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NORTHWEST East Oregonian A2 Friday, December 28, 2018 Brown victory, Hammond pardon top stories Wildfires choked out much of state in 2018 Gov. Kate Brown’s elec- tion to her first full term was voted Oregon’s top news story of 2018 by Associated Press staff. Other top news items of the past 12 months included President Donald Trump’s pardoning of the ranchers whose imprison- ment sparked a standoff at a remote Oregon wildlife ref- uge, a fatal cougar attack near Mount Hood and pro- tests in Portland. Here are 2018’s Top Ore- gon stories: 1) KATE BROWN WINS: Gov. Kate Brown in November was elected for the first time to a full term and Democrats gained a supermajority in both cham- bers of the Legislature that will enable them to more eas- ily pass tax-raising measures without needing Republican support. Brown, who pre- vailed against Republican candidate Knute Buehler, was first appointed governor in February 2015 after Gov. John Kitzhaber resigned. She easily was elected in her own right in 2016 to finish out the term of Kitzhaber, who resigned amid accusa- tions of influence peddling involving his fiancee. Beth Nakamura/The Oregonian via AP, File Rancher Dwight Hammond Jr. deplanes after arriving by private jet at the Burns Municipal Airport, Wednesday, July 11, 2018, in Burns, Ore. Hammond and his son Steven, convicted of intentionally setting fires on public land in Oregon, were pardoned by President Donald Trump on Tuesday, July 10. AP Photo/Don Ryan, File In this Oct. 17, 2018, photo, Oregon Democratic Gov. Kate Brown, left, greets supporters at a rally in Portland. Steven Hammond to man- datory five-year-minimum terms became a rallying cry for those who oppose fed- eral control of public lands and sparked a protest from Ammon Bundy and dozens of others who occupied the 2) HAMMOND PAR- DONS: A father and son convicted of intention- ally setting fires on public land in Oregon were par- doned by President Don- ald Trump in July. The sen- tencing of Dwight and Forecast for Pendleton Area TODAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY Mostly cloudy and chilly Mostly cloudy and milder Rather cloudy with a bit of snow Partly sunny and chilly Cloudy 36° 33° 49° 35° PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 43° 26° 39° 27° 36° 24° HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 38° 34° 52° 37° 49° 28° 41° 28° 41° 25° OREGON FORECAST ALMANAC Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. PENDLETON through 3 p.m. yest. HIGH LOW TEMP. Seattle Olympia 47/46 31/27 34/30 Longview Kennewick Walla Walla 39/35 Lewiston 44/43 37/33 Astoria 49/46 Pullman Yakima 33/29 44/43 36/31 Portland Hermiston 46/43 The Dalles 38/34 Salem Corvallis 47/41 Yesterday Normals Records La Grande 33/29 Bend 48/39 38/30 32/28 Ontario 38/24 Caldwell Burns WINDS (in mph) 36/23 31/21 Trace 0.66" 1.28" 7.62" 9.29" 9.75" Today Medford 46/32 Sat. ENE 3-6 S 4-8 Boardman Pendleton SW 7-14 SSW 8-16 SUN AND MOON Klamath Falls 35/19 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2018 Sunrise today Sunset tonight Moonrise today Moonset today 7:35 a.m. 4:18 p.m. 11:49 p.m. 11:50 a.m. Last New First Full Dec 29 Jan 5 Jan 13 Jan 20 NATIONAL EXTREMES Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states) High 84° in Marathon, Fla. Low -18° in Antero Reservoir, Colo. NATIONAL WEATHER TODAY scribed anti-fascist counter- protesters. Self-described anti-fascists — or “antifa” — organized to confront Patriot Prayer and an affili- ated group, the Proud Boys, in the streets. 9) FBI AGENT ACQUITTED: A jury in August found an FBI agent not guilty of obstructing an investigation into who fired two errant shots at a key fig- ure in the group that seized the Malheur National Wild- life Refuge in 2016. W. Joseph Astarita, 41, had been charged with making false statements and obstruc- tion of justice after telling investigators he did not fire the shots that missed Robert “LaVoy” Finicum. Oregon State Police fatally shot Fin- icum seconds later — a kill- ing that was deemed legally justified. 10) MEDICAID TAX: In a January special election, Oregonians vote to impose a tax on hospitals and health insurers to pay for Med- icaid for low-income resi- dents. Several counties that voted for Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential elec- tion also helped propel the ballot measure to resound- ing “yes” vote. BRIEFLY Meeting set for Toppenish to address missing Native women PRECIPITATION John Day Eugene 41° 36° 39° 27° 63° (1955) 6° (1983) 24 hours ending 3 p.m. Month to date Normal month to date Year to date Last year to date Normal year to date Albany 46/41 0.06" 1.35" 1.39" 10.22" 16.24" 12.86" through 3 p.m. yest. HIGH LOW TEMP. Pendleton 30/24 47/43 24 hours ending 3 p.m. Month to date Normal month to date Year to date Last year to date Normal year to date HERMISTON Enterprise 36/33 40/36 36° 32° 39° 25° 63° (1980) 6° (1924) PRECIPITATION Moses Lake 45/42 Aberdeen 30/28 30/27 Tacoma Yesterday Normals Records Spokane Wenatchee 46/44 Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in 2016. 3) KRUSE RESIGNS: An Oregon state senator announced his resignation in February after an inves- tigation determined he had harassed women in the Cap- itol building. Sen. Jeff Kruse said he had been deprived of his rights and denied wrongdoing. 4) WILDFIRES: Wild- fires in southern Oregon caused the Shakespeare Fes- tival to reduce shows and end early and the region was cloaked in smoke and ash. 5) MARIJUANA REG- ULATION: Efforts to reg- ulate Oregon’s marijuana industry are viewed as insuf- ficient by some local law enforcement officials and the U.S. attorney for Ore- gon, causing the state reg- ulatory agency to tempo- rarily suspend issuing new licenses for recreational marijuana businesses. 6) FATAL COUGAR ATTACK: A 53-year-old woman was found fatally mauled by a cougar in Sep- tember in the Mount Hood National Forest southeast of Portland. Diana Bober, 55, was an avid hiker. Author- ities say her death was the first deadly cougar attack on a human in Oregon history. 7) LE GUIN DIES: Ursula K. Le Guin, the award-winning science fic- tion and fantasy writer who explored feminist themes and was best known for her Earthsea books, died in Jan- uary at her home in Portland. She was 88. Le Guin won an honorary National Book Award in 2014. Le Guin’s first novel was “Rocan- non’s World” in 1966 but she gained fame three years later with “The Left Hand of Darkness,” which won the Hugo and Nebula awards — top science fiction prizes — and conjured a radical change in gender roles well before the rise of the trans- gender community. 8) PORTLAND PRO- TESTS: Portland saw repeated, often violent clashes between a right- wing group and self-de- YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) — A sec- ond Yakima County meeting on missing Native women in Washington has been announced for early 2019. The Yakima Herald-Republic reports the event will take place Jan. 14 at Legends Casino in Toppenish, led by Craig Bill, director of the Governor’s Office of Indian Affairs, and Washington State Patrol Capt. Monica Alexander. It will involve presen- tations and an open forum. Bill and Alexander have held several similar meetings around the state. The first one in Yakima County took place Oct. 29 at the Yakima Convention Center in Yakima. Organizers estimated nearly 300 people attended. The meetings are a result of Washington House Bill 2951, which requires the State Patrol to work with the Office of Indian Affairs and tribal leaders to determine how to increase reporting and investigation of missing Native American women. The legislation also requires the state to collect data, for the first time, on the num- bers of missing Native women. No one knows exactly how many Native girls and women have gone missing on or near the 1.3-million-acre Yakama reserva- tion. In 2009, the FBI concluded a two- year probe into the deaths of 16 women on the reservation from 1980 to 1993. An FBI spokesman said there may be as many as 32 unsolved cases on the reservation involving disappearances and deaths. Alexander is compiling information and must report to the Legislature by June 1. The legislation says it must include data and analysis on the number of miss- ing Native American women in the state, identification of barriers in providing state resources to address the issue, and recommendations to improve safety and reporting. Man accused of ramming church a no-show in court PORTLAND (AP) — A 35-year-old man who is accused of intentionally crash- ing his SUV into a Vietnamese church early Monday didn’t show up to a Portland courtroom as ordered. The Oregonian/Ore- gonLive reports Hieu John Phung was in Asto- ria when he was “picked up” and taken to a hospi- tal, a member of the Clat- Phung sop County Sheriff’s Office on Wednesday told Mult- nomah County Circuit Judge Katharine von Ter Stegge. The sheriff’s office says it’s possible that Phung was on a mental health hold. His court appearance was moved to January. 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