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REGIONAL CITIES
Forecast
WEDNESDAY
TODAY
Rain and drizzle
this afternoon
Partly sunny
48° 35°
47° 31°
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
An afternoon
shower in spots
Cloudy with a bit
of snow
PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
49° 37°
46° 34°
HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
50° 30°
50° 37°
PENDLETON
through 3 p.m. yesterday
TEMPERATURE
HIGH
LOW
48°
34°
43°
30°
69° (1892) -11° (1896)
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
0.33"
1.47"
1.30"
15.17"
11.21"
11.29"
HERMISTON
through 3 p.m. yesterday
LOW
52°
45°
68° (1949)
0.08"
0.87"
1.06"
8.67"
7.87"
8.34"
SUN AND MOON
Dec 9
Bend
47/26
Burns
44/18
7:12 a.m.
4:14 p.m.
1:49 p.m.
12:55 a.m.
New
First
Dec 17
Dec 26
Caldwell
49/30
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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47
47
53
44
43
47
49
50
48
44
45
44
47
50
52
48
50
48
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NATIONAL WEATHER TODAY
Wed.
Hi
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45
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56
39
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46
50
41
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40
48
52
55
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51
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WORLD CITIES
Today
Hi
44
78
63
45
72
28
48
54
50
78
59
Beijing
Hong Kong
Jerusalem
London
Mexico City
Moscow
Paris
Rome
Seoul
Sydney
Tokyo
Lo
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71
47
35
42
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31
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51
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Hi
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80
62
44
73
24
42
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36
78
64
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WINDS
Medford
47/33
PRECIPITATION
Dec 3
John Day
48/31
Ontario
48/30
37°
30°
0° (1993)
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
Full
Last
Albany
49/37
Eugene
47/35
TEMPERATURE
Yesterday
Normals
Records
46° 37°
Spokane
Wenatchee
43/30
40/31
Tacoma
Moses
50/36
Lake
Pullman
Aberdeen Olympia
Yakima 42/30
42/31
48/42
47/36
45/27
Longview
Kennewick Walla Walla
50/40
48/36 Lewiston
50/36
Astoria
47/35
50/40
Portland
Enterprise
Hermiston
50/39
Pendleton 43/28
The Dalles 50/37
48/35
50/36
La Grande
Salem
45/30
49/39
Corvallis
49/36
HIGH
51° 36°
Seattle
50/41
ALMANAC
Yesterday
Normals
Records
46° 36°
Today
SATURDAY
Cloudy
47° 38°
Tuesday, November 28, 2017
(in mph)
Boardman
Pendleton
Klamath Falls
44/24
REGIONAL FORECAST
Eastern and Central Oregon: Occasional
rain and drizzle today; mostly sunny in the
south and upper Treasure Valley.
Western Washington: Mostly cloudy today;
rain tapering off ; however, periods of rain
at the coast.
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Wednesday
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In this June 30 photo, the public gallery is visible
above the Senate floor at upper right in the Capitol in
Olympia, Wash.
metal detectors outside of the
galleries or storage lockers
for people to store their
gun, though in a letter sent
Monday to the chamber’s
sergeant at arms, he asked
for logistical and costs factors
related to metal detectors by
the start of the next session.
Currently, visitors to the
Capitol do not need to go
through any screening to enter
the building.
Under the order, which
will be enforced starting on
Jan. 8, overcoats or large bags
that could be used to conceal
firearms into the galleries
will also be prohibited in the
public viewing area, and there
will be increased vigilance
by security prior to and
during Senate floor sessions.
Habib said that while his
main concern is about assault
weapons being hidden and
brought into the galleries, the
order applies to all firearms.
“The message to members
of the public is that — as in the
case in countless government
buildings around the country,
including most statehouses,
courthouses all over the place
— this is a particular setting
where it’s not deemed safe to
have weapons,” he said. “This
is in no way a statement about
those individuals’ lawful
ability to bear arms.”
Dave
Workman,
spokesman for the Bellev-
ue-based Citizens Committee
for the Right to Keep and
Bear Arms, disagreed, saying
that Habib’s statements were
“disingenuous at best because
this absolutely is a statement
about those individuals’
lawful ability to bear arms.”
“We’re not talking about
guns really, we’re talking
about the public’s right to
access to watch their govern-
ment in action,” he said.
“Whether they’re armed or
disarmed, I’m not too sure
that’s really the point here.
This looks like an attempt to
keep some people out of the
senate galleries that never
caused a problem before.”
In a statement, Democratic
Senate Majority Leader
Sharon Nelson said these
kinds of steps “are needed to
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the coastal Northwest as snow ends over the Rockies.
Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states)
High 92° in Tucson, Ariz.
Low 13° in Saranac Lake, N.Y.
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
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Memphis
Miami
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
Nashville
New Orleans
New York City
Oklahoma City
Omaha
Philadelphia
Phoenix
Portland, ME
Providence
Raleigh
Rapid City
Reno
Sacramento
St. Louis
Salt Lake City
San Diego
San Francisco
Seattle
Tucson
Washington, DC
Wichita
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Washington Senate order bans
all firearms from public gallery
OLYMPIA,
Wash.
(AP) — All firearms will
be banned from the public
galleries above the Wash-
ington Senate floor once the
legislative session begins
in January, under an order
issued Monday by Lt. Gov.
Cyrus Habib.
Habib, a Democrat who
serves as the presiding officer
of the chamber, told The Asso-
ciated Press and Northwest
News Network that his goal is
to create a safer environment
for all working in the Senate.
The move comes nearly three
years after officials decided to
ban openly carried weapons
in the House and Senate
public viewing areas, as well
as the public hearing rooms at
the Capitol’s legislative office
buildings.
Habib’s order expands that
rule to include those carrying
concealed weapons with
permits. For now, the rule
is limited just to the public
galleries in the Senate and
doesn’t include the committee
rooms.
“I don’t want us to be
implementing this type of
order the day after some type
of tragedy,” Habib said. “I
want to be doing it preemp-
tively and in a way that’s
respectful.”
The rule also doesn’t cover
the House, which would
need to take its own action
if officials there wanted to
follow suit. House officials
said Monday that there are
currently no discussions on
changing that chamber’s
policy.
Habib said that at this
point there’s no plan for
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keep the public safe.”
“Mass shootings are
preventable,
yet
occur
seemingly weekly in our
country,” she wrote. “People
come to the Legislature
every day just like they go
to movie theaters, churches,
concerts, malls, night clubs,
offices and schools every day.
There should be a reasonable
expectation they can go about
their lives without fear of
violence.”
According to the National
Conference of State Legisla-
tures, 10 states — including
Washington — are “open
carry” and allow guns in their
statehouse buildings, 13 allow
guns with a permit, and three
permit only legislators to
carry guns in the building.
“I understand that public
safety is the driving concern
behind banning guns in the
public galleries of the Senate,
but I trust that the lieutenant
governor will seek legal
advice to ensure that the order
also respects the public’s
constitutional rights,” Repub-
lican Minority Leader Mark
Schoesler said in a written
statement.
Openly carried weapons
are still allowed in the main
public areas of the Washington
Capitol and on the grounds of
the Capitol campus.
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Portland ‘cop watcher’ arrested on
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PORTLAND (AP) — A so-called “cop watcher” who
angered Portland police and prosecutors by showing up
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Christopher Ryan Ponte
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in January despite a felony
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Authorities cited Facebook
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including an AK-47 assault rifle in a forested area near
Estacada.
The 36-year-old Ponte tells The Oregonian/
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because of his surveillance activity.
Ponte was convicted in 2016 of possession of a stolen
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He started a group called Oregon Cop Block and
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Oregon State reports another case of
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Sunday.
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