partial sunshine PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 52° 34° 50° 28° 50° 29° HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 56° 35° 55° 28° PENDLETON through 3 p.m. yesterday TEMPERATURE HIGH LOW 55° 47° 76° (1902) 40° 30° 6° (2006) 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 0.12" 0.78" 0.74" 2.29" 1.48" 2.12" HERMISTON through 3 p.m. yesterday LOW 59° 49° 71° (1930) 0.06" 0.30" 0.62" 1.40" 1.05" 1.90" SUN AND MOON Mar 1 Bend 46/26 Burns 41/20 New 6:52 a.m. 5:27 p.m. 2:46 p.m. 4:47 a.m. First Mar 8 Mar 15 Caldwell 58/33 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 52 45 46 50 41 45 49 52 56 52 42 48 45 50 50 53 58 56 53 51 50 50 46 47 49 54 52 Lo 40 25 26 40 20 27 37 32 35 30 23 33 30 34 42 42 34 37 36 39 25 38 31 28 39 38 30 Today Hi 45 64 76 49 77 24 46 58 43 86 61 Beijing Hong Kong Jerusalem London Mexico City Moscow Paris Rome Seoul Sydney Tokyo (in mph) Boardman Pendleton Klamath Falls 42/23 Lo 40 21 25 42 18 21 34 28 28 30 24 28 26 33 42 42 29 30 30 38 24 34 27 22 36 34 29 W c c pc c pc c pc pc pc pc pc c c pc pc pc pc pc pc c pc pc pc pc c pc pc Lo 20 57 50 46 42 18 39 45 24 70 45 W pc c s pc s c pc pc pc s s Sat. Hi 39 64 61 56 77 29 53 59 44 79 54 Lo 17 57 48 50 42 16 49 41 20 71 51 W s r pc r s c sh s pc t r REGIONAL FORECAST Coastal Oregon: Breezy today with periods of rain. Cloudy tonight with a shower in places. Eastern and Central Oregon: A couple of showers today with clouds and limited sunshine; snow level near 5,000 feet. Western Washington: Periods of rain today. Mostly cloudy tonight with a couple of leftover showers. Eastern Washington: Showers today, but a bit of snow with little or no accumulation in the mountains. Cascades: Periods of rain and snow today with snow levels mostly above 4,000 feet. Northern California: Rain today; a little snow, mainly later in the interior mountains. Today Saturday SSW 7-14 S 8-16 WSW 6-12 WSW 6-12 UV INDEX TODAY Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. 0 1 2 1 211 S.E. Byers Ave., Pendleton 541-276-2211 333 E. 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The meeting was orga- nized by local residents who sympathized with Bundy’s anti-gov- ernment stand. Palmer was unaware that police planned to act against Bundy and others that day, according to law enforcement sources and Palmer’s Face- book posts. Robert “LaVoy” Finicum, 54, of Utah, attempted to elude police after that stop, repeatedly telling of¿cers that he had a meeting with Palmer. Shawna Cox, who was in Finicum’s truck that afternoon, said the occupiers believed Palmer could protect them. Finicum was shot and killed after he encountered a roadblock, left his truck and reached for a loaded handgun, according to the FBI. Palmer later referred to the police operation as an “ambush,” a description that drew a sharp rebuke from the Oregon State Sheriffs’ Association, which represents all 36 elected sheriffs. The appearance of the militants in Grant County and Palmer’s association with them stirred concerns that the protesters intended to stake a second camp in the John Day area. 30s 40s snow 50s ice 60s cold front 70s 80s 90s warm front stationary front picked out within two months, Webb said. However, addi- tional steps in the process, such as an environmental analysis if the company decides to move forward, means the small modular reactors likely wouldn’t be operational before 2023. The Energy Department said the agreement advances President Barack Obama’s plan for non-carbon producing energy. “Today’s announcement is a part of the Department of Energy’s ongoing commitment to strengthening nuclear ener- gy’s role in America’s low carbon future,” Lynn Orr, under secretary for science and energy at the agency, said in a statement. Oregon-based NuScale Power would build the reactors that can individually produce 50 megawatts. Additional reactors could be built as power demands grow, with up to 12 reactors producing 600 megawatts. Experts say the small reactors are designed to be safer than conventional nuclear plants by being able to shut down without human involvement in the event of a disaster. The cost for 12 small modular reactors is about $3 billion, NuScale has said, compared with about $15 billion for a conventional nuclear plant. Part of the cost savings comes from building the modular reactors at a factory and then trucking them to their locations. 110s high low Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states) High 91° in Canadian, Texas Low -17° in Watertown, N.Y. 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 72 64 41 40 58 68 57 37 61 58 56 50 78 64 50 82 6 45 80 79 58 68 70 73 71 67 Lo 42 46 37 32 37 53 34 31 42 46 39 42 61 37 40 52 -10 34 68 60 44 45 42 48 58 46 Sat. 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If you notice a mistake in the paper, please call 541-966-0818. We’re Proud to Announce Our Newest Member of the Community Bank Team Rex Baker, VP/Commercial Loan Officer, comes to us with over 40 years of lending experience, 36 years in the Pendleton and Hermiston area. Rex grew up in Pendleton and Hermiston and knows the region and the needs of businesses, both agricultural and commercial. Rex joins Business Banker, Pat Hagan, in the lending department to assist you with your financing needs. AGRICULTURAL & COMMERCIAL Commercial and Farm Real Estate Loans Business Equipment Financing Operating Lines of Credit Construction Financing Rex Baker VP/Commercial Loan Officer 541-278-9000 rfbaker@communitybanknet.com Real Estate Financing . Equipment Purchases . Operating Lines of Credit CONSUMER & SMALL BUSINESS Personal Loans and Lines of Credit Home Equity Loans and Lines of Credit Auto - Boat - RV Loans Small Business Financing Idaho eyed as potential site for small nuclear reactors BOISE (AP) — The U.S. Department of Energy announced Thursday an agreement with an energy cooperative that could lead to the building of small commercial nuclear reactors at an eastern Idaho federal nuclear site. The agency granted a site-use permit to Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems (UAMPS) to access the 890-square-mile area containing the Idaho National Laboratory to ¿nd a spot to build what are called small modular reactors. “UAMPS will seriously be traveling across the INL and looking at speci¿c loca- tions,” company spokesman LaVarr Webb said. A site would likely be 100s National Summary: Rain and snow will brush the Upper Midwest with strong winds from the Plains to the Ohio Valley and Great Lakes today. Rain and mountain snow will affect the Pacific coast. Warmth will build in the South. Real Estate Advertising: Jodi Snook MVQRRN#HDVWRUHJRQLDQFRP Copyright © 2016, EO Media Group who took over the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge on Jan. 2. Ammon Bundy, the Idaho businessman who led the takeover, invited Palmer to visit the occupied refuge headquarters. Palmer declined, but he subsequently met twice with occu- pation leaders who traveled the roughly 100 miles from the refuge in Harney Palmer County north to Grant County. Ryan Payne, a Montana militiaman who was the tactical leader of the refuge takeover, told The Oregonian/ OregonLive that Palmer shared the militants’ views. Payne is now in jail facing federal charges for both the Oregon takeover and his role in the 2014 armed standoff in Nevada involving rancher Cliven Bundy. One of the other militants who met with Palmer, Jon Ritzheimer of Arizona, said he and Payne autographed the sheriff’s pocket copy of the Constitution at Palmer’s request. Ritzheimer also is facing a federal charge for his role in the occupation. Ammon Bundy and other occupation leaders were heading for a town hall meeting in John Day on Jan. 26 when police stopped them about 20 miles north of Burns. Bundy and the others were 0 8 a.m. 10 a.m. Noon 2 p.m. 4 p.m. 6 p.m. Didn’t receive your paper?&DOO EHIRUHQRRQ7XHVGD\WKURXJK)ULGD\ RUEHIRUHDP6DWXUGD\ for same-day redelivery — Founded Oct. 16, 1875 — The state agency that licenses police of¿cers has asked the Oregon Justice Department to investigate Grant County Sheriff Glenn Palmer, who met with leaders of the armed wildlife refuge occupation and then was scheduled to speak at a community meeting featuring the occupiers. The state Department of Public Safety Standards and Training made the request after it received several citizen complaints about Palmer’s conduct in recent weeks. The complaints and details of the allegations weren’t immediately available, but the licensing agency noti¿ed at least one complainant that if the allegations were true, Palmer’s conduct would violate state regulations. Palmer, sheriff since 2000, didn’t respond to requests for comment. The licensing agency can take a range of action against Palmer’s police certi¿cation, up to revocation, if it ¿nds he violated rules or laws governing police conduct. The agency, however, has no authority to remove Palmer from of¿ce since he is an elected of¿cial. Only a recall election can remove him. Palmer has drawn crit- icism for his association with the armed militants Hi 53 41 45 55 39 41 54 48 55 49 44 46 42 54 53 57 51 55 50 52 49 55 43 43 51 52 53 Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. WORLD CITIES Subscriber services: For home delivery, vacation stops or delivery concerns: 1-800-522-0255 By LES ZAITZ The Oregonian W r sf sh r sn sh r c sh sh r sh r r r r pc sh sh r sh r sh sn r sh sh NATIONAL WEATHER TODAY Sat. WINDS Medford 50/34 PRECIPITATION Feb 22 John Day 52/30 Ontario 58/34 38° 29° 5° (1929) 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 Full Last Albany 50/38 Eugene 49/37 TEMPERATURE Yesterday Normals Records 53° 31° Spokane Wenatchee 46/31 45/31 Tacoma Moses 52/35 Lake Pullman Aberdeen Olympia Yakima 50/32 46/35 49/37 49/35 52/30 Longview Kennewick Walla Walla 50/37 54/38 Lewiston 56/38 Astoria 55/38 52/40 Portland Enterprise Hermiston 51/39 Pendleton 45/27 The Dalles 56/35 53/36 52/36 La Grande Salem 48/33 50/38 Corvallis 50/37 HIGH 54° 27° Seattle 51/40 ALMANAC Yesterday Normals Records 52° 31° Today TUESDAY Mostly sunny Friday, February 19, 2016 Pat Hagan Business Banker NMLS# 1313170 phagan@communitybanknet.com Pendleton 157 S Main St 541-278-9000 Local Money Working For Local People www.communitybanknet.com Member FDIC
