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REGIONAL CITIES
Forecast
SATURDAY
TODAY
Very hot with hazy
sunshine
Mostly sunny and
hot
101° 68°
95° 63°
SUNDAY
MONDAY
Not as warm with
some sun
Partly sunny and
nice
PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
80° 54°
83° 55°
84° 53°
HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
98° 66°
105° 70°
PENDLETON
through 3 p.m. yesterday
TEMPERATURE
HIGH
LOW
103°
88°
119° (1898)
64°
59°
40° (1911)
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"
0.12"
11.30"
7.34"
8.07"
through 3 p.m. yesterday
HIGH
LOW
100°
89°
106° (1971)
60°
59°
47° (1947)
0.00"
0.00"
0.06"
6.59"
4.99"
5.98"
SUN AND MOON
Aug 14
Aug 21
5:51 a.m.
8:09 p.m.
10:21 p.m.
9:59 a.m.
First
Full
Aug 29
John Day
95/63
Ontario
97/61
Bend
92/59
Burns
92/52
Caldwell
96/62
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
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93
92
79
92
91
85
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105
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WORLD CITIES
Today
Beijing
Hong Kong
Jerusalem
London
Mexico City
Moscow
Paris
Rome
Seoul
Sydney
Tokyo
Hi
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88
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Medford
97/65
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
87/56
Eugene
85/55
TEMPERATURE
Sunrise today
Sunset tonight
Moonrise today
Moonset today
Last
New
87° 54°
Spokane
Wenatchee
97/66
100/71
Tacoma
Moses
84/56
Lake
Pullman
Aberdeen Olympia
Yakima 102/64
96/58
67/57
83/55
103/68
Longview
Kennewick Walla Walla
82/58
102/72 Lewiston
105/69
Astoria
101/67
67/56
Portland
Enterprise
Hermiston
87/62
Pendleton 91/57
The Dalles 105/70
101/68
100/71
La Grande
Salem
95/60
88/59
Corvallis
84/55
HERMISTON
Yesterday
Normals
Records
86° 57°
Seattle
84/59
ALMANAC
Yesterday
Normals
Records
85° 57°
Today
TUESDAY
Mostly sunny and
nice
Friday, August 11, 2017
(in mph)
Boardman
Pendleton
Klamath Falls
94/51
REGIONAL FORECAST
Eastern and Central Oregon: Hazy sun to-
day. Hot; a thunderstorm in spots in central
parts and near the Cascades.
Western Washington: Hazy sun today, but
low clouds at the coast.
Eastern Washington: Hazy sunshine and
smoky today; a shower or thunderstorm in
spots in the mountains.
Cascades: Hazy sun, a thunderstorm in
spots this afternoon; warm.
Saturday
WSW 7-14
W 6-12
UV INDEX TODAY
Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.
Coastal Oregon: Low clouds today; warmer
in the south.
Today
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NW 4-8
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Bannock County Sheriff’s Office via AP
This photo released by the Bannock County Sheriff’s
Office shows a cyanide device in Pocatello, Idaho.
decision months earlier by
federal officials to halt use of
the traps on all U.S.-owned
land in Idaho.
Officials say the devices
killed about 12,500 coyotes
in 2016, mostly in Western
states.
The Agriculture Depart-
ment said a 2015 survey of
producers determined that
coyotes nationwide killed
about 120,000 sheep and
lambs valued at up to $20
million.
The cyanide devices are
also used to protect cattle.
Environmental groups
say the devices from 2010
to 2016 killed about 200
domestic and feral dogs and
injured a handful of people,
including the boy in Idaho.
In April, federal officials
in Idaho placed a temporary
ban on the predator traps.
Two months later, U.S. offi-
cials launched an expanded
review of the traps and addi-
tional guidelines for workers
deploying the devices.
Adkins said a denial of
the petition would be a basis
for a lawsuit.
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown
and a Republican who hopes
to replace her — Bend Rep.
Knute Buehler — jockeyed
for the political high ground
on health care taxes Tuesday.
Buehler
urged
the
governor to call a special
session this fall. He said
that’s needed to head off a
potentially high-stakes ballot
fight over $320 million in
taxes levied by legislators
during their recent session
on insurers, hospitals and
managed care providers.
Brown quickly rejected
Buehler’s proposal, saying
she’s happy with what the
Legislature did.
Three of Buehler’s GOP
colleagues are gathering
signatures to ask voters
to reject the taxes. If they
collect the required 59,000
signatures, Oregonians will
vote on the issue in January.
Buehler said in a letter
to the governor that it is
better to “combine the best
Democrat ideas with the
best Republican ideas to
strengthen and improve the
Oregon Health Plan.”
He added that the
complex issue is “better
addressed in the legislative
committee room than on a
30-second ad.”
Brown said in a statement
that she agreed health care
policy “shouldn’t be deter-
mined at the ballot box.”
She defended the plan
produced by the Legislature
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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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Miami
90
Milwaukee
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Minneapolis
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Nashville
86
New Orleans
88
New York City
80
Oklahoma City
86
Omaha
82
Philadelphia
84
Phoenix
105
Portland, ME
79
Providence
81
Raleigh
89
Rapid City
82
Reno
94
Sacramento
98
St. Louis
86
Salt Lake City
94
San Diego
79
San Francisco
70
Seattle
84
Tucson
100
Washington, DC 82
Wichita
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“The federal government
has a paramount duty to
protect people and wildlife
from deadly poisons that
unnecessarily
endanger
the public, wildlife and
companion animals,” Kelly
Nokes, carnivore advocate at
WildEarth Guardians, said in
a statement.
The petition is part of
a larger effort by environ-
mental groups to ban the
devices.
Earlier
this
year,
environmental
and
animal-welfare groups filed
a lawsuit claiming the U.S.
government is violating the
Endangered Species Act by
allowing the predator-killing
poison in areas where it could
harm federally protected
species including grizzly
bears and Canada lynx.
That lawsuit by the Center
for Biological Diversity and
others seeks an immediate
ban on cyanide on predator
traps and another pesticide
called Compound 1080
that’s placed in collars worn
by livestock and ingested by
attacking predators.
Environmental groups
also petitioned federal
officials in Idaho and
Wyoming to stop using the
predator traps. Wyoming
hasn’t responded but federal
officials in Idaho issued the
temporary ban.
In recent weeks, federal
officials in Idaho held a
series of public meetings
demonstrating how the traps
work and explaining the
need to protect livestock.
Brown, Buehler tangle over health care
By JEFF MAPES
Oregon Public Broadcasting
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Conservation groups aim to ban
predator-killing cyanide traps
BOISE, Idaho — Pred-
ator-killing cyanide traps
such as one that sickened
a boy in Idaho and killed
his dog should be banned,
environmental groups told
the federal government
Thursday.
The Center for Biological
Diversity and other conser-
vation groups petitioned the
Environmental Protection
Agency to outlaw the
spring-activated
devices
called M-44s.
The traps look like water
sprinkler heads embedded
in the ground and spray
cyanide when triggered by
animals attracted by bait.
The groups said the federal
agency should ban the traps
that pose a threat to people
and pets on public lands and
kill non-targeted wildlife.
“This is a good time for
the agency to take a serious
look because people are
really outraged about this,”
said Collette Adkins, an
attorney and biologist at the
center.
The EPA didn’t return a
call seeking comment.
In March, one of the
devices injured a 14-year-old
boy and killed his dog when
they encountered it on
federally owned land about
500 yards from his home in
Idaho.
The scrutiny intensified
after The Associated Press
reported the device was
on public land despite a
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and said that Buehler “had
six months to put forward a
plan and build the support of
his colleagues in the Legisla-
ture, and he failed to do so.”
Brown faces reelection
next year, and Buehler has
announced plans to chal-
lenge her.
Woman sues hospital in
death of 4-day-old son
PORTLAND (AP) — An
Oregon woman is suing the
hospital where she gave
birth to her son after he died
from being smothered at just
4-days old.
Monica Thompson filed
an $8.6 million lawsuit
against Portland Adventist
Medical Center, The Orego-
nian/OregonLive reported
on Wednesday. She claims
the hospital is at fault for
her child’s death because the
newborn was put in bed with
her at night to breastfeed
while she was unsupervised
and medicated with pain and
sleep aids.
Thompson said she dozed
off on the August 2012 night
and woke up to find her son
not breathing.
She was medicated with
Ambien and Vicodin a few
hours before a nurse walked
into the room, gave her the
baby and left, according to
the suit.
“She called for a nurse
while she tried to get him
to respond,” the suit stated.
“She poked him and talked to
him with no reaction. When
no nurse came to help, Mrs.
Thompson carried her son to
the hallway and frantically
yelled for help.”
Her son suffered brain
damage and was removed
from life support after
doctors said his comatose
state was irreversible.
Medical center spokes-
woman Kristi Spurgeon
Johnson declined comment,
saying on Wednesday the
hospital didn’t yet have a
chance to review the lawsuit.
She also declined comment
about the hospital’s policies
about newborns sharing beds
with mothers.
The suit seeks damages for
the baby’s “desperation and
anxiety” as he was suffocated
and his mother’s “severe
emotional distress upon unin-
tentionally killing her firstborn
child.” The suit also seeks
compensation for Monica
Thompson’s
counseling
expenses for depression and
post-traumatic stress disorder.
State investigating blueberry
farm after temp worker dies
SEATTLE (AP) — State
officials have launched an
investigation into a Sumas
blueberry farm to determine
if any workplace condi-
tions caused the death of a
temporary worker who died
Sunday.
Honesto Silva Ibarra
went to a Bellingham clinic
complaining of headaches
after picking berries at Sarba-
nand Farms. The 28-year-old
collapsed and later died at
Harborview Medical Center
in Seattle.
The Seattle Times reported
Wednesday that Washington
Labor
and
Industries
spokesman Tim Church
said the agency opened two
separate
investigations:
workplace safety with health
inspection and employment
standards.
Church says the first
Corrections
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investigation will determine
if “this was a workplace-re-
lated death and, if so, how,”
and the second will deter-
mine if workers were getting
paid on time, and if they had
appropriate rest and meals.
Ibarra, a father of three,
was on a temporary, agri-
cultural-worker visa, H-2A,
from Mexico.
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