PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Average gasoline prices in Oregon have fallen 6.8 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $4.05/g Monday, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 1,307 stations in Oregon. Prices in Oregon are 31.3 cents per gallon lower than a month ago and stand 40.8 cents per gallon lower than a year ago.
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Gov. Tina Kotek and Oregon Department of Public Safety Standards and Training (DPSST) Director Phil Castle announced Monday that the department eliminated the police training backlog, which reached up to seven months at its peak. This was achieved through increased training capacity, drastically reducing wait times for Basic Police training. The
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore and Gregory Wallace, CNN Washington DC (CNN) — Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun plans to apologize for Boeing’s recent safety failures in Senate testimony Tuesday and admit to problems with the company culture, but he’ll push back on whistleblower claims that the company retaliated against those who brought safety issues to light. “Much
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By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — BNSF Railway must pay nearly $400 million to a Native American tribe in Washington state, a federal judge ordered Monday after finding that the company intentionally trespassed when it repeatedly ran 100-car trains carrying crude oil across the tribe’s reservation. U.S. District Judge Robert Lasnik initially ruled
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VANCOUVER, Wash. (KGW/KTVZ) — Four Vancouver police officers shot and killed a man early Monday morning, KGW reported. The man is accused of pointing a gun at a group of people and police officers, according to the Vancouver Police Department. Around 12:51 a.m., several people flagged down an officer who was driving on Northeast Andresen
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) –June is Great Outdoors Month, which also underscores the importance of outdoor recreation in Oregon. As temperatures warm up, people are enjoying nature. Five years ago, Congress designated June Great Outdoors Month to highlight the trove of outside opportunities across the nation. With a half dozen national park sites also state parks, Oregon
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Providence nurses across Oregon are going on strike on Tuesday. It could be one of the biggest nurse walkouts in state history.
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CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – A record 7,648 students graduated from Oregon State University during its university-wide commencement ceremony Saturday at Reser Stadium. An estimated 4,100 students participated in the ceremony that honored the university’s 155th class. The 7,648 graduates were to receive 7,880 degrees. (That includes 232 students receiving two degrees.) They will add to the ranks of OSU
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By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A judge could soon decide on a trial date for a man charged in the deaths of four University of Idaho students who were killed more than a year and a half ago. Bryan Kohberger was arrested roughly six weeks after the bodies of Ethan Chapin,
Continue ReadingCNN By Sara Smart and Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — Almost 30 people were rescued and medically evaluated after being stuck hanging upside down on a ride at an amusement park in Portland. The “AtmosFEAR” ride at Oaks Amusement Park “stopped at the apex position while operating in the 360-degree setting, suspending 28 riders upside
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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and Louisiana’s U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D., today announced this week their bipartisan Maternal and Child Health Stillbirth Prevention Act unanimously passed the Senate and now heads to President Biden’s desk to be signed into law. The bill will help bring down the shockingly high rate of stillbirths and
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LAKE OSWEGO, Ore., (KTVZ) – Umpqua Bank, a subsidiary of Columbia Banking System, Inc. (Nasdaq: COLB), released Thursday the findings of its annual Business Barometer, an in-depth study into the mood, mindset and strategic priorities of small and middle market businesses across the U.S. For the first time in its six-year history, the study shows a widening
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CHILOQUIN, Ore. (KTVZ) —The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission, meeting in Chiloquin, adopted rules Friday to implement HB 3464 passed by the 2023 Oregon Legislature, also known as the “Beaver Bill,” which remove the complicated dual classification of beavers so they are now solely managed as furbearers (rather than predatory animals in some situations). The
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Every year, the Oregon Secretary of State Audits Division conducts two major financial audits: the Annual Comprehensive Financial Report and Statewide Single Audit. Auditors also draft and release a report summarizing both of these audits. The summary report for fiscal year 2023, called Keeping Oregon Accountable, was released this week. Last year’s summary report
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Portland firefighters rescued dozens of people trapped upside down on a ride at Oaks Park Friday afternoon. Riders on the AtmosFEAR ride said they were stuck for around 25 to 30 minutes, but it felt like hours, KGW reported.
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ASTORIA, Ore. (KTVZ) – The Oregon Department of Agriculture and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife announced Friday a shellfish harvesting reopening after recent, historically high levels of paralytic shellfish poison that sickened at least 30 people. Razor clam harvesting has reopened on the north and central coast. Levels of the marine biotoxin paralytic
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MEDFORD, Ore. (KGW/KTVZ) — A former southern Oregon nurse now faces criminal charges after she allegedly diverted drugs and replaced them with non-sterile tap water, resulting in a number of patients developing serious infections, KGW reported. The Medford Police Department confirmed Thursday that it had arrested 36-year-old Dani Marie Schofield, previously an ICU nurse at Asante
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REDMOND, Wash. (AP) — New laptops equipped with Microsoft Windows start shipping to customers next week without a flagship feature called Recall that drew concerns about privacy and cybersecurity. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella touted the new Recall feature at a showcase event last month, describing it as a step toward artificial intelligence machines that “instantly
Continue ReadingBy Gregory Wallace, CNN (CNN) — Federal authorities and Boeing are trying to figure out why a 737 Max 8 experienced a rare, unsafe back-and-forth roll during flight. The oscillating motion is known as a Dutch roll, and one characteristic described by the Federal Aviation Administration is the nose of an aircraft making a figure-eight.
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon Employment Department announced Thursday the 2024-25 minimum and maximum weekly benefit amounts for Unemployment Insurance and Paid Leave Oregon.By law, the department calculates the minimum and maximum benefit amounts once a year. These calculations are based on Oregon’s State Average Weekly Wage and are generally effective from July 1
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