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WEATHER East Oregonian Page 2A REGIONAL CITIES Forecast SUNDAY TODAY MONDAY Mostly sunny and warmer Sunshine 60° 35° 64° 38° TUESDAY Sunny to partly cloudy Times of clouds and sun PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 70° 47° 69° 50° 71° 48° HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 64° 33° 62° 31° PENDLETON through 3 p.m. yesterday TEMPERATURE HIGH LOW 54° 65° 83° (1898) 38° 41° 22° (1899) 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 0.09" 0.25" 0.42" 12.54" 8.77" 9.36" HERMISTON through 3 p.m. yesterday LOW 59° 67° 80° (2015) 0.11" 0.18" 0.22" 7.19" 5.95" 6.78" SUN AND MOON Oct 27 Bend 55/28 Burns 45/13 Full Nov 3 7:10 a.m. 6:11 p.m. 1:24 a.m. 4:00 p.m. Last Nov 10 Caldwell 53/27 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 59 55 55 68 45 50 61 58 62 53 58 53 51 70 60 63 55 62 60 61 55 62 51 50 59 60 61 Lo 41 21 28 49 13 29 32 35 31 31 21 30 29 34 42 42 27 32 35 40 25 38 34 27 40 41 30 W pc s s s s pc s s s s s pc pc s pc s s s s pc s pc pc pc pc s pc NATIONAL WEATHER TODAY Sun. Hi 63 59 64 68 55 58 65 63 64 62 69 58 57 76 62 64 59 64 64 68 65 67 59 61 67 65 66 Lo 42 26 36 50 19 33 36 39 33 36 29 34 33 38 43 43 28 34 38 41 32 40 37 31 41 42 34 Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. W pc s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s WORLD CITIES Today Beijing Hong Kong Jerusalem London Mexico City Moscow Paris Rome Seoul Sydney Tokyo Hi 58 86 72 67 73 45 71 74 66 65 65 Lo 46 71 57 55 55 38 53 52 45 61 61 W r sh s pc pc r pc s pc pc r Sun. Hi 62 83 72 71 74 41 76 75 69 71 65 Lo 44 76 56 59 54 39 57 53 49 58 55 W c sh s s pc r s s pc pc r WINDS Medford 70/34 PRECIPITATION Oct 19 John Day 53/31 Ontario 55/27 43° 39° 18° (1928) 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 New First Albany 62/36 Eugene 61/32 TEMPERATURE Yesterday Normals Records 74° 50° Spokane Wenatchee 51/34 54/35 Tacoma Moses 58/36 Lake Pullman Aberdeen Olympia Yakima 58/32 51/37 55/43 59/36 61/30 Longview Kennewick Walla Walla 59/37 60/41 Lewiston 62/33 Astoria 58/39 59/41 Portland Enterprise Hermiston 61/40 Pendleton 50/29 The Dalles 62/31 60/35 63/34 La Grande Salem 53/30 62/38 Corvallis 61/34 HIGH 72° 51° Seattle 58/43 ALMANAC Yesterday Normals Records 70° 46° Today WEDNESDAY Times of clouds and sun Saturday, October 14, 2017 (in mph) Boardman Pendleton Klamath Falls 58/21 REGIONAL FORECAST Eastern Washington: Clearing near the Idaho border and in the mountains today; partly sunny elsewhere. Cascades: Partly sunny and warmer today. Mainly clear tonight. Warmer tomorrow. Sunday NE 3-6 NW 4-8 UV INDEX TODAY Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. Coastal Oregon: Sunny and becoming breezy today, but some clouds across the north. Clear tonight. Eastern and Central Oregon: Mostly sunny today; warmer. Clear tonight. Sunny tomor- row; warmer in the south. Western Washington: Mostly cloudy today. Mainly clear tonight, but mostly cloudy at the coast. Today SW 6-12 SW 6-12 0 2 3 3 211 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 8 a.m. 10 a.m. Noon 2 p.m. 4 p.m. 6 p.m. 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. Northern California: Abundant sunshine today and increasingly windy. Mainly clear and cool tonight. Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2017 Subscriber services: For home delivery, vacation stops or delivery concerns: 1-800-522-0255 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 — 2 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 -10s By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM — Oregon’s business regulator on Friday ordered health insurance companies linked to the Affordable Care Act to increase rates to some of their customers in 2018 because President Donald Trump halted payments to insurers under the Obama-era health care law, a move that several states including Oregon said they’d fight in court. Trump’s action would halt $49 million worth of cost-sharing reduction payments by the federal government to Oregon insurance companies, according to Oregon’s Department of Consumer and Business Services. Jean Straight, acting director of the agency, said Friday that while Oregonians’ 2017 plan rates and benefits won’t change through the end of this year, some will see increases in 2018 to compensate for Trump’s action. “These rate increases are necessary to ensure the stability of the health insur- ance market,” Straight said. The agency said in a state- ment: “In order to ensure carriers can continue to offer coverage in Oregon, DCBS is ordering health insurance companies offering plans on Corrections The East Oregonian works hard to be accu- rate and sincerely regrets any errors. If you notice a mistake in the paper, please call 541-966-0818. HealthCare.gov to increase their already approved silver metal tier 2018 plan rates by 7.1 percent.” There are about 117,000 enrollees in silver plans, though not every one of those plans will increase, said agency spokesman Jake Sunderland. Silver metal tier plans are the only plans that have cost- sharing reductions. The CSRs, as they’re known, are offered to middle-income consumers and have lower maximum out-of-pocket limits, deductibles, co-pays, and co-insurance. About 50,000 Oregonians were enrolled in cost-sharing reduction plans. It was not immediately clear how many Oregonians would be subjected to the rate increase, or what the average dollar amounts would be. Those under the bronze and gold plans will remain unaffected, the agency said. Health insurance companies that sell plans on HealthCare.gov — the website created as part of former President Obama’s Affordable Care Act where people can buy insurance plans and get financial assistance — can still sell plans off of HealthCare.gov. If the carrier participates on HealthCare.gov, they will have to increase silver plan rates, Sunderland said. Rosenblum blasted Trump’s action as “a rash, ill-conceived decision that will have a devastating impact on many vulnerable Oregonians.” “These ACA subsidies are a vital funding source that keep insurance premiums manageable,” Rosenblum said in a statement. “Oregon, along with 15 other states, is joining Cali- fornia’s lawsuit against the President -- defending ACA payments that help many families access affordable health insurance,” she said. The White House says the government cannot legally continue to pay the cost-sharing subsidies because they lack a formal authorization by Congress. Trump said Friday the subsi- dies are “almost a payoff” to insurance companies to lift their stock prices instead of helping low-income people afford premiums. But several attorneys general say Trump is not following federal law in ending a legally mandated system that already is oper- ating. 0s showers t-storms 10s rain 20s flurries 30s 40s snow ice 50s 60s cold front 70s 80s 90s 100s warm front stationary front 37 SE Dorion Ave 541-276-0021 WHITNEY & ASSOCIATES www.coldwellbankerwhitney.com low 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 78 81 75 77 53 86 51 68 86 83 71 79 94 57 72 90 41 53 85 91 79 86 77 79 90 90 Lo 41 65 68 60 37 68 31 60 65 60 55 68 61 30 65 57 25 31 74 70 67 69 46 54 68 63 W s pc r c c pc s c pc pc r pc s c c pc c r sh pc pc sh t s s s Sun. 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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 Survivor of train attack returns to college PORTLAND (AP) — The survivor of an attack on a Portland light-rail train where two people were stabbed to death has returned to college and says he’s ready to “at least pretend to lead some semblance of a normal life.” Micah Fletcher, 21, on Thursday held his first news conference since the May attack where he and two other men intervened after authorities said a man boarded a train and yelled hateful comments at two black teenage girls, The Oregonian/OregonLive reported. Authorities said 35-year-old Jeremy Chris- tian then turned his attention to the three men and stabbed each of them in the neck, killing Taliesin Namkai- Meche and Ricky Best. All three have been called heroes for confronting Christian, who has pleaded not guilty to the deaths. Court proceed- ings are ongoing. The neck wound to Fletcher broke his jaw bone and came within millime- ters of his carotid artery. Fletcher said the path to recovery hasn’t been easy, Beth Nakamura/The Oregonian via AP Stabbing victim Micah Fletcher talks with the media Thursday. Fletcher, a survivor of an attack on a Port- land light-rail train where two people were stabbed to death, returned to college and says he’s ready to “at least pretend to lead some semblance of a normal life.” but he expressed hope that his return to Portland State University would help ease that path. “It’s a true privilege to come back,” Fletcher said. “It means I can at least pretend to lead some semblance of a normal life.” He noted the attack has caused trauma and paranoia, which has made him fearful of his surroundings. “I don’t feel safe anywhere, man,” he said. “Not even in my own bed.” Fletcher waded into the topic of the city’s ongoing demonstrations, and he appealed for the need to overcome political division in order to solve the city’s issues. “To be quite frank, this is our town, it’s our home. 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