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WEATHER East Oregonian Page 2A REGIONAL CITIES Forecast SATURDAY TODAY Mostly sunny A shower in the afternoon 53° 34° 49° 43° SUNDAY MONDAY Mostly cloudy with showers Today TUESDAY Partly sunny with a shower Times of clouds and sun PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 59° 36° 48° 33° 50° 36° HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 47° 38° 56° 31° PENDLETON through 3 p.m. yesterday TEMPERATURE HIGH LOW 68° 46° 45° 31° 75° (1933) -12° (1985) 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 0.02" 1.02" 1.09" 14.72" 11.12" 11.08" HERMISTON through 3 p.m. yesterday LOW John Day 49/37 Ontario 54/31 Bend 49/32 70° 42° 47° 31° 70° (2017) -11° (1985) 0.02" 0.78" 0.89" 8.58" 7.85" 8.17" SUN AND MOON Sunrise today Sunset tonight Moonrise today Moonset today First Full Dec 3 7:07 a.m. 4:17 p.m. 11:47 a.m. 9:46 p.m. Last New Dec 9 Caldwell 54/34 Burns 49/25 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 54 50 49 55 49 46 55 53 56 49 52 50 47 54 54 57 54 57 53 53 51 55 46 46 53 53 55 Lo 43 27 32 46 25 30 37 34 31 37 32 34 31 38 43 42 31 33 34 39 29 39 32 28 40 38 31 NATIONAL WEATHER TODAY Sat. W r pc s c c s pc s s s c s s c pc c pc s s c s pc pc s c s s Hi 53 49 53 60 49 49 50 49 47 53 58 50 49 55 54 59 50 49 49 49 53 50 46 49 50 51 48 Lo 47 38 44 52 36 44 44 43 38 49 47 46 43 45 48 52 37 38 43 45 43 45 42 43 46 44 38 Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. W r pc c r pc pc r pc pc pc c pc pc c r r pc c pc r c r c pc r c c WORLD CITIES Today Beijing Hong Kong Jerusalem London Mexico City Moscow Paris Rome Seoul Sydney Tokyo Hi 43 68 58 48 69 24 54 65 37 81 56 Lo 25 58 48 34 42 12 38 49 23 67 45 Sat. W s pc c pc s c r pc pc s pc Hi 48 67 61 44 73 26 45 65 50 80 57 Lo 27 63 48 36 43 18 35 49 38 68 45 W s c s pc s pc r pc r pc s WINDS Medford 54/38 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 Nov 26 Albany 55/38 Eugene 55/37 TEMPERATURE Yesterday Normals Records 51° 36° Spokane Wenatchee 46/32 50/32 Tacoma Moses 52/38 Lake Pullman Aberdeen Olympia Yakima 52/32 46/34 52/45 52/38 55/31 Longview Kennewick Walla Walla 51/39 53/38 Lewiston 57/33 Astoria 53/34 54/43 Portland Enterprise Hermiston 53/39 Pendleton 46/30 The Dalles 56/31 53/34 55/33 La Grande Salem 50/34 55/39 Corvallis 55/38 HIGH 52° 34° Seattle 52/43 ALMANAC Yesterday Normals Records 55° 36° Friday, November 24, 2017 (in mph) Boardman Pendleton Klamath Falls 52/32 REGIONAL FORECAST Eastern Washington: Clouds and sun today; however, sunnier across the south and toward the Cascades. Cascades: Some sun today; a little snow, accumulating a coating to an inch across the north. Northern California: Partly sunny today. 0 2 2 0 0 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. Subscriber services: For mail delivery, online access, vacation stops or delivery concerns call 1-800-522-0255 ext. 1 211 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 East Oregonian (USPS 164-980) is published daily except Sunday, Monday and postal holidays, 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. 2 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2017 — Founded Oct. 16, 1875 — To subscribe, call 1-800-522-0255 or go online to www.eastoregonian.com and click on ‘Subscribe’ NNE 4-8 ESE 4-8 8 a.m. 10 a.m. Noon 2 p.m. 4 p.m. 6 p.m. Dec 17 www.eastoregonian.com Saturday UV INDEX TODAY Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. Coastal Oregon: Rather cloudy today; a little rain across the north. Considerable clouds tonight. Eastern and Central Oregon: Times of clouds and sun today; mostly cloudy and cooler in the south. Western Washington: Rather cloudy today into tomorrow with a shower. Today SW 6-12 WSW 6-12 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 Copyright © 2017, EO Media Group -10s SALEM — Oregon Gov. Kate Brown on Monday directed the state’s health agency to guarantee coverage for children and pregnant women covered by a federal program that’s in limbo. Oregon is one of three Brown states that will run out of federal funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program, or CHIP, in December, according to OHA. Up to half of the states will be out of federal money by February. Brown directed OHA to maintain coverage of groups covered by CHIP for the first four months of 2018. That would cost the state about $35 million. About 121,000 kids and 1,700 preg- nant women are covered by the program in Oregon. CHIP generally enjoys broad polit- ical support, but Congress is now well past its Sept. 30 deadline to reauthorize funding for the program. But Oregon officials expect Congress to reauthorize the funding and to pay the state back. “While this additional cost was not in the Oregon Health Authority’s legislatively approved budget, we can manage this on a short-term basis because it is early in the biennium,” OHA Director Pat Allen wrote in a Nov. 17 letter to Brown. “We will spend more of our appropriated state funds earlier to make up for lost federal funds.” Allen added that if Congress does not reauthorize CHIP funding or doesn’t fund it retroactively, the lost funding would “cause a hole in the OHA budget” that would have to be reconciled in 2018. The CHIP program pays 97 percent of the total costs of health care for the 121,000 Oregon kids under the program. Those children can be covered by Medicaid, but will be covered at a reduced match rate of 64 percent, which would cost the state more money, according to Allen’s memo. If CHIP expires, federal funds can still pay for emergency services for pregnant women, such as labor and delivery, according to Oregon’s interim Medicaid director, David Simnitt. But SEATTLE — A major oil-by-rail terminal proposed on the Columbia River in Washington state poses a potential risk of oil spills, train accidents and longer emergency response times due to road traffic, an envi- ronmental study has found. Many of the risks could be decreased with certain mitigation measures, but the study released Tuesday outlined four areas where it said the impacts are signifi- cant and cannot be avoided. The study said that while “the likelihood of occurrence of the potential for oil spills may be low, the conse- quences of the events could be severe.” The state’s Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council has been evaluating the project since 2013 and released its environmental review a week before it is scheduled to vote to support or oppose the project in a recommendation that will go to Gov. Jay Inslee. Inslee, a Democrat, will decide whether to approve the facility or reject it. The proposed $210 million terminal for the city of Vancouver would receive about 360,000 barrels of crude oil by trains a day. Oil would temporarily be stored on site for Vancouver Energy, a joint venture of Tesoro Corp. and Savage Cos., and then loaded onto tankers and ships bound for West Coast refineries. The study identified the four risks that could not be avoided as train accidents, the emergency response delays, negative impacts of the project on low-income communities and the possi- bility that an earthquake would damage the facility’s dock and cause an oil spill. Measures could be taken to reduce the potential risk of oil spills by other causes, fires and harm to juvenile salmon, the study said. 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. rain flurries 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 Wasteland Kings 8 S . E . 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The facility would produce more than 300,000 metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions annually, with half of that from trains moving along the entire route in Washington state. PM 30s Today ADVERTISING Advertising Director: Marissa Williams 541-278-2669 • addirector@eastoregonian.com Advertising Services: Laura Jensen 541-966-0806 • ljensen@eastoregonian.com Multimedia Consultants: • Kimberly Macias 541-278-2683 • kmacias@eastoregonian.com • Jeanne Jewett 541-564-4531 • jjewett@eastoregonian.com • Dayle Stinson 541-278-2670 • dstinson@eastoregonian.com • Angela Treadwell 541-966-0827 • atreadwell@eastoregonian.com • Audra Workman 541-564-4538 • aworkman@eastoregonian.com • Grace Bubar 541-276-2214 • gbubar@eastoregonian.com Live Music 20s Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states) High 96° in Chino, Calif. Low -5° in Embarrass, Minn. the state would have to pay for other services for pregnant women covered by the program, such as prenatal check-ups. The 121,000 kids covered by CHIP in Oregon live in homes where incomes are between 100 and 300 percent of the federal poverty level. Oregon must cover about a third of those kids — those earning between 100 and 138 percent of the poverty level — under the Afford- able Care Act, according to OHA. CHIP covers children whose parents make too much to qualify for Medicaid but still may struggle to afford coverage. Kids in households making less than 100 percent of the federal poverty level are eligible for Medicaid. Brown’s directive comes as OHA struggles to get its books in order, shore up its eligibility and payment systems and bounce back from a pummeling of negative publicity. The state overpaid Medicaid providers by up to $74 million between 2014 and 2016, about $10 million of which it has already recouped. Allen, who took the reins Sept. 1 in the wake of a publicity scandal, identified a host of other issues with payment and allo- cation of funds — about $112.4 million. Critics say the project is a risk to the environment and people while developers promote the terminal as an opportunity to bring crude oil from North Dakota and other areas to a western U.S. port and bring jobs and money to the region. “Our initial assessment provides confidence that EFSEC’s thorough evalua- tion of the facts will demon- strate our ability to build and operate the project safely and in an environmentally responsible way,” Vancouver Energy spokesman Jeff Hymas said in emailed state- ment late Tuesday. He labeled most of the impacts outlined in the report as “related to low-probability events not directly associated 10s National Summary: Rain will depart the southern Atlantic Seaboard slowly today. Rain showers will be followed by snow showers around the Great Lakes. A batch of snow show- ers is forecast for the central Rockies. Panel outlines risk of oil-by-rail terminal on Columbia By PHUONG LE Associated Press 0s showers t-storms Governor to preserve kids’ insurance program By CLAIRE WITHYCOMBE Capital Bureau -0s Classified & Legal Advertising 1-800-962-2819 or 541-278-2678 classifieds@eastoregonian.com or legals@eastoregonian.com NEWS • To submit news tips and press releases: • call 541-966-0818 • fax 541-276-8314 • email news@eastoregonian.com • To submit community events, calendar items and Your EO News: email community@eastoregonian.com or call Tammy Malgesini at 541-564-4539 or Renee Struthers at 541-966-0818. • To submit engagements, weddings and anniversaries: email rstruthers@eastoregonian.com or visit www.eastoregonian. com/community/announcements • To submit a Letter to the Editor: mail to Managing Editor Daniel Wattenburger, 211 S.E. 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 BRIEFLY Parents file $8M suit for death of daughter in hot apartment PORTLAND (AP) — An Oregon couple has filed an $8 million lawsuit against their apartment company, claiming their 2-year-old daughter died because a heater in their unit raised the temperature in her room to a lethal level. Portland attorney Jane Paulson, who’s representing Taqwa Dakhlalla’s estate, says the child was healthy before she died in December 2016 when the heater and thermostat in her room malfunctioned. The Oregonian/ OregonLive reported Wednesday that the parents are suing apartment owners Cathedral Park Investments LLC and the apartment management company Gordon Properties Inc. The defendants’ attorney said more investigating needs to be done, but so far he’s found no liability on the part of his clients. Man sues city of Bend over snowplow crash BEND (AP) — A man is seeking nearly $300,000 from the city of Bend because of a 2015 incident in which a snowplow allegedly lifted and dropped the truck he was driving. The Bend Bulletin reports law firm Dwyer Williams Dretke filed the suit Wednesday on behalf of Brian Fletcher, who alleges he was injured in the collision. Fletcher is also suing Tony Cota, the city street utility worker who operated the plow. The complaint says on Nov. 25, 2015, Fletcher was driving when the front blade of Cota’s plow caught the rear wheel of Fletcher’s pickup truck. The complaint says Fletcher suffered injuries that included the herniation of his lumbar disc, which required surgery. United starting direct flights to LAX from Medford, Redmond MEDFORD (AP) — United Airlines plans to start direct flights to Los Angeles from two Oregon airports. The airline said Tuesday it will offer twice-daily flights between Medford and Los Angeles International Airport beginning April 9. The Mail Tribune reports the airline hasn’t offered direct service between Medford and Los Angeles since cutbacks after Sept. 11, 2001. Also on April 9, the Chicago-based airline will add a direct daily flight from Redmond Airport to Los Angeles.
