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Friday, January 20, 2017
BRIEFLY
Rain, snow pummel the West
Wyden goes after Oregon jobless
Trumps pick for
rate drops to
treasury secretary record low
More wet
weather on way
RENO, Nev. (AP) —
More winter snow and rain
pummeled the West on
Thursday as the first in a series
of expected storms soaked
morning commuters in much
of California, dumped 18
more inches of snow in the
Sierra Nevada and closed
schools in Oregon.
The first of three antici-
pated winter storms hit the
Lake Tahoe area, with another
6 feet of snow possible by
Monday in the upper eleva-
tions of the Sierra Nevada.
Winds in excess of 100
mph are possible and could
churn up waves on the lake
as high as 5 feet on Sunday,
forecasters said.
Since Jan. 1, more than
15 feet of snow has fallen at
some Tahoe area resorts —
the most in more than five
years.
Mike Dulinawka was
busy taking reservations for
weekend snowmobile tours at
the Zephyr Cove Resort near
Stateline, Nevada.
“We’ve been sold out for
the last couple of weekends.
It’s great. We’re definitely
loving the snow,” he said.
Californians
endured
snarled morning commutes,
downed trees and heavy snow
WASHINGTON (AP)
— It’s getting pretty snippy
at the Senate confirmation
hearing for Donald Trump’s
pick for treasury secretary.
It started when Oregon
Sen. Ron Wyden — the
top Democrat on the
Senate Finance Committee,
opened with a tough
statement about financier
Steven Mnuchin.
That led a Republican
senator, Pat Roberts of
Kansas, to suggest that
Wyden might want to take
the sedative Valium. Roberts
also said Wyden had
suggested the former banker
Mnuchin was “in charge of
the Great Recession.”
After Roberts’ attempt
at humor, Democratic Sen.
Sherrod Brown of Ohio
jumped into the fray and said
Roberts’ Valium comment
was “just outrageous.”
AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli
A man stops to view an uprooted tree, Thursday, that struck a home in Sacramento,
Calif. The homes’ resident said the tree fell during the storm around 7 p.m. Wednesday.
in the mountains.
A storm system dumped
nearly an inch of rain on San
Francisco and more than 3
inches at some locations in the
Napa-Sonoma wine country.
In Southern California’s
Santa Monica Mountains, rain
fell at rates of up to a half-inch
an hour and a rockslide closed
canyon roads near Malibu.
In Sacramento, a wind-
storm with gusts topping 50
mph destroyed three historic
trees Wednesday night that
were planted at the California
Capitol about 120 years ago
to honor Civil War veterans.
“We lost three grand
ones,” said Democratic
Assemblyman Ken Cooley.
The National Weather
Service in San Diego warned
that five-day rainfall totals
would likely be substantial
and that mud and debris flows
could occur as heavy rains fell
on wildfire burn scars east of
Los Angeles.
Grand Canyon National
Park closed some roads on the
South Rim due to snow and
unsafe driving conditions.
The road woes were also
felt to the north in Oregon. A
45-mile stretch of Interstate
84 between Troutdale and
Hood River remained closed
because of ice.
The temperature in Hood
River was expected to climb
to slightly above freezing,
melting some of the ice that
has turned the highway into a
skating rink.
Man sentenced
for illegally
poaching 2 deer
EUGENE (AP) — A
man has been sentenced
for offenses related to the
poaching of two deer south
of Portland in Lane County.
Oregon State Police say
19-year-old Hunter Dillen
Johnson was sentenced
Wednesday to three
years of probation and a
three-year suspension of all
hunting privileges. He must
also pay $2,000 restitution
to the state.
Police say a deputy
stopped Johnson of Noti,
Oregon Oct. 26 and
discovered the carcasses of
a Black-tailed deer doe and
a Black-tailed deer spike
Johnson’s pickup truck.
Police say Johnson
produced a hunting license
and tag issued to another
person. An investigation
revealed Johnson shot the
deer with a .22 caliber
rimfire rifle and had
already filled his valid tag
earlier in the season.
Feds reject Idaho utility’s bid to negate Oregon fish law
BOISE, Idaho (AP)
— Federal authorities on
Thursday rejected a request
by an Idaho utility to negate
an Oregon law requiring fish
passage as part of relicensing
for a hydroelectric project
on the Snake River where
it forms the border between
Idaho and Oregon.
The Federal Energy Regu-
latory Commission dismissed
the petition by Boise-based
Idaho Power asking to
exempt the three-dam Hells
Canyon Complex from the
Oregon statute.
The filing in December
said the Supremacy Clause of
the U.S. Constitution that has
to do with federal authority
over states pre-empts the
Oregon law.
But the commission in
the 14-page decision said it
found no reason why Oregon
couldn’t require fish passage
and reintroduction as part of
relicensing.
While Oregon requires
fish
passage,
Idaho
lawmakers have prohibited
moving salmon and steelhead
upstream of the three dams.
That leaves the relicensing in
limbo.
“We’re still stuck between
the state of Oregon and
Idaho with their conflicting
positions,” said Idaho Power
spokesman Brad Bowlin.
He said the company was
still evaluating the commis-
sion’s decision and had no
comment on that.
Idaho Power’s 50-year
license to operate the
complex expired in 2005,
and the company has since
been operating on annually
issued licenses. The main
problem, the company
said in the filing, has been
obtaining Clean Water Act
certifications from the two
states.
“If this had been granted
it would have squashed
Oregon’s ability to regulate
its own water quality—to
Idaho Power’s benefit,” said
Kevin Lewis of Idaho Rivers
United, an environmental
group that works to protect
and restore rivers.
In the utility company’s
filing, it notes that Oregon
has said it wants salmon and
steelhead to be able to access
four Oregon tributaries that
feed into the Hells Canyon
Complex. To do this, the
company would have to trap
and transport the fish, which
would require approval
from Idaho.
But Idaho is against rein-
troducing salmon and steel-
head above the dams, and
has passed a law opposing
reintroduction of any species
without the consent of the
Legislature and governor.
Biologists have said
the Snake River above
the dams is so degraded it
couldn’t support salmon and
steelhead without significant
rehabilitation work, which
would require cooperation
from landowners.
Idaho Power supplies
electricity to customers in
southern Idaho and eastern
Oregon. The Hells Canyon
Complex produces about
40 percent of the compa-
ny’s total annual power
generation, the company
said in its filing.
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TODAY
SATURDAY
A p.m. rain or snow
shower
A snow shower in
the afternoon
38° 28°
39° 30°
SUNDAY
MONDAY
Showers of rain
and snow; chilly
A little snow,
mainly early
TUESDAY
Partly sunny and
cold
PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
39° 25°
33° 24°
33° 20°
HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
36° 27°
37° 27°
PENDLETON
through 3 p.m. yesterday
TEMPERATURE
HIGH
LOW
44°
36°
42°
28°
67° (1968) -13° (1922)
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
0.07"
1.32"
0.96"
1.32"
1.01"
0.96"
HERMISTON
through 3 p.m. yesterday
TEMPERATURE
HIGH
Yesterday
Normals
Records
LOW
42°
42°
61° (1977)
30°
29°
-6° (1957)
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
0.51"
1.30"
0.79"
1.30"
0.79"
0.79"
SUN AND MOON
Sunrise today
Sunset tonight
Moonrise today
Moonset today
New
First
Jan 27
Feb 3
7:29 a.m.
4:44 p.m.
12:52 a.m.
11:49 a.m.
Full
Last
Feb 10
35° 25°
35° 23°
Seattle
49/38
ALMANAC
Yesterday
Normals
Records
38° 25°
Feb 18
Today
Spokane
Wenatchee
37/27
36/30
Tacoma
Moses
49/32
Lake
Pullman
Aberdeen Olympia
Yakima 37/28
37/26
47/39
47/32
39/28
Longview
Kennewick Walla Walla
44/36
41/29 Lewiston
36/27
Astoria
39/30
49/39
Portland
Enterprise
Hermiston
43/35
Pendleton 34/23
The Dalles 37/27
38/28
38/32
La Grande
Salem
35/27
51/38
Albany
Corvallis 49/39
49/38
John Day
37/29
Ontario
Eugene
Bend
33/22
50/37
36/24
Caldwell
Burns
36/26
30/17
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
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WINDS
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Boardman
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UV INDEX TODAY
Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.
REGIONAL FORECAST
Coastal Oregon: Cloudy today with show-
ers; chilly in the south.
Eastern Washington: Mostly cloudy today;
fl urries.
Eastern and Central Oregon: A snow
shower, accumulating up to an inch in cen-
tral parts and the upper Treasure Valley.
Western Washington: Cloudy today; a little
rain. Snow showers in the Cascades..
Cascades: A little snow at times today,
accumulating 1-3 inches.
Northern California: Showers today; snow,
accumulating 4-8 inches in the interior
mountains.
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PORTLAND (AP) —
The attorney for a leader
of the armed occupation at
an Oregon wildlife refuge
is now facing three charges
after an incident in which
federal marshals tackled
him for refusing to stop
arguing with the judge in
the case.
The Oregonian/
OregonLive reports a
federal prosecutor assigned
from Washington state filed
court documents Friday
charging Marcus Mumford
with three misdemeanors.
The incident in question
occurred when Mumford’s
client Ammon Bundy was
acquitted last fall.
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EUGENE (AP)
— Oregon’s average
unemployment rate has
fallen to match a previous
low record set in the
economic boom of the
mid-1990s.
The Register-Guard
reported Thursday that
according to the state
Employment Department,
Oregon’s unemployment
rate fell to 4.6 percent in
December, from 5 percent
in November. For 2016,
Oregon had an average rate
of 4.9 percent, matching a
previous low set in 1995.
Between December
2015 and December 2016,
employers in Oregon added
52,900 jobs when seasonally
adjusted, an increase of 2.9
percent. The national job
growth rate is 1.5 percent.
The state’s fastest-
growing industries in
2016 by percentage were
construction, which grew
by 8.1 percent, other
services such as repair
and maintenance, which
grew by 4.8 percent, and
professional and business
services, which grew by
4.5 percent.
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0-2, Low
3-5, Moderate 6-7, High;
8-10, Very High;
11+, Extreme
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. ©2017
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110s
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National Summary: Rain will soak areas from the Great Lakes to the mid-Atlantic with
locally gusty storms joining in over the Deep South today. Flooding rain is forecast along
with heavy mountain snow for the Pacific coast.
Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states)
High 84° in Opa Locka, Fla.
Low -18° in Lake George, Colo.
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
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Memphis
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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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