Month: April 2019

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – The Oregon House will vote on a new tax on businesses to raise an additional $1 billion in annual revenue for its public…

Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Rep. Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) on Tuesday introduced the Regulatory Oversight Barring Obnoxious (ROBO) Calls and Texts Act of…

Happy Tuesday evening, everyone! We’ll cool quickly tonight as mostly clear skies will be overhead. Winds will still be breezy at times gusting…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Police say four adults who were stabbed early Monday in Southeast Portland are recovering. The Portland Police Bureau…

St. Charles Health System announced Tuesday it is providing $82,500 in “safety net” grants to more than a dozen nonprofit organizations…

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Dozens of caseworkers rallied at the state Capitol Tuesday for full funding of Oregon’s foster care system, saying a…

A true sign of spring: The Oregon Parks and Recreation Department will open the gate for vehicle access to the summit of Bend’s Pilot Butte at…

VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) – A 57-year-old Portland-area man has been arrested on suspicion of murder with sexual motivation in the death of a…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Federal legislation to improve sanitation and water supplies at fishing sites crucial to the heritage of several Pacific…

BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) – A salmon-farming company has agreed to pay $332,000 in fines after one of its floating pens collapsed in 2017,…

Deschutes County Clerk Nancy Blankenship reminds voters of the following deadlines for the May 21 special election: Tuesday, April 30 is the voter…

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – Oregon is sending state officials to check on foster children at a Utah facility following a riot during which more than 20…

MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) – Medford police shot and killed a cougar after he was spotted repeatedly in daylight hours in a developed area of the city.…

(Update: Adding livestream video from Tuesday burn west of Bend) The Deschutes National Forest conducted three prescribed burns Monday and had ,…

The Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation are now the custodians of 1,200 additional acres of critical habitat along the Middle Fork…

Welcome to the Oregon FBI’s Tech Tuesday segment. This week: building a digital defense against Social Security fraud. Anybody can get those…

K1 Speed – which bills itself as “the world’s premier indoor karting operator” – and MotoGP legends Kenny Roberts…

A woman who gave Redmond police a false name during a weekend traffic stop was arrested, handcuffed and put in the back of a patrol car. But officers…

(Update: Adding ODOT, FS comments) Monday marked the beginning of a three-week project to remove more than 2,100 trees along U.S. Highway 20 west of…

A pharmaceutical sciences researcher at Oregon State University has received a five-year, $3.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health…