Spring tradition: You can watch chickens hatch on OSU Extension’s popular livestream
CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – Once again, the eggs are ready to shake, rattle and roll. For the 11th year, the world can watch chickens hatch via…
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State to launch homeowner assistance for Labor Day 2020 wildfire victims still needing help to rebuild or replace homes
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon Housing and Community Services will launch the intake phase of the Homeowner Assistance and Reconstruction Program…
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Merkley, colleagues call on FAA to work on rules to let flight crews pump breastmilk aboard aircraft
WASHINGTON (KTVZ) – Sen. Jeff Merkley led 19 senators in a letter to Federal Aviation Administration Administrator Michael Whitaker, calling…
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Oregon DEQ to reopen Clean Vehicle Rebate Program for 2-month window, April 3 to June 3
PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality announced Wednesday it will reopen the Oregon Clean Vehicle Rebate Program for…
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Wyden urges NCSC to warn public about backdoor codes to commercial locks and safes
WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., has urged National Counterintelligence and Security Center Director Michael Casey to alert the public to…
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OLCC set to launch first phase of new online cannabis and alcohol licensing system on Monday
PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) – The Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission will launch the Cannabis and Alcohol Management Program (CAMP), a new online…
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Merkley, Wyden join colleagues in letter to postmaster general, demanding protection of USPS jobs, mail delivery
WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Oregon’s U.S. senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden joined a letter led by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) to Postmaster General…
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Older Boeing plane found to have missing panel after flight from California to southern Oregon
By CLAIRE RUSH and LISA BAUMANN Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A post-flight inspection revealed a missing panel on an older Boeing 737-800…
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‘It’s all about hooking kids early’: Wyden wants stores, wholesalers to pull unauthorized vaping products from shelves
NewsChannel 21 spoke Friday with Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR), chair of the Senate Finance Committee, about how he and four fellow senators recently wrote…
Continue ReadingOregon GOP senators barred from reelection over walkout seek statewide office instead
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Two Republican state senators in Oregon are seeking statewide office after being barred from reelection for staging a…
Continue ReadingSeat belt saved passenger’s life on Boeing 737 jet that suffered a blowout, new lawsuit says
SEATTLE (AP) — More passengers who were aboard an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 jet when part of its fuselage blew out in January are suing —…
Continue ReadingOregon kicker tax credit claims top $1.6 billion with a month to go before filing deadline
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon taxpayers have already claimed more than $1.6 billion of the record $5.61 billion surplus revenue kicker tax credit…
Continue ReadingDog deaths revive calls for end to Iditarod, the endurance race with deep roots in Alaska tradition
By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — For the past five years, Alaska’s annual Iditarod sled dog race has gone off mostly…
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Semi carrying large wind turbine tower overturns, closing long stretch of I-84 in Eastern Oregon
BAKER CITY, Ore. (KGW/KTVZ) — A crash along Interstate 84 in Eastern Oregon closed the highway for a substantial stretch Wednesday as road crews…
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Portland passes ban on gas-powered leaf blowers, starting in 2026
PORTLAND, Ore. (KGW/KTVZ) — The Portland City Council has unanimously passed an ordinance that will ban the use of gas-powered leaf blowers on…
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Bentz, Chavez-DeRemer vote for potential TikTok ban; C.O. users who profit from videos concerned about app’s future
(Update: adding video comments from local TikTokkers) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon Reps. Cliff Bentz and Lori Chavez-DeRemer voted with the strong…
Continue ReadingBoeing is unable to provide key information in door plug blowout investigation, NTSB chair says
By Gregory Wallace, CNN (CNN) — Investigators probing the Boeing 737 Max blowout say their investigation is being held back by Boeing’s lack…
Continue ReadingAlaska Airlines flight was headed for maintenance the same day part of the plane blew off
By David Goldman and Gregory Wallace, CNN (CNN) — Alaska Airlines flight 1282, on which a door plug blew off the side of the plane shortly…
Continue ReadingBoeing promises changes after getting poor grades in a government audit of manufacturing quality
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Responding to a U.S. government audit, Boeing said Tuesday that it would work with employees found to have…
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Senators Wyden, Sanders press federal agencies to protect Americans against surprise medical bills
WASHINGTON (KTVZ) – Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Senate Health, Employment, Labor and Pension (HELP) Committee Chair…
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