CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – A product used to control pest slugs on farms in several countries is deadly to at least one type of native woodland snail endemic to the Pacific Northwest, according to Oregon State University scientists who say more study is needed before the product gains approval in the United States. Dee Denver
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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced Thursday that Oregon State University has received $667,500 as an initial award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to develop a set of interventions that includes tailored toolkits and resources that can be used by schools, preschools and day cares to reduce wildfire smoke exposures
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CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – A new, first-of-its-kind economic analysis finds that the annual economic impact of agritourism in Oregon’s Willamette Valley is nearly $1 billion. The Oregon State University Extension Service and the OSU College of Agricultural Sciences produced “An Initial Economic Impact Estimate of Agritourism in Oregon’s Willamette Valley,” which quantifies the economic effects
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon Health Authority has released its 26th annual report on the Oregon Death with Dignity Act, which shows an almost 30% increase in the number of prescriptions written for lethal doses of medication under the Act in 2023, partly due to lifting of a state residency requirement. Prescriptions rose about 29%, from
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CENTRAL POINT, Ore. (KTVZ) – If you’ve ever wondered where steelhead go in the ocean after they spawned in rivers, you’re not alone. Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife biologists in southern Oregon want to know too. Biologists are putting satellite “pop-off” tags on 10 adult winter steelhead in the Rogue and Chetco rivers this
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CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – Low oxygen conditions that pose a significant threat to marine life are widespread and increasing in coastal Pacific Northwest ocean waters as the climate warms, a new study shows. Researchers found that in 2021, more than half the continental shelf off the Pacific Northwest coast experienced the low-oxygen condition known as
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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) – Reps. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (OR-05) and Kathy Manning (NC-06) introduced on Wednesday the Protecting Students on Campus Act. This bipartisan legislation would empower students to file reports to the Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights if they experience antisemitic violence, harassment, or other unlawful discrimination on college campuses due to their heritage
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HERMISTON, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Columbia Development Authority and the Oregon Military Department hosted a memorial service Thursday to observe the 80th anniversary of a 1944 munitions explosion at the former Umatilla Army Ordnance Depot, that claimed the lives of six workers. Oregon State Rep. Greg Smith, representing the Columbia Development Authority, spoke to those who
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – Oregon’s K-12 public schools will receive a record $74.2 million from the Common School Fund in 2024, state officials announced this week. Every one of Oregon’s 197 public school districts receives money from the Common School Fund every year. How much each district receives depends on the number of students served.
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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Reps. Lori Chavez-DeRemer and Cliff Bentz, R-Ore., voted Friday in favor of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 – a bipartisan package of six appropriations bills that will complete funding for all government agencies through fiscal year 2024. Here’s their statements, in full, on what’s included: Bipartisan Government Funding Package Backed by
Continue ReadingBy Sara Smart and Chris Isidore, CNN Atlanta (CNN) — Passengers on board the Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 that suffered a terrifying midair blowout in January have received a letter from the FBI saying they may be victims “of a crime.” Attorney Mark Lindquist, who represents multiple passengers that were on Alaska Airlines
Continue ReadingBy Dalia Faheid, Ashley R. Williams, Andy Rose and Camila Bernal, CNN (CNN) — Two elderly Idaho men whose deaths authorities say are possibly linked to an Idaho inmate and his accomplice, who allegedly helped him escape police custody on Wednesday, have been identified, Idaho State Police announced Friday. Idaho State Police on Friday identified
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum on Thursday joined the US Department of Justice and a coalition of 15 state attorneys general and the District of Columbia in filing a civil antitrust lawsuit against Apple, accusing the tech giant of monopolization or attempted monopolization of smartphone markets in violation of Section 2 of the
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Police officers in Oregon shot and killed a 24-year-old Black man in the back and then instead of providing medical care, mocked his lifeless body, threw explosives at him and sent a dog to attack his corpse, his family alleges in an updated lawsuit filed Thursday with additional details from the
Continue ReadingBy Sarah Engel, Lauren Mascarenhas, Taylor Romine and Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — An Idaho inmate and the accomplice who helped him escape from a hospital visit on Wednesday by shooting at state corrections officers were captured Thursday, ending a 36-hour manhunt, Boise Police Chief Ron Winegar said during a news conference. The inmate,
Continue ReadingTULALIP, Wash. (AP) — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has signed a multimillion-dollar measure to send state money to tribes and Indigenous people in the state who die from opioid overdoses at disproportionately high rates in Washington. It was one of seven fentanyl-related bills Inslee signed Tuesday while on the Tulalip Indian Reservation, KING-TV reported. The
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon’s seasonally adjusted nonfarm payroll employment rose by 4,400 jobs in February, following a revised loss of 5,700 jobs in January, the Oregon Employment Department reported Wednesday. February’s gains were largest in professional and business services (+1,000 jobs) and in health care and social assistance (+900 jobs). Five other major industries each expanded by between
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By GENE JOHNSON and BECKY BOHRER Associated Press OSO, Wash. (AP) — After the mountainside collapsed, obliterating a neighborhood and 43 lives in the worst landslide disaster in U.S. history, Jessica Pzsonka made a promise -– to herself, to her bereft parents and to her late sister, who was buried along with two young sons,
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – Tuesday was the first day of spring, bringing with it the breeding season for many animals — including Oregon’s wild turkeys. It’s time to talk turkey – specifically, what you can do to prevent turkey problems in your own yard and neighborhood this spring, and all year long. Most of the
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The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife’s fish health lab has detected a novel parasite in sick rainbow trout raised at the Klamath Falls, Rock Creek and Elk River hatcheries. The agency said Tuesday it marks the first time the parasite has been associated with disease symptoms in Oregon fish.
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