WASHINGTON (KTVZ) – In light of the Environmental Protection Agency’s announcement to invest nearly $11 million in community wildfire smoke preparedness programs, Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., applauded the Biden administration’s action to follow through with federal support for the Wildfire Smoke Preparedness in Community Buildings program, which he created in 2022 as chair of the
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Around 9 p.m. on January 26th, 1700, a powerful magnitude 9.0 earthquake struck along the Cascadia Subduction Zone, which extends from Vancouver Island in British Columbia to Cape Mendocino in California. This earthquake released energy equivalent to about two billion tons of TNT, leading to significant impacts along the Oregon coast,
Continue ReadingBoeing’s 737 Max 9 model returned to service Friday afternoon when Alaska Airlines flight 1146 departed Seattle at approximately 3:51pm local time (6:51pm ET) bound for San Diego.
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The statewide graduation rate for the class of 2023 is 81.3 percent, tying the previous class as the second-highest graduation rate ever recorded in Oregon, according to data released Thursday by the Oregon Department of Education (ODE).
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The Oregon Department of Administrative Services said Friday it’s learned that a mailing error occurred while sending the tax form 1099-G to those who have received benefits from the Unemployment Insurance program in 2023.
Continue ReadingCNN By Forrest Brown and Marnie Hunter, CNN (CNN) — The Alaska Airlines incident on January 5 that left a hole in the fuselage of a Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft shortly after takeoff from Portland, Oregon, raised important safety questions, prompted investigations – and left some air travelers on edge. After the incident that
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CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – Ecologists have long known that standing dead trees, commonly referred to as snags, are an important habitat element for forest dwellers and act as a driver of biodiversity. They’re so important that in some managed forests, snag creation is part of the conservation tool kit – i.e., crews sometimes convert a
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The first California condor egg of 2024 arrived at the Oregon Zoo’s Jonsson Center for Wildlife Conservation on Monday afternoon, and keepers hope to see more over the coming weeks. The egg was laid Monday by condors No. 189 and 544. This is the pair’s first egg together, but both condors have raised
Continue ReadingBy GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle has agreed to pay $10 million to 50 demonstrators who sued over the police department’s heavy-handed response to racial justice protests in 2020, in a settlement announced by attorneys from both sides Wednesday. The protesters were among tens of thousands who rallied downtown and in the
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By TODD RICHMONDAssociated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Federal wildlife officials say they’ve decided to review whether to add 10 more species to the Endangered Species List. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Wednesday that the agency has completed its 90-day review of petitions to add the new species and decided that inclusion may
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By MANUEL VALDES and HALLIE GOLDEN Associated Press OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — The Washington state attorney general announced a $149.5 million settlement Wednesday with drugmaker Johnson & Johnson, more than four years after the state sued the company over its role in the opioid addiction crisis. “They knew what the harm was. They did it
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon Medical Board can do more to ensure it disciplines health care professionals fairly and consistently, according to a new audit released Wednesday by the Oregon Audits Division. OMB regulates health care professionals in the state of Oregon under Oregon’s Medical Practice Act. The primary mechanism by which this happens is licensing
Continue ReadingCNN, KCBS By Jamiel Lynch and Gregory Wallace, CNN (CNN) — A Boeing 757 plane lost its nose wheel shortly before taking off at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, according to US aviation officials. The Delta Air Lines plane had been preparing to fly to Bogota, Colombia, on January 20 when the “nose wheel came off and rolled down
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) – The Oregon Air National Guard’s 142nd Wing will conduct routine F-15 Eagle night training missions from Tuesday through Thursday of this week, and they could fly over Central Oregon airspace. Night training allows the Citizen-Airmen pilots based at the Portland Air National Guard Base to stay current with mandatory Air Force
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon, Washington, California and Idaho formed a working group to propose legislation in respective states to make the Pacific Standard Time permanent. Oregon state Senator Kim Thatcher of Keizer will introduce Senate Bill 1548 when Oregon’s legislative session begins on Feb. 5. “Oregonians have long-expressed their desire to stop changing the clock,” said Thatcher. “Some prefer
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon jury awarded $85 million Tuesday to nine victims of wildfires that ravaged the state in 2020, the latest verdict in a series of legal proceedings that are expected to put the utility PacifiCorp on the hook for billions of dollars over its liability for the deadly blazes. “We are
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After weeks of hearings in Salem, the Oregon Legislature’s Joint Committee on Addiction and Community Safety Response outlined their proposal for legislation to fix the much-criticized flaws in Measure 110 that they say will expand addiction treatment, deter public drug use, and improve community safety.
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By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Democratic lawmakers in Oregon on Tuesday unveiled a sweeping new bill that would undo a key part of the state’s first-in-the-nation drug decriminalization law, a recognition that public opinion has soured on the measure amid rampant public drug use during the fentanyl crisis. The bill would
Continue ReadingBy Ramishah Maruf, Pete Muntean and Gregory Wallace, CNN New York (CNN) — Alaska Airlines CEO Ben Minicucci revealed the carrier found “some loose bolts on many” Boeing 737 Max 9s in an interview for “NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt” on Tuesday. It was the CEO’s first interview since a door plug on one of its
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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) – Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, along with Representatives Earl Blumenauer (OR-03), Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01), Val Hoyle (D-04), and Andrea Salinas (OR-06), announced Monday that $10 million is coming to the Oregon Department of Transportation to replace or repair electric vehicle chargers. These federal investments to improve the reliability and accessibility of
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