WEATHER
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REGIONAL CITIES
Forecast
SATURDAY
TODAY
Partly sunny
Partly sunny
56° 29°
59° 37°
SUNDAY
MONDAY
A morning shower,
then showers
Mostly cloudy with
a shower
PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
60° 42°
59° 39°
53° 36°
HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
59° 28°
61° 35°
PENDLETON
through 3 p.m. yesterday
TEMPERATURE
HIGH
LOW
49°
55°
76° (1900)
31°
36°
10° (1906)
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"
0.90"
0.71"
3.27"
2.01"
3.26"
HERMISTON
through 3 p.m. yesterday
LOW
54°
58°
76° (1972)
0.00"
0.63"
0.53"
2.12"
1.25"
2.80"
SUN AND MOON
Mar 31
Bend
55/28
Burns
50/28
New
7:02 a.m.
7:05 p.m.
2:41 p.m.
4:29 a.m.
First
Apr 7
Apr 13
Caldwell
55/32
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
60
48
55
59
50
50
61
53
59
56
65
52
49
72
59
61
54
59
56
60
55
61
49
52
60
56
58
Lo
45
24
28
49
28
25
44
29
28
33
35
30
29
45
48
49
30
31
29
44
26
43
28
24
44
36
33
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NATIONAL WEATHER TODAY
Sat.
Hi
55
55
60
56
57
56
60
57
61
62
61
58
56
66
55
57
60
62
59
62
60
60
56
59
60
61
61
Lo
45
30
36
48
33
29
47
34
35
39
41
36
36
47
48
48
36
38
37
47
36
47
36
31
46
41
37
Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day.
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WORLD CITIES
Today
Beijing
Hong Kong
Jerusalem
London
Mexico City
Moscow
Paris
Rome
Seoul
Sydney
Tokyo
Hi
70
73
59
48
78
31
54
60
64
85
63
Lo
35
65
46
40
52
15
37
44
38
63
55
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Sat.
Hi
62
73
68
47
78
26
49
62
59
72
64
Lo
33
65
49
39
50
15
36
43
36
64
50
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WINDS
Medford
72/45
PRECIPITATION
Mar 23
John Day
56/33
Ontario
54/30
32°
35°
19° (2002)
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
62/44
Eugene
61/44
TEMPERATURE
Yesterday
Normals
Records
59° 37°
Spokane
Wenatchee
49/28
54/33
Tacoma
Moses
59/37
Lake
Pullman
Aberdeen Olympia
Yakima 57/30
49/32
59/45
59/37
58/33
Longview
Kennewick Walla Walla
61/41
56/36 Lewiston
59/27
Astoria
54/33
60/45
Portland
Enterprise
Hermiston
60/44
Pendleton 50/25
The Dalles 59/28
56/29
57/36
La Grande
Salem
52/30
61/43
Corvallis
61/45
HIGH
61° 41°
Seattle
59/43
ALMANAC
Yesterday
Normals
Records
60° 41°
Today
TUESDAY
Cloudy with a
couple of showers
Friday, March 18, 2016
Klamath Falls
65/35
(in mph)
Today
Saturday
Boardman
Pendleton
NE 6-12
ENE 4-8
NE 4-8
NE 4-8
UV INDEX TODAY
Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.
REGIONAL FORECAST
Coastal Oregon: Clouds and sun today. A
shower in spots in the south; pleasant across
the north.
Eastern and Central Oregon: Partly sunny
today. Partly cloudy tonight. Partly sunny
tomorrow.
Western Washington: Times of clouds and
sun today. Mostly cloudy tonight; a passing
shower at the coast.
Eastern Washington: Sunny in the north, near
the Idaho border and in the mountains today;
partly sunny in the south, central and Cascades.
Cascades: Clouds and sun today. Patchy
clouds tonight. A blend of sunshine and
clouds tomorrow.
Northern California: Partly sunny, a shower
this afternoon.
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3-5, Moderate 6-7, High;
8-10, Very High;
11+, Extreme
The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index™ num-
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High 92° in Imperial, Calif.
Low -5° in Lake Yellowstone, Wyo.
NATIONAL CITIES
Today
Hi
69
68
60
63
39
69
52
52
74
64
44
47
69
30
47
81
17
39
77
80
56
76
46
80
64
74
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
Lo
36
55
38
36
17
55
33
28
58
39
32
28
43
13
26
49
4
28
70
58
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61
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Sat.
Hi
65
64
44
48
47
64
60
41
71
47
41
38
60
36
40
68
21
38
79
65
46
77
47
81
60
74
Lo
36
42
36
33
24
41
39
26
55
33
31
28
38
15
27
43
19
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69
47
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58
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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
64
67
85
40
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69
78
56
52
48
62
88
48
54
72
38
70
74
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29
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Sat.
Hi
48
56
82
37
41
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69
46
56
45
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38
44
56
39
70
71
51
58
69
65
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35
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27
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30
30
28
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DOJ opens investigation of
Mailers list primary options
Grant County Sheriff Palmer for unaf¿liated Oregon voters
By AMANDA PEACHER
Oregon Public Broadcasting
When Oregon State Police
stopped Robert “LaVoy”
Finicum along a remote
stretch of Highway 395, the
militant was desperate to
reach one man.
“I’m going over to meet
with the sheriff in Grant
County,” Finicum yelled to
troopers during the Jan. 26
fatal traf¿c stop, moments
before his death. “You can
come along with us, and talk
with us over there.”
Finicum had reason to
try and reach Sheriff Glenn
Palmer. Over his four terms
in of¿ce, Palmer has been
outspoken about what he sees
as government overreach.
Palmer met with some of the
key ¿gures of the occupation
over lunch in John Day in
January along with a small
group of local residents, but
said he didn’t know three of
the occupiers would be there.
“It was unbeknownst to
me,” Palmer told the Blue
Mountain Eagle. “I was
asked to go to a meeting and
when I got there realized who
they were.”
“He showed up just to
¿nd out what was going on,”
said Jim Sproul, a friend
and supporter of Palmer’s.
“As a public servant, I really
respect that, because the man
goes to the source instead of
taking things second hand.”
But the fact that Palmer even
met with some of the occu-
piers has drawn criticism.
“His law enforcement
leadership is lacking,” said
Gordon Larson, retired area
commander for Oregon
State Police. “You need to be
careful of who you associate
yourself with. You’re always
going to be viewed with the
company you keep,” Larson
said. Larson believes that
kind of association with a law
enforcement of¿cial, e[plicit
or not, can lend credence to
a group. “When you lend
credence to somebody, that
emboldens them.”
The state DOJ said
Wednesday that the agency
has opened an investigation
into one of the complaints
about Palmer, although the
agency won’t describe the
complaint while the investi-
Glenn Palmer
gation is ongoing. Evidence
of wrongdoing could lead
to criminal charges and
revocation of Palmer’s law
enforcement certi¿cation.
Palmer’s approach to the
occupiers was very different
from other law enforcement,
but his approach to his
role as sheriff is, too. Most
Oregon county sheriffs sent
deputies to assist with law
enforcement patrols during
the occupation. Palmer did
not, although he did house
Harney County inmates at
the Grant County jail for
about a week to help free up
space and staff in Burns.
The Oregon State Sher-
iff’s Association made a
public statement opposing
the actions of the “militia men
and women” at the refuge,
and called their behavior
criminal. In contrast, in an
interview with the Blue
Mountain Eagle, Palmer
referred to the occupiers as
“Americans” and “Patriots.”
Law enforcement of¿cials
in charge of the fatal traf¿c
stop were wary of Palmer’s
approach to the occupiers.
The report detailing the
investigation into Finicum’s
death revealed that the road-
block was originally planned
for Grant County, but was
moved to avoid involving
Palmer.
Beyond the DOJ investi-
gation, Palmer’s statements
about
the
occupation
have some Grant County
residents worrying that
the ne[t anti-government
action might happen in their
community. Palmer has
become a focal point of the
“what’s ne[t"” now that the
refuge occupation is over.
Some in Grant County see
him as a rogue activist more
interested in advancing an
anti-federal
government
agenda than protecting public
safety.
“Sheriff Palmer’s blatant
disregard for the potential
consequences of pushing
his personal agenda over
the welfare and safety of
the general public that he
is sworn to protect is at the
very least an ethical trans-
gression,” Valerie Luttrell,
John Day’s emergency
dispatch manager, wrote in a
complaint to state regulators.
But to many in the
growing “patriot” move-
ment, Palmer is the lone
elected hero standing up
to federal agencies and
¿ghting to protect individual
liberties. In addition to the
complaints, state regulators
have received three letters in
support of Palmer. Facebook
pages and groups in support
of Palmer have more than
2,000 members and likes.
Even Ammon Bundy, the
leader of the refuge occupa-
tion, has voiced his support
of Palmer from jail.
“He has been an e[em-
plary sheriff,” Melvin and
Harriet Crum wrote state
regulators. “As an elected
of¿cial he represents all of
Grant County fairly and is
not beholden to any other
county of¿cer, which is how
it should be.”
EUGENE (AP) — Unaf-
¿liated voters in Oregon still
have time to register with a
political party and vote in
the May primary election,
and the state will be mailing
reminders to those voters
e[plaining their options.
There are 540,000 unaf-
¿liated voters statewide,
according to Secretary
of State Jeanne Atkins.
Her of¿ce announced
Wednesday that it will send
mailers to voters this year
laying out their options,
which is atypical, reported
The Register-Guard.
Atkins’ of¿ce says they
are sending out the one-page
sheets because the Indepen-
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dent Party has decided to
open its primary voting to
unaf¿liated voters during
its ¿rst election as a major
party in Oregon.
The Oregon Democratic
and Republican parties will
still have closed primaries,
meaning only people regis-
tered as members of that
party can participate.
The mailer tells nonaf-
¿liated voters that they can
do nothing and vote only in
nonpartisan races in May,
join a major party and vote in
its primary or opt to partici-
pate in the Independent
Party primary by requesting
a ballot by April 26.
Unaf¿liated voters make
up 24 percent of registered
voters in Oregon, up from 22
percent in 2001, and fewer
voters are registering as
Democrats or Republicans.
That trend is growing
larger because of an automatic
voter registration law known
as “Motor Voter.” It has the
state automatically register
new voters as unaf¿liated
unless they choose a party or
opt out of registration.
The law kicked in this
year and so far, 86 percent
of the new voters it regis-
tered are unaf¿liated. Motor
Voter is e[pected to cause
Oregon’s voter rolls to swell
by 400,000, an 18 percent
increase.
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