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WEATHER East Oregonian Page 2A REGIONAL CITIES Forecast WEDNESDAY TODAY Freezing fog this morning Areas of fog, freezing early 34° 24° 35° 23° THURSDAY FRIDAY Freezing fog in the morning Cloudy with a shower in places PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 42° 33° 45° 35° HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 35° 23° 31° 24° PENDLETON through 3 p.m. yesterday TEMPERATURE HIGH LOW 29° 27° 39° 26° 67° (1924) -10° (1932) 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" 0.07" 0.51" 15.33" 11.80" 11.98" HERMISTON through 3 p.m. yesterday LOW John Day 42/27 Ontario 31/19 Bend 38/22 32° 30° 40° 28° 69° (2014) -14° (1932) Burns 28/12 0.00" 0.01" 0.57" 8.77" 8.07" 9.04" SUN AND MOON Sunrise today Sunset tonight Moonrise today Moonset today New First Dec 26 Full Jan 1 7:27 a.m. 4:11 p.m. 1:42 a.m. 1:37 p.m. Last Jan 8 Caldwell 27/19 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 52 32 38 60 28 40 42 33 31 42 43 37 37 50 54 57 31 33 34 46 34 46 30 44 46 33 34 Lo 37 19 22 44 12 24 26 20 24 27 19 21 20 29 40 39 19 23 24 31 18 30 23 19 31 25 25 W s c pc s pc c s c c c s c c s s s c c c s c s c c s c c NATIONAL WEATHER TODAY Wed. Hi 52 40 45 61 35 42 46 36 35 49 47 40 39 52 55 58 33 35 35 49 42 49 33 44 49 34 38 Lo 37 21 20 45 14 23 26 22 23 27 22 20 20 30 40 40 22 25 23 33 16 30 24 21 33 26 26 W pc c pc pc c c pc c c c pc c c pc pc pc c c c pc pc pc c c pc c c WORLD CITIES Today Beijing Hong Kong Jerusalem London Mexico City Moscow Paris Rome Seoul Sydney Tokyo Hi 28 68 70 39 69 33 41 64 24 80 50 Lo 12 64 49 37 38 31 36 52 10 68 37 W pc pc c pc s pc pc sh s s pc Wed. Hi 33 68 64 47 72 38 48 59 26 87 48 Lo 18 65 49 37 45 20 40 42 10 72 38 W s c s r pc r r sh s c s WINDS Medford 50/29 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 Dec 17 Albany 45/29 Eugene 42/26 TEMPERATURE Yesterday Normals Records 47° 34° Spokane Wenatchee 30/23 31/25 Tacoma Moses 44/31 Lake Pullman Aberdeen Olympia Yakima 33/25 35/25 48/36 44/31 34/25 Longview Kennewick Walla Walla 46/31 33/25 Lewiston 32/23 Astoria 36/27 52/37 Portland Enterprise Hermiston 46/31 Pendleton 40/24 The Dalles 31/24 34/24 36/28 La Grande Salem 37/21 46/30 Corvallis 44/29 HIGH 42° 32° Seattle 47/36 ALMANAC Yesterday Normals Records 34° 26° Today SATURDAY Rain and snow showers 36° 26° Tuesday, December 12, 2017 Klamath Falls 43/19 (in mph) Today Wednesday Boardman Pendleton ENE 3-6 N 4-8 NE 3-6 NNE 4-8 UV INDEX TODAY Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. REGIONAL FORECAST Coastal Oregon: Mostly sunny today. Partly cloudy tonight. Partly sunny tomorrow. Eastern Washington: Areas of freezing fog during the morning; mostly cloudy today. Eastern and Central Oregon: Areas of freez- ing fog in the morning; mostly cloudy today. Cascades: Partly sunny today. Patchy clouds tonight; a passing shower, except dry in the south. Northern California: Plenty of sunshine to- day; pleasant in central parts. Clear tonight. Western Washington: Sunny to partly cloudy today. Partly cloudy tonight. Sun- shine and some clouds tomorrow. 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 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 postal holidays, by the EO Media Group, 211 S.E. Byers Ave. Pendleton, OR 97801. 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Temperature bands are highs for the day. -10s -0s 0s showers t-storms 10s rain 20s flurries 30s 40s snow ice Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife via AP, File In this Feb. 1, 2017, file image provided the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, a wolf pack is captured by a remote camera in Hells Canyon National Recreation Area in northeast Oregon. other wildlife is a deplor- able crime,” said Noah Greenwalt, of the Center for Biological Diversity. “We need people to come forward and help put a stop Oregon Rep. Greg Walden agreed to give up his spot on the House-Senate tax bill conference committee at the request of another Republican lawmaker who wanted to serve on it, according to a Walden aide. Spokesman Justin Discigil said Friday that Walden surrendered his seat on the conference committee to Rep. Fred Upton, R-Mich., because of his legislative work on a proposal in the Senate bill: selling off oil from the strategic petroleum reserve to help raise money for tax cuts. Walden is sion that would chairman of the remove the House Energy mandate requiring and Commerce individuals to have Committee while health insurance or Upton chairs the face fines. panel’s energy That raised subcommittee. The questions about chair of the envi- why Walden would ronment subcom- take himself out mittee, Rep. John Walden of the picture in Shimkus, R-Ill., is negotiating a key also on the panel working health care agreement — out differences on the something his office didn’t sweeping tax-cut measure. respond to on Wednesday. At A statement from House Speaker Paul Ryan’s office on Wednesday said the energy and commerce members would negotiate oil sales and another much bigger issue: a Senate provi- 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. Chem-Dry of the Blue Mts. ® Carpet and Upholstery Cleaning We are sorry to announce that, due to illness, we will be permanently closing our business Friday Dec. 15th. We thank all of our great customers in Umatilla and Union counties for letting us serve them for 36 years. cold front 70s 80s 90s 100s warm front stationary front 110s high low Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states) High 86° in Camarillo, Calif. Low -6° in West Yellowstone, Mont. 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 54 48 53 47 55 50 28 46 60 36 25 30 59 66 24 61 29 34 83 63 28 68 44 64 53 83 Lo 28 28 26 18 35 26 21 28 29 15 15 17 38 35 10 33 22 24 68 35 16 34 30 43 29 53 W s pc c pc pc pc c i s sf pc sn s s c s pc c sh s sf s s s s s Wed. 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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 to the killing of these endan- gered animals.” Wolves are a protected species across the state of Washington. Poachers can face fines and jail time. These killings follow the poaching of three wolves in Oregon in the past several months “Poaching represents a real threat to the recovery of wolves in Washington and elsewhere on the West Coast,” said Nick Cady of Cascadia Wildlands. Gray wolves were hunted to extinction in Washington in the early 1900s. But the animals started migrating into the state in the early 2000s from Idaho and Canada. The first wolf pack was documented by the department in 2008. At the end of 2016, the state estimated there were a minimum of 115 wolves, 20 packs and 10 successful breeding pairs in the state. All of the documented wolf packs are east of the Cascade Range, mostly in the northeastern corner of the state. There have been numerous conflicts between wolves and livestock in recent years, and the state has killed 18 problem wolves since 2012, drawing sharp criticism from envi- ronmental groups. Wolves are listed as endangered by the state in the eastern third of Washington and have federal endangered species protection in the western two-thirds of the state. Rep. Walden gives up spot on tax conference committee By JEFF MAPES Oregon Public Broadcasting 60s National Summary: A snowstorm will unfold across northern New England today as biting winds trigger lake-effect snow across the Great Lakes. Locally gusty winds will keep the fire danger elevated in Southern California. Reward for information on slain wolves grows to $20,000 SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — The reward for informa- tion regarding the killing of two wolves in northeastern Washington state has grown to $20,000, two conservation groups said Monday. The Center for Biological Diversity and Cascadia Wildlands doubled a previ- ously announced $10,000 reward by Conservation Northwest for information leading to conviction in the killing of the wolves. Over the weekend, officials for the state Depart- ment of Fish and Wildlife announced that two wolves that were being monitored had been found shot to death. The animals were members of the Smackout and Dirty Shirt packs. “Poaching wolves or 50s the time, there was also no explanation of who sought the change in membership on the conference committee. Discigil said Friday that the energy and commerce members would only deal with the oil sales provision. The statement on Ryan’s website had been changed to say that the energy and commerce members would negotiate just the oil issue. Discigil said the health mandate issue would be negotiated by members of the House Ways and Means Committee, which has general jurisdiction over taxes. “Given jurisdictional implications of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve provi- sions in the tax bill,” Discigil wrote in a statement, “at Chairman Upton’s request, Chairman Walden opted to provide Mr. Upton the opportunity to serve as a conferee.” Oregon pot shops say Nazi-linked mix-up causing harassment EUGENE (AP) — Two Oregon pot shops say they’re getting harassed for having a similar name to another marijuana business owned by a white nationalist. The Register-Guard reports that Oregon Growers Analytical, known as OG Analytical, is a state-accredited marijuana testing lab, whose owner has been linked to white pride events and neo-Nazi groups. Now, two other pot businesses, Eugene OG in Eugene and OG Collective in Salem, say they’ve gotten harassed by phone for the name mix-up. Those businesses say they have nothing to do with OG Analytical. Days earlier, OG Analytical’s Bethany Sherman issued a statement saying she’s not a neo-Nazi but that she was proud to be white. Sherman also said she would resign and sell the company she founded, which verifies pot potency and pesticide contamination. YOU COULD BE MISSING OUT ON A $1300 TAX CREDIT! The Oregon Residential Energy Tax Credit will Expire on 12/31/2017 You Could qualify for as much as a $1300 tax credit for the installation of a High Effi cient ductless heat pump system. Ducted systems can receive as much as $1125. DON’T WAIT! Call today for your no cost no commitment consultation. 509-525-4868. CCB#183585