CNN By Gregory Wallace, CNN (CNN) — A former Boeing quality-control manager alleges that for years workers at its 787 Dreamliner factory in Everett, Washington, routinely took parts that were deemed unsuitable to fly out of an internal scrap yard and put them back on factory assembly lines . In his first network TV interview, Merle
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Associated Press To save the imperiled spotted owl from potential extinction, U.S. wildlife officials are embracing a contentious plan to deploy trained shooters into dense West Coast forests to kill almost a half-million barred owls that are crowding out their cousins. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service strategy released Wednesday is meant to prop up
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Did you notice you slept better last night? As of July 1, Oregonians have a new and powerful set of consumer privacy rights and protections. The Oregon Consumer Privacy Act (OCPA) was signed into law in July 2023, but it did not take effect until now. The new law is the result
Continue ReadingAssociated Press The former Apollo 8 astronaut best known for taking the iconic “Earthrise” photo, who died last month while piloting a plane over the waters off Washington state, was doing a flyby near a friend’s house when the fatal accident occurred, federal authorities said Tuesday. William Anders, whose “Earthrise” photo showed the planet as
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — A Seattle-area plastic surgery provider accused of threatening patients over negative reviews and posting fake positive ones must pay $5 million to the state attorney general’s office and thousands of Washington patients, according to a federal consent decree. The consent decree filed Monday resolves a lawsuit brought by Attorney General Bob Ferguson
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — A hundred imperiled northern leopard frogs will be hopping back into the wild soon, thanks to a recovery program at the Oregon Zoo. The rapidly growing tadpoles were brought to the zoo as eggs earlier this spring by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. “Their development is right on track so
Continue ReadingBy David Goldman and Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — Boeing has agreed to buy Spirit Aerosystems, one of its major suppliers and manufacturing partners, as part of its plan to overhaul the aircraft maker’s badly damaged safety reputation. The all-stock deal, that values the supplier at $4.7 billion, or $37.25 per share, was
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QUINCY, Mass. (KTVZ) — In an effort to help wildland urban interface communities better protect their homes against wildfire, the Fire Protection Research Foundation—the research affiliate of the National Fire Protection Association®—commissioned a comprehensive survey of residents, fire departments and local governments in California and Oregon to explore perceptions of the wildfire problem and engagement in
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – As Oregonians gear up to celebrate the busy months of summer – from the Fourth of July and barbecues to weddings and river outings – the Oregon Health Authority’s Excessive Alcohol Use Prevention Program and the Oregon Department of Transportation’s Impaired Driving Program are partnering to remind everyone about the importance of driving sober
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon Department of Justice Civil Rights Unit has provided its annual update on the groundbreaking work of DOJ’s statewide Bias Response Hotline. The Hotline, now in its fifth year, helps thousands of Oregonians every year who have been impacted by bias and hate. The Oregon Criminal Justice Commission (CJC) released this data
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) – Oregon is now able to offer free health care coverage to people in more income categories through a new benefit called Oregon Health Plan Bridge. An estimated 100,000 people are anticipated to eventually qualify for the new program. Oregon created the new eligibility category through a Medicaid demonstration assuring coverage for
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CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – Oregon State University researchers have discovered compounds that convert a protein known for protecting cancer cells into a tumor killer. Scientists say their findings, several years in the making, open the door to promising therapies for breast cancer and other malignancies whose cells rely on the Bcl-2 protein to evade treatment
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Friday’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling allowing cities to enforce regulations against the homeless sleeping on public property draw a somewhat predictable mix of reactions from Oregon officials, with a housing agency official calling it “devastating” and Democratic lawmakers saying it does nothing to solve the crisis while top Republican lawmakers celebrated
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Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — A decision by the U.S. Supreme Court allowing cities to enforce bans on sleeping outside in public spaces will allow San Francisco to begin clearing homeless encampments that have plagued the city, the mayor said Friday as she applauded the ruling. The case is the most significant on the issue
Continue ReadingBy Devan Cole and John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court ruled Friday in favor of an Oregon city that ticketed homeless people for sleeping outside, rejecting arguments that such “anti-camping” ordinances violate the Constitution’s ban on “cruel and unusual” punishment. Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote the opinion for the 6-3 conservative majority, with the
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BOISE, Idaho (KTVB) — The Nyssa, Oregon community faces the aftermath of a confirmed microburst that tore through their community Wednesday afternoon. KTVB was on the scene and residents said that the storm felt like a tornado or hurricane. The National Weather Service in Boise confirmed on Thursday that the weather event in southeast Oregon
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) – PacifiCorp received the Emergency Response Award from Edison Electric Institute this week in recognition of the company’s response to the 2023 Smith River Complex fires in Northern California. During the 2023 event, PacifiCorp enacted an emergency de-energization of roughly 14,000 customers in Crescent City, California, and surrounding areas. Electricity was quickly
Continue Reading SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – Oregon needs up to 3,700 adult mental health and substance use treatment beds to close existing gaps and meet future service projections, according to a final Oregon Health Authority study of the state’s behavioral health continuum of care. The findings are part of an assessment that Governor Tina Kotek directed the
Continue Reading PORTLAND, Ore. — Oregon Health Authority and partner organizations are mailing more drinking water test strips to Lower Umatilla Basin Groundwater Management Area (LUBGWMA) households and urging them to find out if their well water is exposing them to high levels of nitrate. The LUBGWMA is an area spanning northern Morrow County and northwestern Umatilla
Continue ReadingAssociated Press A jury found a suburban Seattle police officer guilty of murder Thursday in the 2019 shooting death of a homeless man outside a convenience store, marking the first conviction under a Washington state law easing prosecution of law enforcement officers for on-duty killings. After deliberating for three days, the jury found Auburn Police
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