WEATHER
East Oregonian
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REGIONAL CITIES
Forecast
SUNDAY
TODAY
Mostly sunny
Sunny and
beautiful
93° 57°
84° 49°
MONDAY
TUESDAY
Pleasant with
plenty of sunshine
Plenty of sunshine
PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
86° 53°
91° 58°
92° 62°
HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
88° 51°
97° 61°
PENDLETON
through 3 p.m. yesterday
TEMPERATURE
HIGH
LOW
93°
89°
109° (1911)
56°
59°
41° (1913)
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"
0.00"
0.14"
11.30"
7.27"
7.71"
through 3 p.m. yesterday
HIGH
LOW
92°
89°
110° (1935)
55°
58°
44° (2010)
0.00"
0.00"
0.10"
6.59"
4.93"
5.80"
SUN AND MOON
July 16
July 23
5:20 a.m.
8:41 p.m.
none
12:07 p.m.
First
Full
July 30
Aug 7
John Day
93/55
Ontario
102/66
Bend
89/48
Caldwell
103/67
Burns
93/49
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
66
88
89
64
93
89
81
90
97
93
87
90
87
94
62
64
102
99
93
80
90
81
91
87
78
96
96
Lo
53
49
48
51
49
48
48
54
61
55
46
54
48
57
49
52
66
57
57
54
43
52
58
46
52
62
56
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NATIONAL WEATHER TODAY
Sun.
Hi
67
80
83
65
87
81
79
83
88
86
86
83
79
91
62
64
93
87
84
77
84
79
80
80
75
87
85
Lo
51
42
45
51
46
43
47
47
51
52
46
46
43
55
47
50
59
49
49
54
41
51
53
42
51
57
53
Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day.
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WORLD CITIES
Today
Hi
90
90
91
73
74
76
78
88
84
64
89
Beijing
Hong Kong
Jerusalem
London
Mexico City
Moscow
Paris
Rome
Seoul
Sydney
Tokyo
Lo
75
82
66
65
51
62
61
68
77
45
79
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Sun.
Hi
94
88
93
78
72
74
83
90
84
62
90
Lo
75
80
69
57
53
54
62
65
77
49
79
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WINDS
Medford
94/57
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
Albany
81/50
Eugene
81/48
TEMPERATURE
Sunrise today
Sunset tonight
Moonrise today
Moonset today
Last
New
96° 65°
Spokane
Wenatchee
91/58
91/61
Tacoma
Moses
75/50
Lake
Pullman
Aberdeen Olympia
Yakima 97/57
88/53
66/52
74/49
96/56
Longview
Kennewick Walla Walla
75/52
96/62 Lewiston
99/59
Astoria
96/61
66/53
Portland
Enterprise
Hermiston
80/54
Pendleton 89/48
The Dalles 97/61
93/57
87/59
La Grande
Salem
90/54
81/52
Corvallis
81/49
HERMISTON
Yesterday
Normals
Records
95° 63°
Seattle
75/53
ALMANAC
Yesterday
Normals
Records
90° 56°
Today
WEDNESDAY
Brilliant sunshine
Saturday, July 15, 2017
Today
Sunday
WSW 8-16
W 7-14
WSW 6-12
W 6-12
(in mph)
Boardman
Pendleton
Klamath Falls
87/46
UV INDEX TODAY
Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.
REGIONAL FORECAST
Coastal Oregon: Clouds giving way to some
sun today. Partly cloudy tonight.
Eastern Washington: Sunshine and patchy
clouds today. Mainly clear tonight.
Eastern and Central Oregon: Mostly sunny
and hot today; a stray thunderstorm in the
upper Treasure Valley.
Western Washington: Plenty of sunshine
today, but clouds breaking for some sun at
the coast.
Cascades: Sunny today; pleasant across
the north. Clear tonight. Mostly sunny
tomorrow.
Northern California: Clouds breaking at
the coast today; hot in central parts. Mostly
sunny elsewhere.
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showers t-storms
0s
10s
rain
20s
flurries
30s
40s
snow
50s
ice
60s
cold front
70s
80s
90s
100s
warm front stationary front
110s
high
low
National Summary: Steamy air will linger in the Southeast with locally heavy storms today.
Locally severe storms will dot the Upper Midwest. Only sparse storms are likely over the
Rockies as the West heats up.
Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states)
High 114° in Needles, Calif.
Low 35° in Kitt Peak, Ariz.
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
91
88
84
88
97
87
102
75
94
83
82
78
92
87
83
86
74
84
87
91
80
93
87
112
89
88
Lo
67
71
70
67
69
72
67
65
76
63
67
65
77
60
65
71
58
56
74
75
62
74
65
88
71
67
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Sun.
Hi
86
86
83
88
93
87
93
83
88
86
75
82
93
90
80
91
76
87
86
90
82
92
90
109
89
88
Lo
67
71
72
71
62
72
61
67
74
65
59
66
77
62
60
72
57
70
75
76
61
74
67
87
71
67
Today
W
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Hi
Louisville
86
Memphis
89
Miami
92
Milwaukee
83
Minneapolis
91
Nashville
87
New Orleans
88
New York City
83
Oklahoma City
93
Omaha
92
Philadelphia
87
Phoenix
107
Portland, ME
70
Providence
79
Raleigh
92
Rapid City
97
Reno
99
Sacramento
101
St. Louis
88
Salt Lake City
101
San Diego
77
San Francisco
74
Seattle
75
Tucson
97
Washington, DC 89
Wichita
91
Lo
67
73
79
64
66
70
76
70
72
70
70
88
59
65
72
62
67
67
69
74
70
56
53
79
72
70
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Sun.
Hi
88
90
90
70
83
90
88
85
91
94
88
103
79
85
91
97
98
105
94
99
77
75
72
90
89
93
Lo
71
74
78
60
64
69
76
73
71
70
72
84
61
65
71
66
65
62
73
74
70
55
53
77
75
69
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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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Ethics investigation of Kitzhaber, Hayes to move forward
By PARIS ACHEN
Capital Bureau
SALEM — The Oregon
Ethics Commission will
pursue an official investi-
gation of former Gov. John
Kitzhaber and first lady
Cylvia Hayes.
The commission vote,
taken in a meeting closed
to the public as provided by
Oregon law, was based on a
preliminary review report and
recommendation by ethics
commission
investigator
Marie Scheffers.
The investigator reported
“there appears to be a substan-
tial objective basis” to believe
that Kitzhaber and Hayes may
have violated state govern-
ment ethics law.
The vote to pursue an
official investigation was
unanimous, 7-to-0, said Ron
Bersin, executive director of
the ethics commission.
The watchdog agency in
February 2015 had suspended
a preliminary review of three
complaints of alleged ethics
violations against the couple,
triggered by pending state and
federal investigations.
The allegations concerned
use of the public office for
profit, conflict of interest and
inappropriate acceptance of
gifts.
Janet Hoffman, Kitzhaber’s
lawyer, wrote in a July 12
letter to the commission
that the preliminary review
report by the commission
staff “relies almost entirely
on news stories based on
speculation and cherry-picked
excerpts from a handful of
former Governor Kitzhaber’s
personal emails.”
“Such speculation does
not amount to substantial
objective basis for pursuing
an (ethics commission)
investigation, and this polit-
ically motivated complaint
attacking former Governor
Kitzhaber’s integrity should
be dismissed,” Hoffman
added.
Kitzhaber and Hayes had
been under criminal inves-
tigation for more than two
years after Willamette Week
reported the first lady may
have used her position to win
several consulting contracts.
The scandal eventually
prompted Kitzhaber to resign
from office in February 2015.
The commission resumed
the ethics review late last
month after the U.S. Attor-
ney’s Office announced no
criminal charges would be
filed against the couple. The
state Department of Justice
abandoned its investigation of
the couple because its statute
of limitation had expired
during the federal probe.
Under commission rules,
ethics investigators must
conduct a preliminary review
to determine whether to
launch a full investigation.
State ethics investigators
have up to 180 days to
complete the full investiga-
tion and can request a 30-day
extension, if more time is
needed.
The investigation could
entail poring through as
many as 4 million pages of
documents obtained by the
DOJ and two flash drives,
according to preliminary
review documents.
Even though Hayes was an
unpaid adviser in Kitzhaber’s
office, she and other volun-
teers are still subject to state
ethics law.
Disclosures at the time
showed Hayes used a desk,
office and computers at
the Capitol, according to a
report by The Oregonian.
Complaints further state that
Hayes filed expenses with the
state, advised on energy policy
related to her environmental
consulting business, and had
staff from the governor’s
office make her travel arrange-
ments. She benefited from
receiving consulting contracts
as a result of her public office,
according to the October
2014 complaint. An Oregon
Business Council grant paid
$35,000 to give Hayes her
own spokesperson while Gov.
Kitzhaber was promoting
the council’s interest in the
Oregon Business Plan, the
complaint states.
Lisa Hay, Hayes’ federal
public defender in the federal
investigation, wrote in an
April 18 letter that Hayes
made a “good faith” effort to
work within the boundaries of
her role.
“Any errors in adhering to
state ethics rules or statutes
were the result of confusion
with the administration,
mistakes and the lack of clear
guidelines for an unmarried
partner and not due to crim-
inal intent to commit fraud.”
Kitzhaber and Hayes could
face fines of up to $5,000 per
violation or as little as a letter
of reprimand.
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U.S. interior secretary to visit
Cascade-Siskiyou monument
SALEM (AP) — The
Cascade-Siskiyou National
Monument in Oregon comes
under federal scrutiny this
weekend as U.S. Secretary
of Interior Ryan Zinke
visits it as part of his study
on whether 27 national
monuments
should
be
abolished or resized.
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown
will be meeting with Zinke,
trying to persuade him to
leave it alone, and will also
tour the monument, which
former President Barack
Obama expanded in the final
days in office by 48,000
acres.
Since June 12, Zinke has
recommended that the Bears
Ears National Monument
in Utah be downsized, and
that no changes be made
to Craters of the Moon
National Monument in
Idaho and the Hanford
Reach National Monument
in Washington. President
Donald Trump, when he
ordered the review in April,
called the designation of
the 27 monuments by three
former presidents “a massive
federal land grab.”
Brown and Oregon Sens.
Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden
have urged the Trump
Administration to protect the
full monument.
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