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WEATHER East Oregonian Page 2A REGIONAL CITIES Forecast THURSDAY TODAY Cloudy, bitterly cold; p.m. snow Morning fl urries; mostly cloudy 19° 16° 24° 12° FRIDAY SATURDAY Mostly sunny and frigid Mostly cloudy and not as cold PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 16° ؏2° 11° 2° 22° 10° 2° 22° 11° HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 26° 14° 23° 18° PENDLETON through 3 p.m. yesterday TEMPERATURE HIGH LOW 27° 22° 39° 26° 63° (1924) -28° (1919) 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" 0.67" 0.60" 11.97" 9.39" 12.11" Spokane Wenatchee 19/14 22/16 Tacoma Moses 37/23 Lake Pullman Aberdeen Olympia Yakima 22/14 27/17 38/24 36/23 27/13 Longview Kennewick Walla Walla 36/26 23/18 Lewiston 24/18 Astoria 29/21 40/29 Portland Enterprise Hermiston 35/28 Pendleton 28/18 The Dalles 23/18 19/16 27/16 La Grande Salem 32/21 35/25 Corvallis 33/30 HERMISTON through 3 p.m. yesterday Yesterday Normals Records LOW John Day 34/27 Ontario 30/28 Bend 20/16 30° 25° 39° 27° 62° (1995) -10° (1972) Burns 30/28 0.00" 0.23" 0.67" 8.13" 6.50" 9.17" SUN AND MOON Sunrise today Sunset tonight Moonrise today Moonset today Last New Dec 28 First 7:28 a.m. 4:11 p.m. 5:32 p.m. 7:50 a.m. Full Jan 5 Jan 12 Caldwell 34/32 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 40 27 20 52 30 28 35 22 23 34 44 32 29 49 38 45 30 24 19 35 19 35 19 27 34 23 27 Lo 29 17 16 41 28 18 28 17 18 27 32 21 19 41 32 37 28 14 16 28 11 25 14 17 27 18 13 Hi 41 31 29 49 34 28 38 26 26 34 40 30 28 46 42 46 37 26 24 36 29 35 21 28 35 25 29 Lo 27 11 8 35 12 14 24 11 14 15 21 16 13 31 29 33 22 11 12 25 9 22 6 8 23 15 12 Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. W c sf c c c sf c c c sf sn sf sf r c c sn c sf c c c sf sf c sf c WORLD CITIES Today Beijing Hong Kong Jerusalem London Mexico City Moscow Paris Rome Seoul Sydney Tokyo Hi 37 73 49 54 75 20 48 59 36 98 52 Lo 18 59 40 44 49 8 33 41 17 65 37 W s pc t pc pc sn pc pc pc pc r Thu. Hi 42 68 50 53 71 13 48 59 31 70 48 Lo 16 56 43 43 50 0 37 40 14 67 38 W s c pc pc pc c pc pc s sh pc Klamath Falls 44/32 (in mph) Today Thursday Boardman Pendleton NNE 4-8 N 4-8 ESE 3-6 N 4-8 UV INDEX TODAY Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. REGIONAL FORECAST Coastal Oregon: Rain, heavy at times today, but a fl urry across the north; windy elsewhere. Eastern and Central Oregon: Snow today, 3-6 inches near the Cascades and 2-4 inches in north, central parts and upper Treasure Valley; snow, then rain in the south. Western Washington: A little snow across the south today; clouds breaking elsewhere. Eastern Washington: Snow today, up to an inch in the south and Cascades; mostly cloudy near the Idaho border. Clouds breaking in north, and central parts. Cascades: Snow today, accumulating 4-8 inches in the south and central parts and up to an inch across the north. Northern California: Downpours today; snow, accumulating 1-3 inches in the interior mountains. 0 0 0 211 S.E. Byers Ave., Pendleton 541-276-2211 333 E. Main St., Hermiston 541-567-6211 Office hours: Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Closed major holidays www.eastoregonian.com To subscribe, call 1-800-522-0255 or go online to www.eastoregonian.com and click on ‘Subscribe’ East Oregonian (USPS 164-980) is published daily except Sunday, Monday and Dec. 25, by the EO Media Group, 211 S.E. Byers Ave. Pendleton, OR 97801. Periodicals postage paid at Pendleton, OR. Postmaster: send address changes to East Oregonian, 211 S.E. Byers Ave. Pendleton, OR 97801. 0 The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index™ num- ber, the greater the need for eye and skin protection. Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2016 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Local home delivery Savings off cover price EZPay $14.50 41 percent 52 weeks $173.67 41 percent 26 weeks $91.86 38 percent 13 weeks $47.77 36 percent *EZ Pay = one-year rate with a monthly credit or debit card/check charge Single copy price: $1 Tuesday through Friday, $1.50 Saturday Copyright © 2016, EO Media Group Fate of Oregon’s oldest state forest is examined By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press Amanda Loman/The World via AP, File In this Oct. 27 photo, Joe Metzler walks across a fall- en log over a creek in the Silver Grove surrounded by some trees in the grove that are over 220 years old in Elliott State Forest near Reedsport. Proponents of the sale plan, including some school board members from around the state, said on Tuesday they supported it because the forest has been operating at a loss in timber sales, causing the Common School Fund to take financial hits. State officials have been unable to harvest much timber from the forest in recent years because of envi- 0 0-2, Low 3-5, Moderate 6-7, High; 8-10, Very High; 11+, Extreme Didn’t receive your paper? Call 1-800-522-0255 before noon Tuesday through Friday or before 10 a.m. Saturday for same-day redelivery — Founded Oct. 16, 1875 — 0 8 a.m. 10 a.m. Noon 2 p.m. 4 p.m. 6 p.m. Subscriber services: For home delivery, vacation stops or delivery concerns: 1-800-522-0255 KEIZER — Oregon’s top elected state leaders heard at times heated testimony on Tuesday about the proposed sale of the Elliott State Forest, whose lumber proceeds help fund the state’s schools, to a timber company. The hearing was held in a packed room Tuesday at the Keizer Community Center. Intense interest in the plan to sell Oregon’s oldest state forest was reflected by more than 200 spectators inside the meeting room. Many opposed the proposal to sell the 82,500- acre forest in the Coastal Range to Lone Rock Timber Co. and its partners, including several Indian tribes. Signs opposing the deal were stacked in a hallway outside the meeting room. Opponents worry that sale of the state forest to a timber company could lead to less- ened public access and larger timber harvests that would threaten rare species. W pc sn sn r sn sn sn sn sn sn sn sn sn r r r sn sn sn sn sn sn c sn sn sn sn NATIONAL WEATHER TODAY Thu. WINDS Medford 49/41 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 Dec 20 Albany 35/29 Eugene 35/28 TEMPERATURE HIGH 15° Seattle 37/27 ALMANAC Yesterday Normals Records 20° ؏2° Today SUNDAY Very cold with partial sunshine Wednesday, December 14, 2016 ronmental protections and lawsuits. Several speakers recom- mended that if the sale does not go forward, that the forest be removed from the Common School Fund portfolio. The meeting was held by the State Land Board, whose membership consists of the governor, secretary of state and state treasurer. -10s -0s showers t-storms 0s 10s rain 20s flurries 30s 40s snow ice 50s 60s cold front 70s 80s 90s 100s warm front stationary front 110s high Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states) High 86° in Harlingen, Texas Low -18° in Cut Bank, Mont. 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Hi 25 37 80 10 4 31 56 27 37 21 28 77 24 27 42 19 57 58 24 51 67 61 35 83 31 35 Lo 15 26 67 2 1 21 45 18 34 17 19 56 4 10 17 6 38 42 19 42 58 47 25 53 19 27 CORVALLIS (AP) — A small Oregon city has joined the dozens of municipalities that have passed sanctuary measures in the wake of the presidential election. The Corvallis Gazette- Times reports that the Corvallis City Council on Monday passed a sanctuary city resolution 8 to 1. The symbolic action is meant to show that the city’s residents will be treated equally regard- less of citizenship status. Republican President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to deport immigrants living in the country illegally and said he will withhold federal funding from sanctuary cities. One councilor voted against Corvallis’ measure, citing concerns about the use of amendments to edit the resolution before the coun- cil’s vote. The council meeting attracted a standing-room- only crowd of about 100 people, 18 of whom spoke in favor of the sanctuary measure. 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Byers Ave. Pendleton, OR 97801 or email editor@eastoregonian.com. • To submit sports or outdoors information or tips: 541-966-0838 • sports@eastoregonian.com COMMERCIAL PRINTING Production Manager: Mike Jensen 541-215-0824 • mjensen@eastoregonian.com Oregon lawmakers reject request for funding for second women’s prison Incarceration rate of women tripled between 1994-2015 PORTLAND (AP) — A plan to open a second women’s prison in Oregon is facing a major setback as lawmakers have rejected a request for funding for the project. A legislative subcom- mittee recommended that the Emergency Board turn down a request by Oregon Corrections Director Colette Peters for $3.8 million to prepare a former prison in Salem for inmates next year, The Oregonian/OregonLive reported. The Emergency Board meets when the Legislature is not in session to consider agency requests for money. The board is scheduled to consider the prison funding on Wednesday but it would be atypical for the full board to reject a subcommittee recommendation. The Coffee Creek Correctional Institution in Wilsonville has exceeded its inmate capacity since May 18. Gov. Kate Brown’s proposed budget for the next biennium includes $17.5 million to operate the Salem prison on the grounds of the Oregon State Penitentiary. Lawmakers said they’re wary of spending money on a second prison, especially as the state faces a $1.7 billion shortfall in the state budget. Some lawmakers said they should instead take steps to contain the growth of the female prison populations. Oregon’s incarceration rate of women tripled between 1994 and 2015. Sen. Rod Monroe, D-Portland, said now is the time to curb prison popula- tion growth, not fund new prisons. “I am not prepared to support this today,” he said. “It just strikes me that this country incarcerates more people than any other country in the world.” Brown’s spokesman Bryan Hockaday said the governor said the recom- mendation to reject the funding request reflects a growing consensus that inmate population trends must be addressed. He said Brown remains hopeful that the state can avoid opening a second prison. Elizabeth Craig, a spokes- woman for the Department of Corrections, said the department will discuss the possibility of sending some female inmates to out-of- state prisons. CONCEALED CARRY PERMIT CLASS Multi-States (Valid 35-states) /Oregon (Valid in WA) PEN DLETON Corvallis joins dozens of cities with sanctuary measure low National Summary: As frigid air affects the North Central states, heavy snow will develop near the Great Lakes today. Rain will dampen the Deep South. 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