SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — In what he called a groundbreaking case, Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield said Friday he has reached a settlement involving a monopoly on testosterone replacement gels. The $9.25 million settlement includes nearly $6.2 million in disgorged profits and penalties, along with attorney fees and costs. Rayfield said the drug companies, AbbVie
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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — KTVZ will feature NBC News’ special coverage of President Trump’s Joint Address to Congress on Tuesday evening, starting at 9 p.m. ET (6 p.m. PT). Lester Holt and Savannah Guthrie will anchor live coverage from Washington D.C. Plus, NBC News’ team on the ground will be dispatched across key locations. Ahead of the address
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The executive director of the Bend nonprofit HÚE says they could soon be forced to shut their doors, after a delay in thousands of dollars in needed funding.
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Egg prices are skyrocketing to all-time highs, due in large part to an outbreak of avian flu. This has been afflicting egg-laying hens in the US since 2022.
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Tax season is in full swing and the acting head of the Internal Revenue Service announced he plans to retire Friday. This comes as the Trump administration is set to close more than 100 IRS offices, including two in Oregon, in Bend and Salem, Fox 12 in Portland and national news outlets reported Thursday.
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) –Through the first month of the 2025 tax season, more than 3,400 Oregon taxpayers have electronically filed their income tax returns directly with the state using Direct File Oregon. More than 1,400 of those state returns were filed in combination with federal tax returns using IRS Direct File. The option to use
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Social media has been abuzz with flyers for a scheduled protest Wednesday afternoon in front of Madras City Hall in honor of Allan Warner Jr. who died late last week during an officer-involved shooting.
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Rep. Emerson Levy, D-Bend, introduced a legislative package on Tuesday before the House Committee on Health and Health Care that she said is designed to lower prescription drug costs and increase transparency in drug pricing. Building on her previous work, Levy said she introduced the bipartisan legislation to lower everyday costs
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EUGENE, Ore. (KTVZ)–A Tacoma, Washington man has been sentenced to nearly 14 years in federal prison for using social media to coerce a minor into sending him sexually explicit materials and engage in self-harm – a case that began with a tip to Bend Police, federal prosecutors said. Brandon Kuper, 22, was sentenced to 165
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(update: adding video and additional information from meeting) REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) — At Tuesday night’s meeting, the Redmond City Council held the first of several public hearings to consider three ordinances related to marijuana dispensaries. The first proposed measure includes ordinance #2025-02, enacting a 3% sales tax on marijuana products. The second ordinance is establishing
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ)– The Problem Solvers were the first to bring you homeowners’ concerns about the state’s wildfire hazard map last June. La Pine residents tell us they saw a major increase in their homeowners’ insurance following the Darlene 3 Fire. “We’re all getting the maps, and so we should all be concerned about the
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon Building Codes Division has adopted new residential code provisions that will allow the construction of attached stacked two-family dwellings (such as duplexes) under the residential specialty code, the division announced late last week. Here’s the full announcement: This innovative code change will allow stacked duplexes to take advantage of
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BANDON, Ore. (KTVZ) — Bandon’s popular West Coast Game Park Safari faces scrutiny for several alleged violations of the Animal Welfare Act. A December inspection conducted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service provides details of the safari’s conditions. Several big cats appeared malnourished, with visible ribs and hip bones.
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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Senator Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, said Friday he has joined Senate colleagues to reintroduce legislation that would make a $60 billion investment in forests in Oregon and across the West to lessen wildfire risk, restore watersheds, protect communities, and reduce wildfire suppression costs. Here’s the senator’s news release, in full: “With summers getting
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(update: added video) WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Rep. Janelle Bynum, D-Ore., released the following statement Tuesday ahead of voting against House Concurrent Resolution14, the House Budget Proposal: “This is a nonsense proposal. At a time when the American people are struggling to make ends meet, this budget pulls the rug out from underneath them. It would decrease
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Deschutes County commissioners returned to the heated controversy over the state’s revised wildfire hazard map Monday afternoon and after more debate voted 2-1 to file an appeal with the state on behalf of the owners of all 21,000 properties in the county designated at high risk from wildfire.
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LAKEVIEW, Ore. (KTVZ) — Federal officials on Wednesday lethally removed an endangered gray wolf, OR158, following several unsuccessful attempts at non-lethal deterrence of the animal that killed eight to a dozen livestock in recent weeks. The removal came amid “increasing concerns about public safety and was taken as a last resort,” the Oregon Department of
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Sisters, ORE. (KTVZ) –The Sisters Library was standing room only for a legislative town hall with Senator Anthony Broadman and Representative Emerson Levy. They held the second in a series of three legislative town halls on Saturday. Since it was so packed, the senator and representative decided to hold 2 back-to back 45-minute sessions. Residents
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Central Oregon lawmakers are holding the third of three legislative town halls on Sunday afternoon in Bend, but they have moved the event to a larger venue to accommodate the larger crowds who have been attending.
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — The winner of Oregon’s first Powerball jackpot of the year, worth $328.5 million, is 79-year-old Abbas Shafii of Beaverton, the Oregon Lottery announced Friday. Shafii purchased the winning ticket on Jan. 17 at the Beaverton Fred Meyer on SW Walker Road. He chose to take the lump sum option, which is
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