WEATHER
East Oregonian
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REGIONAL CITIES
Forecast
SATURDAY
TODAY
Variable cloudiness
A shower in the
afternoon
48° 35°
45° 34°
SUNDAY
MONDAY
Partly sunny, a
shower or two
Today
TUESDAY
Partly sunny and
chilly
Sunshine and
patchy clouds
PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
43° 30°
42° 25°
42° 24°
HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
46° 35°
49° 34°
PENDLETON
through 3 p.m. yesterday
TEMPERATURE
HIGH
LOW
45°
42°
71° (1892)
30°
29°
4° (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
0.00"
1.56"
1.48"
15.26"
11.25"
11.47"
HERMISTON
through 3 p.m. yesterday
LOW
41°
43°
68° (1995)
New
Dec 17
7:15 a.m.
4:13 p.m.
3:23 p.m.
4:27 a.m.
First
Caldwell
44/29
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
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NATIONAL WEATHER TODAY
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WORLD CITIES
Today
Beijing
Hong Kong
Jerusalem
London
Mexico City
Moscow
Paris
Rome
Seoul
Sydney
Tokyo
Hi
42
75
64
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WINDS
Medford
50/37
0.00"
0.96"
1.19"
8.76"
7.90"
8.47"
SUN AND MOON
Dec 9
Bend
48/30
Burns
42/21
PRECIPITATION
Dec 3
John Day
49/34
Ontario
39/27
26°
30°
9° (2014)
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
50/42
Eugene
51/39
TEMPERATURE
Yesterday
Normals
Records
42° 26°
Spokane
Wenatchee
41/31
39/28
Tacoma
Moses
49/39
Lake
Pullman
Aberdeen Olympia
Yakima 41/31
43/33
49/42
47/39
43/30
Longview
Kennewick Walla Walla
48/43
48/36 Lewiston
48/35
Astoria
48/34
51/42
Portland
Enterprise
Hermiston
50/43
Pendleton 44/29
The Dalles 49/34
48/35
49/36
La Grande
Salem
46/32
51/42
Corvallis
51/41
HIGH
46° 25°
Seattle
49/42
ALMANAC
Yesterday
Normals
Records
48° 30°
Friday, December 1, 2017
Klamath Falls
47/28
(in mph)
Today
Saturday
Boardman
Pendleton
SW 3-6
W 4-8
SSW 4-8
SW 6-12
UV INDEX TODAY
Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.
REGIONAL FORECAST
Coastal Oregon: Cloudy today. A shower in
spots in central parts; periods of rain across
the north.
Eastern and Central Oregon: Cloudy today
and tonight.
Eastern Washington: Cloudy today.
Mostly cloudy tonight; a bit of snow in the
mountains.
Cascades: Cloudy today. Overcast tonight
with a little snow.
Western Washington: Periods of rain today;
arriving in the afternoon across the south.
Northern California: Partly sunny today,
except more clouds in central parts.
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8 a.m. 10 a.m. Noon 2 p.m. 4 p.m. 6 p.m.
Dec 26
— Founded Oct. 16, 1875 —
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The last of three Elgin residents
charged in a 2016 elk-poaching case
was sentenced
Monday to 60
days in jail after
pleading guilty to
three counts.
Nathan Crouch
pleaded guilty
to two counts of
taking wildlife
illegally, one
count of wasting
Crouch
wildlife and one
count of hunting
with artificial light in the November
2016 incident. In addition to the jail
term, Crouch’s hunting privileges will
be suspended for eight years. He will
be on probation for three years after
serving his jail term.
Two other people, Dylan Crouch
(Nathan’s brother) and Brianna Black,
pleaded guilty in January to aiding and
sharing in the proceeds of a wildlife
violation. Their hunting privileges were
suspended until May 2020. Both were
also sentenced to five days in jail and to
36 months of bench probation.
The case started when two bull elk
were found on private property east of
Elgin.
The three suspects were named in
an Oregon State Police press release.
Black was contacted by OSP, and
she admitted that she was in the
vehicle with the Crouch brothers
during the poaching. According to an
affidavit, Black said Nathan Crouch
jumped out of the vehicle and shot
the two bull elk, while Dylan Crouch
federal spending by 6.9 percent.
“When we received our timber
payments in January for fiscal year
2016, we were shocked to find they
were short by 6.9 percent,” said Douglas
County Commissioner Tim Freeman.
“Our budgets are already under terrible
pressure and the sequestration made a
bad situation even worse.”
The cuts happen when U.S. govern-
ment spending exceeds certain budget
caps.
The counties have struggled from a
sharp decline in logging over the past
several decades. Douglas County was
even forced to close its libraries this
year because of lack of public funds.
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke said
Thursday the BLM will issue payments
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National Summary: Rain will dampen the southeastern corner of the nation, while snow
showers riddle the northern Rockies today. Rain will soak western Washington and north-
western Oregon. Most other areas will be dry.
Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states)
High 85° in Edinburg, Texas
Low -1° in Lake Yellowstone, Wyo.
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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Louisville
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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sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice.
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used a spotlight to freeze the elk
since it was before sunrise. Dylan
Crouch countered that it was Black
who spotlighted the animals, but
corroborated that his brother shot the
elk.
It’s illegal in Oregon to spotlight
an elk or other big game animal. The
meat could not be salvaged by the
time law enforcement got to the scene,
police said.
During OSP’s investigation, it was
discovered that Nathan Crouch had
also unlawfully taken a large bull elk
in Union County a few years prior to
the 2016 incident. The antlers from
the bull elk were located and seized
by troopers.
Nathan Crouch, who had fled to
Nevada, according to the affidavit,
was eventually arrested in October
and jailed.
18 timber counties to get $1.4M in federal payments
ROSEBURG (AP) — Financially
strapped counties in western Oregon
that rely on logging revenue will
receive nearly $1.4 million that had
been withheld by the federal govern-
ment due to budget caps, authorities
said Thursday.
The Association of O&C Counties
— commonly called the “timber coun-
ties” — said Thursday the counties will
see the funds soon.
The 18 counties customarily receive
a share of timber receipts from logging
on 2.1 million acres to compensate
them for the loss of revenue when the
U.S. Bureau of Land Management
took over the acreage. But nearly 7
percent was withheld in 2016 because
of a government-wide mandate to cut
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Third suspect sentenced for role in 2016 elk poaching
By CHERISE KAECHELE
The La Grande Observer
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totaling $19.5 million to the 18 coun-
ties, including the $1.4 million.
“My next priority is ensuring that
these lands continue to provide sustain-
able timber harvests that support the
community and strengthen the health
of the forest,” Zinke said in a statement.
Freeman, who is also president of
the Association of O&C Counties,
credited Zinke for working with the
association to persuade the Office of
Management and Budget to release the
sequestered funds.
U.S. Congressman Greg Walden,
a Republican from Hood River, said
the money “will be critical to funding
essential county services from law
enforcement and emergency operations
to schools and infrastructure projects.”
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Columbia Gorge fire fully contained
PORTLAND (AP) — A wildfire that ignited in
Oregon’s scenic Columbia River Gorge this summer has
been declared 100 percent contained.
Rachel Pawlitz, spokeswoman for the Columbia
River Gorge National Scenic Area, told The Oregonian/
OregonLive on Thursday that some hot spots might be
smoldering, but the blaze isn’t going to grow beyond its
perimeter.
The blaze that started Sept. 2 forced evacuations,
closed an interstate highway, and scorched more than
75 square miles. Many trails remain closed, but the
Multnomah Falls Lodge reopened Wednesday.
Authorities say the fire was started by a 15-year-old
boy playing with fireworks. He’s been charged with
reckless burning.
Residents claim regional jail is
violating sanctuary law
PORTLAND (AP) — An Oregon lawyer argues
that a regional jail is violating a sanctuary state law by
incarcerating detainees of immigration officials.
KOPB-FM reported Wednesday that a group of
northern Oregon residents filed a lawsuit against
Northern Oregon Regional Corrections Facilities in July
that claims that the jail is violating a state law which
prohibits using public money, equipment or personnel
to detected or apprehend people only for being in the
country without legal permission.
Wilford Carey, the jail’s attorney, argues that the
facility simply houses detainees for U.S. Immigration
and Customs Enforcement under a contract between the
two and does not detect, detain or arrest anyone.
David Henretty, one of the plaintiff’s lawyers, claims
it is incarceration rather than housing.
The judge is expected to rule on the lawsuit before
Christmas.
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