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WEATHER East Oregonian Page 2A REGIONAL CITIES Forecast TODAY THURSDAY FRIDAY Partly sunny Mostly cloudy with a shower 57° 42° 58° 39° SATURDAY Cloudy Mostly cloudy and mild PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 62° 48° 60° 47° 58° 41° HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 59° 41° 61° 35° PENDLETON through 3 p.m. yesterday TEMPERATURE HIGH LOW 60° 51° 74° (1925) 39° 32° 1° (1993) 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 0.24" 0.24" 0.03" 2.61" 1.55" 2.58" HERMISTON through 3 p.m. yesterday TEMPERATURE HIGH Yesterday Normals Records LOW 53° 53° 69° (1959) 41° 31° 10° (1993) 0.09" 0.09" 0.04" 1.58" 1.06" 2.31" SUN AND MOON Sunrise today Sunset tonight Moonrise today Moonset today New First Mar 8 Mar 15 6:31 a.m. 5:44 p.m. 1:36 a.m. 11:21 a.m. Full Last Mar 23 61° 41° Spokane Wenatchee 48/38 51/35 Tacoma Moses 55/43 Lake Pullman Aberdeen Olympia Yakima 55/36 52/41 51/47 54/43 55/34 Longview Kennewick Walla Walla 53/48 59/44 Lewiston 59/40 Astoria 58/42 53/47 Portland Enterprise Hermiston 54/47 Pendleton 51/35 The Dalles 59/41 57/42 52/38 La Grande Salem 54/41 55/47 Albany Corvallis 54/48 54/46 John Day 60/44 Ontario Eugene Bend 60/39 57/46 57/38 Caldwell Burns 60/43 53/33 Hi 53 51 57 59 53 51 57 56 59 60 58 54 52 63 55 60 60 59 57 54 59 55 48 53 53 59 55 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 56 55 55 58 51 53 62 58 61 59 56 56 52 63 58 62 62 62 58 59 59 61 50 54 56 59 60 Today Hi 66 67 75 46 65 39 49 60 47 86 50 Beijing Hong Kong Jerusalem London Mexico City Moscow Paris Rome Seoul Sydney Tokyo Boardman Pendleton Klamath Falls 58/37 Lo 48 28 37 48 25 30 44 33 35 38 34 35 34 40 49 49 36 35 39 46 32 45 34 32 46 40 34 W sh c pc pc c r sh pc c sh sn r r pc sh sh sh c c sh pc pc c r sh c pc Lo 30 60 54 38 48 31 38 46 32 71 41 W s s pc sh pc i sh pc s pc s Thu. Hi 62 69 57 48 66 36 48 57 54 85 59 Lo 33 62 44 37 49 29 39 38 39 71 43 W pc s sh c pc c sh sh c s s REGIONAL FORECAST Eastern Washington: Partly sunny today. Thursday SW 4-8 WSW 4-8 UV INDEX TODAY Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. Coastal Oregon: Rain today; any time in central parts, during the afternoon elsewhere. Eastern and Central Oregon: Partly sunny today; a shower in spots near the Cascades during the afternoon. Western Washington: Variable cloudiness today with a shower in spots. Today WNW 3-6 S 4-8 1 2 3 Cascades: Rather cloudy today; a couple of afternoon showers, but dry in central parts. Northern California: Mostly cloudy today; rain at the coast. www.eastoregonian.com To subscribe, call 1-800-522-0255 or go online to www.eastoregonian.com and click on ‘Subscribe’ East 2reJonian (USPS 164-980) is SXElisKed daily e[FeSt SXnday, Monday and 'eF. 25, Ey tKe E2 Media *roXS, 211 S.E. Byers Ave. Pendleton, 25 71. 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A representative of Portland General Electric told lawmakers last month the legislation could determine how much the utility relies on natural gas, as opposed to variable sources such as wind and solar, as it phases out coal power. Rep. Cliff Bentz, R-On- tario, said the legislation had improved after a series of modi¿cations by lawmakers and other interested parties but still needed more work. 20s flurries 30s 40s snow ice 50s 60s cold front 70s 80s 90s warm front stationary front 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 74 54 49 45 55 58 60 49 67 38 31 29 71 63 28 84 23 36 79 73 39 75 62 82 61 76 Lo 40 37 28 26 30 40 44 21 41 27 25 22 60 32 17 49 3 22 65 60 31 43 36 55 47 54 W s s pc pc pc s s r pc sf pc sf s pc c s s pc s pc pc pc pc pc s pc Thur. 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Hi 50 62 82 31 36 54 77 38 70 46 40 90 29 36 53 53 62 65 51 63 69 64 56 89 43 64 Lo 34 40 65 20 25 38 56 30 39 31 31 58 12 23 39 32 37 51 33 40 55 57 45 50 35 35 W sn r pc sn sf r t pc s c pc pc s s pc pc c c r pc pc c sh pc pc s Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice. ADVERTISING Advertising Director: Jennine Perkinson 541-27-263 MSerkinson#eastoreJonian.Fom NEWS To submit news tips and press releases: Fall 541-66-1 fa[ 541-276-314 email neZs#eastoreJonian.Fom Multimedia consultants 7erri BriJJs 541-215-447 tEriJJs#eastoreJonian.Fom Jeanne JeZett 541-364-4531 MMeZett#eastoreJonian.Fom SteSKanie 1eZsom 541-27-267 sneZsom#eastoreJonian.Fom 'ayle Stinson 541-66-6 dstinson#eastoreJonian.Fom To submit community events, calendar items and Your EO News: email FommXnity#eastoreJonian.Fom or Fall 7ammy MalJesini in Hermiston at 541-564-453 or 5enee StrXtKers in Pendleton at 541-66-1. 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Morgan said they made the discovery on Jan. 18, and biologists will try to catch and collar at least one of the ¿ve wolves to learn more about them. “They’re in some pretty remote area,” Morgan said. “Undoubtedly, the adults dispersed from other packs. That’s how this works.” The pack hasn’t yet been named. Morgan said they were spotted west of Battle Mountain. ——— Contact George Plaven at gplaven@eastoregonian. com or 541-966-0825. low NATIONAL CITIES Today “I think for anyone looking at how the last few months have gone down, it should be disturbing that these two poachings were buried down in this report.” those wolves in both these cases are likely the only ones who know about it,” Brown said. Pedery, though, said it sends the wrong message to keep quiet about poaching cases while publicizing every incident of livestock predation — especially as the legislature is considering whether to af¿rm the state’s decision to delist wolves. “I think for anyone looking at how the last few months have gone down, it should be disturbing that these two poachings were buried down in this report,” he said. The 2015 wolf report highlighted a 34 percent population increase in Oregon, reaching a minimum of 110 wolves by the end of the year. The number of wolf attacks on livestock high The article “Workforce needs study underway for Umatilla County” gave the incorrect website for the online survey. The correct address is www.surveymonkey.com/r/umatilla- countyworkforceneeds. An article in Tuesday’s East Oregonian provided an incorrect name for one of three members reappointed to the state forestry board. Her name is Cindy Deacon Williams. The East Oregonian works hard to be accurate and sincerely regrets any errors. If you notice a mistake in the paper, please call 541-966-0818. © 2016 Pacifi c Power of the Mount Emily pack was killed on public land near the boundary of the Umatilla Indian Reservation. By then, wolves had been taken off the state endangered species list. Sgt. Tim Brown, with the OSP Fish and Wildlife Division in Pendleton, is investigating the two open cases. He said they are not related, and both happened in remote areas with limited access. “We’re trying to inves- tigate as thoroughly as we can, and protect any clues we have,” Brown said. “We have leads we’re following. Some of that stuff just takes time.” Brown said OSP typically doesn’t issue releases on these cases unless they feel the public can provide additional information. Since these two wolves were found in such isolated country, he said they didn’t feel it was necessary. By no means were they trying to deceive the public, he said. “As isolated as they were, the individuals who shot 110s Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states) High 92° in Zapata, Texas Low -20° in Crane Lake, Minn. WOLF: 1umber of attacks on livestock con¿rmed by ODFW decreased for the second year in a row Continued from 1A 100s National Summary: As colder air invades the East, showers will push southward through Florida today as snow showers occur downwind of the Great Lakes. Rain and mountain snow will fall over the northern Rockies and High Plains. Real Estate Advertising: Jodi Snook 541-27-267 Msnook#eastoreJonian.Fom ENERGY: Senate Bill 1547 expands incentives for biomass power plants down vote. There are some differ- ences between the two bills. Senate Bill 1547 expands incentives for biomass power plants and power plants that burn garbage, and it allows the utilities to seek rate increases to pay for renewable energy that is up to 4 percent more expensive than traditional sources such as natural gas. House Bill 4036 contains a 3 percent cost cap and calls for the Oregon Public Utility Commission to adopt regulations that encourage competitive bidding and diverse ownership of renew- able energy facilities. The legislation ran into controversy before the legis- lative session began, when The Oregonian reported that Brown’s administration had instructed public utility commissioners not to go public with their concerns that the bill would be expen- sive for consumers yet do little to reduce greenhouse -10s Legal Advertising: Amanda JaFoEs 541-27-263 aMaFoEs#eastoreJonian.Fom Copyright © 2016, EO Media Group The House vote sets up a possible duel in the Senate with a nearly identical bill, which would also double the renewable energy mandate and force 3aci¿Corp and Portland General Electric to stop paying for coal power. Both are scheduled for Senate votes on Wednesday. House Bill 4036, which is already in the Senate, had stalled there in the face of a Republican maneuver to delay a vote. In response, Democrats stuffed a modi¿ed version of the bill into Senate Bill 1547, which received the House vote Tuesday. Since an earlier version of that bill already passed the Senate, it only needs a ¿nal up or down vote in the Senate before it would go to Gov. Kate Brown for a signature. If the Senate votes to pass House Bill 4036, it would still have to go back to the House for a ¿nal up or W r pc pc r s pc sh pc pc pc pc pc pc pc r r s pc pc sh pc sh pc pc sh pc pc Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. WORLD CITIES (in mph) Mar 31 Continued from 1A Lo 47 34 38 49 33 35 46 41 41 44 37 41 39 45 49 49 39 38 42 47 36 47 38 40 47 44 34 NATIONAL WEATHER TODAY Thu. WINDS Medford 63/45 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 64° 46° Seattle 55/46 ALMANAC Yesterday Normals Records 61° 44° Today SUNDAY Mostly cloudy with a shower Wednesday, March 2, 2016 An energy-efficient year-round oasis. Association at Seventh Mountain Resort offers its guests one of the few year-round pools in Oregon, thanks to geothermal technology and energy-efficient upgrades. As a Pacific Power customer, the resort took advantage of cash incentives from Energy Trust of Oregon to implement several energy-saving projects. With more than $675,000 in cash incentives since 2010, Association at Seventh Mountain Resort feels the effect of energy savings on their bottom line. See how incentives and upgrades can make your business more efficient. Call Energy Trust at 1-866-368-7878 or visit bewattsmart.com . Pictured from left: Katie Anderson, Aperion Management Group with Pacifi c Power’s Chuck Phinney
