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WEATHER East Oregonian Page 2A REGIONAL CITIES Forecast FRIDAY TODAY SATURDAY Clouds giving way to some sun Cooler; a shower in the morning 62° 38° 47° 28° SUNDAY Mostly sunny and chilly Today MONDAY Mostly cloudy with a little rain Mostly cloudy PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 44° 29° 47° 30° 46° 22° HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 50° 28° 65° 38° PENDLETON TEMPERATURE LOW 61° 42° 45° 29° 65° (2015) -19° (1929) 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" 0.26" 0.32" 1.85" 1.90" 1.70" Corvallis 56/39 HERMISTON through 3 p.m. yesterday Yesterday Normals Records LOW John Day 63/36 Ontario 58/34 Bend 64/36 57° 47° 46° 29° 68° (2015) -25° (1929) Feb 22 Mar 1 Lo 40 31 36 46 30 31 41 36 38 36 31 33 31 38 40 43 34 35 38 38 32 39 28 29 40 42 32 W c c pc s pc c pc pc pc pc pc c c pc c pc c pc pc c c c c pc c pc pc Hi 49 48 52 60 49 42 53 46 50 47 59 45 41 60 50 53 54 53 47 51 54 53 40 41 49 50 53 Lo 35 22 23 42 21 21 30 26 28 25 23 24 22 32 36 37 27 28 28 32 23 32 22 21 32 30 28 Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. W pc pc pc pc pc sf pc pc c pc pc c r pc pc pc pc c c pc pc pc c pc pc c pc WORLD CITIES Today Hi 39 63 69 45 70 18 33 56 33 84 46 Beijing Hong Kong Jerusalem London Mexico City Moscow Paris Rome Seoul Sydney Tokyo (in mph) Boardman Pendleton Klamath Falls 64/31 Lo 18 59 53 40 47 14 22 38 18 70 35 Fri. W pc pc c c pc pc s pc s s pc Hi 40 67 69 42 69 24 35 56 41 84 49 Lo 14 61 51 30 48 17 28 38 29 71 38 W pc pc pc pc pc c sn pc pc pc s REGIONAL FORECAST Coastal Oregon: A shower across the north today; some sun in central parts. Mostly sunny in the south. Eastern and Central Oregon: Some sun today; cloudy in the morning, then some sun across the north in the afternoon. Western Washington: Low clouds today; a shower in spots at the coast. 0 Eastern Washington: Mostly cloudy today; a couple of showers in the mountains. www.eastoregonian.com 1 1 2 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2018 -10s -0s 0s showers t-storms 10s rain 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 Circulation Manager: Marcy Rosenberg • 541-966-0828 • mrosenberg@eastoregonian.com 20s flurries 30s 40s snow ice 50s 60s cold front 70s 80s 90s 100s warm front stationary front 110s high low National Summary: Snow showers will dot the Great Lakes, while rain showers dampen the Florida Peninsula, South Texas and parts of Washington state today. Moderate snow is forecast to extend from Montana to Iowa. Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states) High 87° in Fullerton, Calif. Low -24° in Poplar, 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 61 58 36 35 33 58 63 32 60 37 21 25 60 60 21 68 -3 4 80 60 30 67 46 75 51 85 Lo 33 39 25 21 0 39 38 18 40 23 16 13 44 29 9 40 -18 -12 67 49 23 51 33 51 30 57 W s s pc s sn s c s pc pc c sf s pc c s s c pc pc pc c pc s s s Fri. 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Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. 7:08 a.m. 5:11 p.m. 1:31 a.m. 11:40 a.m. Full Last Hi 52 60 64 64 61 57 57 62 65 63 64 60 57 65 51 55 58 65 62 55 65 57 52 57 54 64 65 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 NATIONAL WEATHER TODAY Fri. WINDS Medford 65/38 Trace 0.14" 0.24" 1.24" 1.73" 1.52" SUN AND MOON Sunrise today Sunset tonight Moonrise today Moonset today New First Caldwell 63/36 Burns 61/30 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 Feb 15 Albany 56/40 Eugene 57/41 TEMPERATURE HIGH 51° 23° Spokane Wenatchee 52/28 55/32 Tacoma Moses 53/37 Lake Pullman Aberdeen Olympia Yakima 60/31 56/34 50/38 52/35 65/32 Longview Kennewick Walla Walla 52/39 64/42 Lewiston 65/37 Astoria 64/41 52/40 Portland Enterprise Hermiston 55/38 Pendleton 57/31 The Dalles 65/38 62/38 62/43 La Grande Salem 60/33 57/39 through 3 p.m. yesterday HIGH 49° 32° Seattle 53/41 ALMANAC Yesterday Normals Records 48° 26° Thursday, February 8, 2018 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 or 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 sports or outdoors information or tips: 541-966-0838 • sports@eastoregonian.com Business Office Manager: Janna Heimgartner 541-966-0822 • jheimgartner@eastoregonian.com COMMERCIAL PRINTING Production Manager: Mike Jensen 541-215-0824 • mjensen@eastoregonian.com Oregon lawmaker accused of Audit: State tracking, licensing system for pot needs improvement harassment says he won’t resign By CLAIRE WITHYCOMBE Capital Bureau By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM — Oregon’s systems for licensing and tracking recreational mari- juana have weaknesses that could allow illegal activity to fly under the radar, state auditors say. The recreational marijuana program also lacks important security measures that could protect sensitive information and IT infrastructure from being compromised. The Oregon Liquor Control Commission helps regulate the recreational marijuana program, including issuing licenses to producers, retailers and others in the recreational marijuana business. The agency also runs the “seed- to-sale” tracking program that is intended to track marijuana on its journey to market. Among other issues auditors found, data in the cannabis tracking system is self-reported by cannabis businesses, raising auditors’ concerns about its reliability. There aren’t enough trained compliance inspec- tors to adequately keep an eye on recreational marijuana activity. And auditors also found that the OLCC lacks an overall IT security manage- ment plan for the agency and a disaster recovery plan for its information. Wednesday’s audit report comes as there’s renewed attention on marijuana, SALEM — An Oregon state lawmaker accused of groping women defied calls to resign Wednesday after telling investigators his behavior was “instinctual” and hard to change. Sen. Jeff Kruse, a Republican who represents the former timber town of Rose- burg, was away Kruse from work as Gov. Kate Brown and other Democratic lawmakers urged him to step down a day after an investigative report detailed several alle- gations that he subjected two female senators to unwanted touching and gave lingering hugs to many woman. The report included video showing him leaning in closely to a colleague and touching her in a Senate committee room. “I have no plan to do anything different than what I’m currently doing,” Kruse told his hometown newspaper The News-Re- view. “We’re still in a AP Photo/Andrew Selsky, file In this Sept. 2016 file photo, different strains of mari- juana are displayed in West Salem Cannabis, a marijua- na shop in Salem. especially in states that have legalized the substance. In early January, Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued guidance to U.S. attorneys in states that have legalized marijuana saying they may use their discretion when it comes to prosecuting marijuana cases. Marijuana remains illegal under the federal Controlled Substances Act. U.S. Attorney for Oregon Billy Williams said at a marijuana conference he hosted last week that Oregon produces far more mari- juana than Oregonians can consume, and that product is leaking into the black market. Oregon voters approved recreational marijuana in a November 2014 ballot measure. Recreational mari- juana became legal on July 1, 2015. 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. 5 Reasons American Standard Walk-In Tubs are Your Best Choice Includes FREE American StandardRiQht HeiQht Toilet Limited Time Off er! Call Today! 855-462-4180 Receive a free American Standard Cadet toilet with full installation of a Liberation Walk-In Bath, Liberation Shower, or Deluxe Shower. Off er valid only while supplies last. Limit one per household. Must be fi rst time purchaser. See www.walkintubs.americanstan- dard-us.com for other restrictions and for licensing, warranty, and company information. CSLB B982796; Suff olk NY:55431H; NYC:HIC#2022748-DCA. Safety Tubs Co. 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Sara Gelser, one of the accusers, “did not think that Senator Kruse’s actions were sexual, just overly familiar and unwanted contact,” the report said. The four-member Committee on Conduct is slated to consider the investigative report on Feb. 22 and must make a recom- mendation that Kruse be reprimanded, censured, expelled, or that no action be taken, committee chairman Sen. Mark Hass told Kruse, Gelser and Elizabeth Steiner Hayward, the other senator who made a formal complaint. “You may submit docu- ments, physical evidence and suggest witnesses to testify,” Hass, a Democrat from the Portland suburb of Beaverton, said in a letter Tuesday. Besides Hass, two Republicans and one other Democrat sit on the committee. The 51-page investiga- tive report was written by investigator and employ- ment law attorney Dian Rubanoff. formal process here. I have significant issues with the report.” Kruse didn’t return an email seeking comment from The Associated Press. Sen. 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