SEATTLE (AP) — The last known set of remains linked to the Green River serial killer in Washington state belonged to a teenage girl who had previously been identified as a victim, authorities confirmed on Monday. The remains were identified as those of 16-year-old Tammie Liles, the King County Sheriff’s Office said in a news
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality said Monday it will begin the process to reinstate the Climate Protection Program in the first quarter of the year following a December ruling from the Oregon Court of Appeals that upheld a challenge invalidating the program. The court decided that DEQ did not fully comply with
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CHICAGO (KTVZ) — Average gasoline prices in Oregon have fallen 8.2 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.57/g Monday, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 1,307 stations in Oregon. Prices in Oregon are 20.8 cents per gallon lower than a month ago and stand 7.0 cents per gallon lower than a year ago. According
Continue ReadingBy Gregory Wallace and Hanna Ziady, CNN (CNN) — The US Federal Aviation Administration has urged airlines to inspect so-called door plugs on an earlier version of Boeing 737 airplanes, after one blew out of the side of the newer Max model during an Alaska Airlines flight earlier this month. The FAA on Sunday said
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VANCOUVER, Wash. (KGW/KTVZ) — A couple is safe after their car fell into a sinkhole in a Vancouver intersection early Saturday morning. Katlynn Bicknell, of La Center, Washington, said her boyfriend, Kevin, was driving at 30th and Washington streets around 1:15 a.m. when the front of their car hit the sinkhole. “We had seen there was water
Continue ReadingBy Sara Smart and Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — The good Samaritan who risked electrocution to save a baby in northeast Portland after a power line fell on top of a car and killed three people said she didn’t think twice about jumping in to help. “I wasn’t thinking, like, ‘Oh, I could be
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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Reps. Cliff Bentz and Lori Chavez-DeRemer, R-Ore., voted for the stopgap funding measure that gained congressional approval on Thursday, averting a partial partial government shutdown, and also issued statements about why they supported it. Here they are, in full: Bentz Joins Speaker Johnson in Voting for a Resolution that Keeps the Government
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – Poachers killed three cow elk in Umatilla County and a bull elk in Lincoln County earlier this month. Anyone with information that leads to an arrest or citation in either case may receive rewards of $1,000 or four hunter preference points. On Jan. 6, Fish and Wildlife troopers received a report
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By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Two weeks of storms that have turned roads into icy death traps, frozen people to death from Oregon to Tennessee and caused power outages that could take weeks to fix continued to sock both coasts with another round of weather chaos on Friday. The rain, snow,
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – A Formal Demobilization Ceremony was held Friday at the Army Aviation Support Facility in Salem for 27 members of the Oregon National Guard who were activated along the U.S. Southwest border for the past year, flying helicopters to detect and deter illegal border crossings, smuggling and human trafficking. Members of Detachment 1,
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CORVALLIS, Ore. – The Oregon State University Board of Trustees on Friday approved a presidential compensation adjustment and elected board officers. The board approved a 6% pay increase for President Jayathi Murthy, increasing her annual compensation to $747,300. “Especially given the size and complexity of OSU, President Murthy’s performance has been exceptional,” said Kirk Schueler,
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CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) — Military veterans’ individual perceptions of their combat experiences and the social supports they receive when they return home are greater predictors of post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms than the specific conflict in which they served, a new Oregon State University study found. The study, published in the journal The Gerontologist, surveyed combat veterans
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By CLAIRE RUSH and GENE JOHNSON Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Majiah Washington noticed a flash outside her home this week in Portland, where a dangerous storm had coated the city with ice. Opening her blinds, she saw a red SUV with a downed power line on it and a couple who had been
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Governor Tina Kotek declared a statewide emergency Thursday evening due to the severe ice storm that impacted counties across the state. The declaration comes following an assessment of needs and subsequent requests from multiple counties as they enter the sixth day of severe impacts as a result of the storm. The
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U.S. Highway 26 was closed west of Warm Springs Thursday morning due to jackknifed semi-trucks as freezing rain made a return to some parts of the High Desert. Other areas saw more thawing amid rain and temperatures above freezing, at least for now.
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Oregon’s seasonally adjusted nonfarm payroll employment rose by 3,900 jobs last month, following a revised loss of 5,900 jobs in November, while the unemployment rate held steady once again, the state Employment Department reported Thursday.
Continue ReadingBy Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Election officials in Washington state confirmed Thursday that Donald Trump’s name will remain on the GOP primary ballot, after a state judge dismissed a lawsuit that tried to disqualify him based on the 14th Amendment. Washington Secretary of State Steve Hobbs, a Democrat, said his office would move forward with the
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Governor Tina Kotek announced details Wednesday of her 2024 legislative housing production proposal. The provisions in Senate Bill 1537 (Legislative Concept 19) are based on months of broad stakeholder engagement and is the only bill she is introducing this year. “Decades of underbuilding have left Oregon with a severe housing shortage
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – Governor Tina Kotek announced Wednesday that she has appointed Dr. Nakeia Council Daniels to direct the Oregon Department of Veterans’ Affairs, pending Senate confirmation. Dr. Daniels has been serving as ODVA’s interim director since last October, after previously serving as deputy director. “Dr. Daniels is a talented, dedicated public servant who
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By CLAIRE RUSH and HALLIE GOLDEN Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A power line fell on a parked car in northeast Portland, Oregon, on Wednesday, killing three people and injuring a baby during an ice storm that turned roads and mountain highways treacherous in the Pacific Northwest. Shortly before noon, dispatchers started receiving frantic
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