WEATHER
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REGIONAL CITIES
Forecast
WEDNESDAY
TODAY
Very cold with
clouds and sun
Colder with clouds
and sun
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
Partly sunny and
frigid
A thick cloud cover
and cold
PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
12°
14°
6°
4°
16°
1°
22°
4°
23° 20°
7°
19° 16°
HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
16°
17°
8°
9°
PENDLETON
through 3 p.m. yesterday
TEMPERATURE
HIGH
LOW
27°
40°
63° (1913)
22°
26°
-9° (1924)
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
0.10"
0.11"
0.12"
0.11"
Trace
0.12"
HERMISTON
through 3 p.m. yesterday
LOW
29°
39°
62° (1939)
0.10"
0.10"
0.08"
0.10"
0.00"
0.08"
SUN AND MOON
Jan 12
Bend
13/3
Burns
19/8
7:36 a.m.
4:24 p.m.
10:43 a.m.
10:25 p.m.
Last
New
Jan 19
Jan 27
Caldwell
21/11
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
36
12
13
44
19
14
32
10
16
25
32
16
12
38
38
45
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20
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NATIONAL WEATHER TODAY
Wed.
Hi
38
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11
47
24
17
34
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17
29
33
20
17
42
35
47
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24
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WORLD CITIES
Today
Beijing
Hong Kong
Jerusalem
London
Mexico City
Moscow
Paris
Rome
Seoul
Sydney
Tokyo
Hi
52
74
52
43
76
27
39
58
42
75
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51
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WINDS
Medford
38/35
PRECIPITATION
Jan 5
John Day
25/17
Ontario
17/9
25°
27°
-7° (1979)
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
First
Full
Albany
32/23
Eugene
32/24
TEMPERATURE
Yesterday
Normals
Records
21°
Spokane
Wenatchee
14/-3
13/3
Tacoma
Moses
32/16
Lake
Pullman
Aberdeen Olympia
Yakima 12/3
10/2
34/25
31/18
19/1
Longview
Kennewick Walla Walla
31/18
17/10 Lewiston
15/7
Astoria
14/6
36/24
Portland
Enterprise
Hermiston
32/24
Pendleton 14/5
The Dalles 16/8
12/6
20/14
La Grande
Salem
16/7
35/24
Corvallis
32/24
HIGH
5°
Seattle
32/19
ALMANAC
Yesterday
Normals
Records
20°
Today
SATURDAY
Mostly sunny and
quite cold
Tuesday, January 3, 2017
(in mph)
Boardman
Pendleton
Klamath Falls
32/26
REGIONAL FORECAST
Eastern Washington: Times of clouds and
sun today, but sunnier toward the Cascades.
Mainly clear tonight.
Cascades: Frigid today; a bit of snow with
little or no accumulation in the south.
Northern California: Downpours at the coast today;
a bit of morning snow followed by rain, then snow in
central parts. A bit of snow in the interior mountains.
Wednesday
NNE 6-12
NW 4-8
UV INDEX TODAY
Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.
Coastal Oregon: A little rain in the south
today; clouds and sun in central parts.
Sunny across the north.
Eastern and Central Oregon: Partly sunny
and very cold today; a bit of snow in the
south and near the Cascades.
Western Washington: Plenty of sunshine
today. Clear tonight; however, partly cloudy
across the south.
Today
NNE 4-8
NNW 4-8
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MERLIN (AP) —
Authorities in southwestern
Oregon say a preliminary
investigation has determined
that a 15-year-old boy
handling a firearm died
after accidentally shooting
himself.
Oregon State Police in
a statement Monday say
emergency crews responded
at about 8:30 p.m. Saturday to
a residence near Merlin where
they found the boy dead.
Police say the boy lived
at the residence and had
several friends over while
his parents were out of town.
Police say his friends
called 911 and began
life-saving measure but the
boy died before emergency
crews arrived.
Police say several friends
might have left before
emergency crews arrived,
and they want to speak
with them as part of the
investigation.
Names haven’t been
released.
Assailants hit
licensed marijuana
grow in S. Oregon
PORTLAND (AP) — A
marijuana grower in
southern Oregon was beaten
and robbed last month in
the first reported instance
of violent crime at a state-
licensed cannabis production
operation.
The Oregonian/
OregonLive reported last
week that 56-year-old James
Bowman was hospitalized
for several days after the
Dec. 16 attack in the rural
community of Wimer.
Jackson County
authorities say the assailants
beat him, filled a rented
truck with hundreds of
pounds and harvested
marijuana and took off.
Bowman’s workers
discovered him tied up a
couple of hours later.
Jackson County Detective
Jason Penn says the agency
is taking the case seriously
and is investigating.
A spokesman with the
Oregon Liquor Control
Commission says the
agency will conduct an
administrative investigation
into the security breach once
the criminal investigation
concludes. Bowman
reported the theft to the
commission as required.
Three injured after
driver hits crowd
in parking lot
SALEM (AP) — Three
people were injured when
a vehicle struck a crowd of
people following a fight in a
Salem grocery store parking
lot early Sunday.
Salem Police said
in a news release that a
51-year-old woman suffered
critical injuries and was
taken to a local hospital.
Two others sustained less
severe injuries. All three are
from Salem.
A fight had spilled from
the Shack Bar & Grill and
moved into the Fred Meyer
parking lot around 2:15 a.m.
Police say one of the
people got into a sedan,
circled the crowd a couple
of times, then drove through
the people who were
fighting. The driver hit at
least three people.
The motorist was last
seen driving east through
the parking lot. Police are
investigating.
Salem man drowns
while hiding from
police under bridge
SALEM (AP) — Salem
Police say a 34-year-old man
has drowned after he ran from
police following a traffic stop
and attempted to hide under a
bridge in the water.
The police department
says Christopher Free, of
Salem, died early Sunday
morning. Police say officers
tried to negotiate with
him for 20 minutes to get
out of the water before
he submerged. An officer
jumped into the water and
pulled him out. He died at a
local hospital.
An officer spotted a
speeding car at about 12:40
a.m. and attempted to stop
the driver. As the officer
approached the car on foot,
the vehicle took off and later
crashed. The driver fled on
foot and was later found
hiding under the High Street
bridge.
An autopsy is planned for
Monday.
Women die after
fall from I-5 bridge
MYRTLE CREEK
(AP) — Oregon State Police
say two women have died
after apparently falling
from a bridge on Interstate
5 following a single-vehicle
crash.
Police say emergency
crews responded at about
2:30 a.m. Monday after
the driver and her female
passenger called 911 to
report the crash north of
Myrtle Creek on a bridge
crossing the South Umpqua
River.
Police say crews arrived
and found a 2002 Kia sport
utility vehicle but not the
driver or passenger.
Police say crews soon
after located two woman
dead on the riverbank below.
Names haven’t been
released.
Girlfriend arrested
in killing; third
homicide in 6 days
KLAMATH FALLS (AP)
— A 22-year-old woman has
been arrested in connection
with the fatal shooting of her
boyfriend in Klamath Falls
early Sunday.
Klamath County District
Attorney’s Office said in a
news release that the death
marks the third homicide
handled by the county’s
major crimes team in the
past six days.
Officers responded to
a report of a shooting at
about 12:40 a.m. and found
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30s
40s
snow
ice
50s
60s
cold front
70s
80s
90s
100s
warm front stationary front
110s
high
low
National Summary: Rain will sweep from the Ohio Valley to the Northeast today with
icy spots early in New England. Gusty thunderstorms will cross the Carolinas, with rain in
California and snow from Oregon to Colorado.
Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states)
High 93° in McAllen, Texas
Low -22° in West Yellowstone, Mont.
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
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Today
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
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Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain,
sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice.
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BRIEFLY
Boy dead in
accidental shooting
in SW Oregon
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25-year-old Tyler Balais dead.
Police arrested Kassandra
Imbert. She has a preliminary
hearing Tuesday in Klamath
County Circuit Court.
A juvenile relative was
arrested in the killing of a
74-year-old Keno woman
early Saturday.
And on Monday, a
California man was arrested
and accused of killing his
younger brother in Bonanza,
Oregon. A probable cause
statement filed by Oregon
State Police says 52-year-old
Travis Kimball called 9-1-1
Monday to report that he
stabbed his brother Troy
Kimball, and then shot him.
Boise cop paralyzed
after shooting
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A
Boise police officer seriously
injured in a shooting in
November while searching
for a suspect is paralyzed
from the waist down.
Cpl. Kevin Holtry in
a video released Monday
also says his left leg was
amputated above the knee.
On Thursday he’ll fly to
Craig Hospital near Denver.
The hospital specializes in
spinal cord injuries. Holtry
has been receiving treatment
at Saint Alphonsus in Boise
since the shooting Nov. 11.
The 17-year veteran,
another Boise police officer
and a police dog were
shot while searching for
33-year-old parolee Marco
Romero.
Romero died in the
shootout.
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Mount Rainier mudflow
warning system to be
upgraded for 21st century
SEATTLE (AP) —
Officials plan to improve a
volcanic mudflow warning
system for Mount Rainier.
Scientists
say
the
upgrades could detect
trouble sooner and give
southeastern Puget Sound
residents more time to
evacuate.
Projections show up to
500 million cubic meters
of debris could break loose
during a volcanic event,
Scott Heinze of Pierce
County’s emergency-man-
agement department tells the
Seattle Times in a story on
Monday.
Officials say a significant
mudflow 5,600 years ago
filled the valleys of the
White River up to 300 feet
with sediment..
Officials say they want
to increase the number
of places with detection
technology as well as install
a
volcanic-monitoring
network that could provide
weeks or months of advance
warning of a lahar, or a
mudflow that occurs on the
slopes of a volcano.
“That for us is the end-all,
be-all,” Heinze said. “The
technology that’s going into
the ground can be utilized in
a more predictive way. We
just need to have more of
it on the ground in the right
places.”
Pierce County Executive
Pat McCarthy asked for a
review of the current system
that had sensors installed
in the 1990s. The review
helped Heinze’s department
and the U.S. Geological
Survey determine where to
plan improvements. Now
they’re working to replace
outdated analog equipment
with digital devices.
“It’s the difference
between having a flip phone
and a smartphone,” Heinze
said. “We can make phone
calls, but we’d like to be able
to do more.”
The current system
has sensors in the Carbon
and Puyallup river valleys
connected to the state emer-
gency-operations center at
Camp Murray. If a mudflow
is detected, a warning
system can be activated.
Officials plan to ask the
Legislature for money to
double the number of sirens,
costing nearly $2 million,
Heinze said.
“We’re putting the most
state-of-the-art equipment
in the ground that will tell
us a lahar is happening, and
we’re trying to get additional
sirens,” Heinze said. “But
they also need to know what
to do when the sirens go off.
They have to have a plan.”
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