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WEATHER East Oregonian Page 2A REGIONAL CITIES Forecast FRIDAY TODAY Sunshine and patchy clouds Plenty of sun 60° 38° 60° 38° SATURDAY SUNDAY Plenty of sunshine Partly sunny PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 63° 40° 61° 40° 56° 35° HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 61° 36° 62° 36° PENDLETON through 3 p.m. yesterday TEMPERATURE HIGH LOW 70° 60° 86° (1924) 35° 37° 25° (1919) 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" 1.41" 0.83" 13.70" 9.69" 9.77" HERMISTON through 3 p.m. yesterday LOW 72° 61° 80° (1959) 0.00" 0.79" 0.51" 7.80" 6.68" 7.07" SUN AND MOON Nov 3 Bend 62/35 Burns 62/26 7:27 a.m. 5:51 p.m. 1:30 p.m. 11:02 p.m. Last New Nov 10 Nov 18 Caldwell 65/36 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 65 64 62 70 62 57 67 58 62 64 70 58 56 78 65 67 67 63 60 67 63 69 55 58 65 60 65 Lo 44 31 35 53 26 35 43 37 36 40 34 34 32 46 50 49 35 34 38 47 34 44 35 32 44 41 33 W s s s s s s pc s s s s s s s s s s s s pc s pc s s pc s s NATIONAL WEATHER TODAY Fri. Hi 68 65 65 67 65 61 68 58 61 69 72 61 60 79 67 69 63 62 60 69 66 70 57 64 66 60 64 Lo 44 29 38 53 27 39 43 37 36 43 36 35 34 43 48 49 35 35 38 45 35 43 37 36 42 42 32 Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. W s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s pc 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 62 83 77 63 74 32 66 72 66 76 67 Lo 46 72 58 46 49 28 48 48 47 63 54 W pc s s c pc sn pc s c t s Fri. Hi 68 83 78 58 75 33 62 70 72 71 69 Lo 48 70 59 43 48 29 42 53 47 60 58 W s s s s s sf pc pc s sh s WINDS Medford 78/46 PRECIPITATION Oct 27 John Day 64/40 Ontario 67/35 33° 37° 20° (2002) 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 68/42 Eugene 67/43 TEMPERATURE Yesterday Normals Records 61° 29° Spokane Wenatchee 55/35 59/37 Tacoma Moses 62/37 Lake Pullman Aberdeen Olympia Yakima 61/34 59/39 62/45 60/36 65/33 Longview Kennewick Walla Walla 63/38 60/41 Lewiston 62/34 Astoria 63/41 65/44 Portland Enterprise Hermiston 67/47 Pendleton 57/35 The Dalles 62/36 60/38 66/40 La Grande Salem 58/34 69/44 Corvallis 69/42 HIGH 64° 40° Seattle 62/45 ALMANAC Yesterday Normals Records 63° 39° Today MONDAY Plenty of sunshine Thursday, October 26, 2017 (in mph) Boardman Pendleton Klamath Falls 70/34 REGIONAL FORECAST 211 S.E. 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Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2017 Subscriber services: For mail delivery, online access, vacation stops or delivery concerns call 1-800-522-0255 ext. 1 — Founded Oct. 16, 1875 — www.eastoregonian.com Eastern Washington: Sunny today. Mainly clear tonight. Sunny tomorrow. Saturday: plenty of sunshine. Cascades: Plenty of sun today. Clear to partly cloudy tonight. Partly to mostly sunny tomorrow. Northern California: Plenty of sunshine today. Clear tonight. Plenty of sunshine tomorrow. Friday UV INDEX TODAY Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. Coastal Oregon: Sunshine and patchy clouds today; pleasant. Clear to partly cloudy tonight. Eastern and Central Oregon: Sunny to partly cloudy today; cooler near the Cas- cades. Clear tonight. Western Washington: Partly sunny today; however, areas of low clouds and fog across the south. 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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 75 69 63 60 43 73 65 60 69 58 58 56 87 48 54 86 40 45 84 83 62 74 69 86 80 89 Lo 40 50 45 38 26 53 40 45 49 38 40 43 48 19 45 50 28 25 66 61 48 48 33 61 51 64 W s s pc s pc s s sh s s pc s s pc s s c r pc s s s pc s s s Fri. 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Hi 63 60 83 48 39 68 81 63 50 43 66 90 61 62 71 45 74 86 49 61 79 78 65 88 68 48 Lo 37 36 74 37 28 37 50 53 28 26 51 63 40 45 48 23 39 50 36 38 62 54 44 56 52 27 W r r pc c sn pc t s pc pc s s s s s pc s s pc s s s s s s pc 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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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 Cougar sightings increase on Coast Bend businessman Sam Carpenter announces run for governor By KATIE FRANKOWICZ The Daily Astorian Yellow signs at trailheads in Ecola and Fort Stevens state parks feature a drawing of a cougar and a blank space to write the date whenever the animal is spotted. Most years these spaces remain empty, but state wildlife managers say cougar populations appear to be increasing elsewhere along the Oregon Coast, raising questions about what is and what could become cougar country. An updated cougar management plan, approved by the Fish and Wildlife Commission in mid-October, found that the coast manage- ment zone has reported a rise in cougar sightings, as well as an increase in conflicts with the big cats. Now, state biologists based in Newport are begin- ning the first-ever coastal effort to attach GPS collars to adult cougars and track their movements to see just how far these predators wander, what they eat and where they might be going next. The coast management zone is a large area that includes the northern section of the Cascade Mountain Range, the Portland, Salem and Eugene metroplexes and the rural North Coast. For years these areas were written off, not considered good cougar habitat, said Derek Broman, carni- vore-furbearer coordinator for the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Department. Sure, the animals were present, but they existed in a fragmented region, a mix of urban and rural where the lush, rough terrain and rela- tively limited prey made for poor habitat. It was the last place to expect a population boom. “Those might have been some premature assumptions,” Broman said. “They’re not holding true.” Wildlife managers believe cougars could be reaching a By PARIS ACHEN Capital Bureau National Park Service Cougar sightings have increased on the Oregon Coast. saturation point elsewhere in the state, forcing young animals to seek new terri- tory. However, on the coast and in the Willamette Valley, human populations have increased along with cougar populations, opening the door for potential clashes and an uptick in sightings. In the updated cougar management plan, there are maps of the coastal zone sprinkled with dots that represent the location of dead cougars — cats killed by hunters, struck by cars, shot by wildlife managers after they threatened human or animal safety. The mortality numbers, along with the ages of the dead cougars, are one way wildlife managers estimate the total population. On one map, showing cougar mortality from 1987 to 1994, there is a smattering of dead animals. Each dot is distinct. In the map for 2006 to 2016, the dots form thick black clusters in the south, especially around the Alsea management area near Newport where biologists plan to begin to collar and tag cougars this fall. Broman calls the Alsea area the “front range of cougar expansion.” Jason Kirchner, a state wildlife biologist who is leading the collaring efforts, is replicating a study from northeastern Oregon, an area known for having a robust cougar population. The Corrections The East Oregonian works hard to be accurate and sincerely regrets any errors. If you notice a mistake in the paper, please call 541-966-0818. Alsea team hopes to collar 10 adult cougars, preferably five males and five females. They are curious what they will discover. In northeastern Oregon, male cougars can have a home range of 78 miles. But there, the big cats roam a landscape of open grass- land and ridges, a different type of forest. They hunt Rocky Mountain elk and mule deer. Cougars on the coast must navigate a very different terrain — dense forests where Roosevelt elk and black-tailed deer don’t cover as much ground, where the undergrowth tangles and ensnares, where towns cluster near the ocean and cities sprawl in the valleys. SALEM — Bend busi- nessman Sam Carpenter announced Wednesday he will challenge Rep. Knute Buehler for the 2018 Republican nomination for governor. “I confidently predict an enormous political and economic turn-around for Oregon as we leave behind the current failed progres- sive far-left leadership of Gov. Kate Brown, and move forward to an executive branch that is laser-focused on serving the people of Oregon through a smaller, much more efficient govern- ment machine,” Carpenter said in a statement. Carpenter, 67, is billing himself the conservative choice against the more moderate Buehler, also from Bend. The primary is in May. His campaign motto is styled after that of President Donald Trump’s: “Make Oregon Great Again.” “Yes, I share President Donald Trump’s vision of a society truly in tune and serving the needs of regular Americans, not the needs of the intertwined cabal of big government, big business, and big finance,” Carpenter Carpenter said. “I’ll fight to put the power back where it belongs, in the hands of Oregon’s citizens.” Buehler, an orthopedic surgeon, is known for spear- heading significant pieces of bipartisan legislation, including increasing access to contraceptives. The two major reproductive rights organizations — Planned Parenthood and NARAL Pro-Choice America — nevertheless, have backed Brown. He declared his run for governor in early August. Rebecca Tweed, Buehler’s campaign manager, said she had no comment on Carpenter’s announcement Wednesday. Carpenter told the Pamplin/EO Capital Bureau in August that he was considering a campaign for governor but was waiting to see if any candidates with Trump-minded agendas made a bid. If no one else he could support stepped up, Carpenter said he would seek the position. The winner of the GOP primary will face off with Gov. Brown, who is seeking her second and final term as the state’s chief executive. Thomas Wheatley, Brown’s campaign adviser, said Carpenter’s “entrance into the race will add a lot more sizzle to the Repub- lican primary.” If elected, Carpenter vows to streamline state government, “facilitate a private sector business environment that allows a robust economy” and curb government “interference in our personal lives.” The Bend businessman is CEO of Centratel national telephone answering service and has authored two books on business management. He first entered Oregon politics when he made a short-lived bid for the GOP nomination to challenge Democrat U.S. Sen. 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