SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – Oregon’s deer and elk give birth from May through July. It’s natural for mother animals to leave their young alone and hidden for extended periods of time while they go off to feed, so never assume a young animal is orphaned when you see it alone. The mother will return when it’s
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — A five-mile stretch of Interstate 84 in Portland will be closed in both directions to rail and highway traffic overnight from 11 p.m. Saturday, July 13 to noon Sunday, July 14 for graffiti cleaning and trash removal between I-5 and I-205. In addition to the I-84 closure in Sullivan’s Gulch, northbound
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CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon State University researchers have found that U.S. adults are fairly confident in linking wildfires and heat to climate change, but less confident when it comes to other extreme weather events like hurricanes, flooding or tornadoes. The recent study found that politics and personal experience played significant roles in people’s responses:
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By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — The United States granted the Makah Indian Tribe in Washington state a long-sought waiver Thursday that helps clear the way for its first sanctioned whale hunts since 1999 and sets the stage for renewed clashes with animal rights activists. The Makah, a tribe of 1,500 people on
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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) – Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., on Wednesday released the findings of a two-year investigation exposing systemic taxpayer-funded child abuse and neglect in youth residential treatment facilities across the United States. The Committee’s investigation into four major RTF operators revealed that children in these facilities are regularly subjected to physical, sexual, and
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – Governor Tina Kotek issued a proclamation Tuesday declaring the month of June 2024 as LGBTQ+ Pride Month in Oregon. “Pride is about love, acceptance, and community,” Governor Kotek said. “Great joy and great struggle have always existed side by side in the LGBTQ+ movement. Pride will always shine brighter than fear
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NEWPORT, Ore. (KTVZ) — Gray whales that spend their summers feeding in the shallow waters off the Pacific Northwest coast have undergone a significant decline in body length since around the year 2000, a new Oregon State University study found. The smaller size could have major consequences for the health and reproductive success of the
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — A woman armed with a handgun was taken into custody after an hourlong standoff at the FBI building in Seattle on Wednesday, authorities said. The woman walked into a publicly accessible area where people have to wait to be buzzed into the lobby, according to FBI spokesperson Steve Bernd. She pointed the
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KGW/KTVZ) — Neil Goldschmidt, once mayor of Portland and then Oregon governor, is dead at the age of 83, The Oregonian/OregonLive was first to report Wednesday. KGW reports Goldschmidt’s lucrative career in politics came to an abrupt end in the early 2000s, after he admitted to having sex with a minor decades earlier. An attorney,
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The new leaders of Oregon’s two Planned Parenthood affiliates want to dissolve the political arm of their organization to focus more on providing health care, a move that has sparked inner turmoil and opposition from advocates concerned about the future of reproductive rights in a pivotal election year. Sara Kennedy, the
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EUGENE, Ore. (KTVZ) — An Oregon State Police traffic stop in Eugene ended in a fatal officer-involved shooting late Tuesday afternoon, the agency said. Around 4:25 p.m., an OSP trooper conducted a traffic stop at the intersection of River Avenue and State Route 569 (Beltline Highway) in Eugene. During the encounter, OSP said the driver
Continue ReadingBy MARTHA BELLISLE Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — An off-duty security guard in a Seattle suburb has been charged with second-degree murder by prosecutors who said that he fatally shot a 17-year-old six times in the back as the teen and his friends tried to return a toy gun that the guard believed was a
Continue ReadingBy Kaila Nichols, CNN (CNN) — When Troy Millhollin saw his friend Brandon Garrett’s dog Blue come into their camp alone with scratches on his nose, he had a feeling something was wrong. “When (Blue) showed up without his sister, Nova, I was like, ‘That’s not normal,’” Millhollin told CNN. Millhollin, 46, and Garrett, 60, had
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By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Gov. Jay Inslee on Tuesday said Washington will spell out in state law that hospitals must provide abortions if needed to stabilize patients, a step that comes as the U.S. Supreme Court is expected to rule this month on whether conservative states can bar abortions during some
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum and 42 other attorneys general announced Tuesday they have reached a $700 million nationwide settlement to resolve allegations related to the marketing of Johnson & Johnson’s baby powder and body powder products that contained talc. As its share of the settlement, (which is pending judicial approval), Oregon will
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon ranks 26th in overall child well-being, according to the 2024 KIDS COUNT® Data Book, a 50-state data report released Monday and developed by the Annie E. Casey Foundation. The Data Book measures how children and youth are faring from year to year. The 2024 data show that while Oregon performs well in Health (12th) and Family and Community (16th)
Continue ReadingTWIN FALLS, Idaho (AP) — The federal Bureau of Land Management’s preferred alternative for a proposed large-scale wind energy farm in southern Idaho would shrink its size by nearly half and move it farther from a national historic site. The proposed Lava Ridge wind farm has drawn opposition from government leaders, local ranchers, and people
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By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says consumers should avoid eating shellfish from Oregon and Washington state as they may be contaminated with toxins that cause paralytic shellfish poisoning. At least 31 people have been sickened in Oregon so far, according to state health officials. Here’s
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Average gasoline prices in Oregon have fallen 8.5 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $4.12/g Monday, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 1,307 stations in Oregon. Prices in Oregon are 29.3 cents per gallon lower than a month ago and stand 28.0 cents per gallon lower than a year ago.
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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., called on BMW to provide straight answers about its use of parts made by a banned Chinese supplier, following shifting explanations from the German automaker in response to a Finance Committee Democratic staff investigation, in a letter sent Monday. As part of the original investigation, Finance
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