SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon Department of Revenue will begin processing e-filed 2023 state income tax returns on Monday, Jan. 29, the same day the IRS will begin processing federal returns. Paper filed returns will be processed starting in mid-February. E-filed returns will be processed in the order they are received. However, as in years past,
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SHADY COVE, Ore. (KTVZ) — On Thursday, Oregon State Police Fish and Wildlife responded to a report of an injured owl near a residence in Shady Cove. The reported “baby” owl turned out to be a Northern Pygmy Owl – a small owl species not much larger than a baseball, or about the size of
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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) – Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), along with Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), and Sherrod Brown (D-OH), led 22 senators in a letter Friday to the Office of Management and Budget Director Shalanda Young, sounding their concerns about the administration’s delay in finalizing proposed rules to end the
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By JIM SALTER and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — Icy winter weather blanketed the U.S. on Saturday as a wave of Arctic storms threatened to break low-temperature records in the heartland, spread cold and snow from coast to coast and cast a chill over everything from football playoffs to presidential campaigns. As
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – – Many parts of Oregon are experiencing severe winter storm conditions, including snow, ice, freezing rain, high winds, heavy rain and freezing temperatures, and emergency efforts are underway to help those affected. The Oregon Department of Emergency Management has activated the State Emergency Coordination Center for state agencies and nonprofit partners to
Continue ReadingMULLAN, Idaho (AP) — Authorities in Idaho on Friday located and retrieved the body of a man who was caught in an avalanche while backcountry skiing with two other men who were rescued the previous day. The two men were located after authorities received a GPS alert of a possible fatality in an avalanche near
Continue ReadingMULLAN, Idaho (AP) — Two men were rescued after being caught in an avalanche in the Idaho backcountry, while a third man was believed to be dead, authorities said. A rescue effort began shortly before 3 p.m. Thursday when law enforcement received a GPS alert of a possible fatality in an avalanche near Stevens Peak
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By JIM SALTER and CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — A dangerous winter storm swept the northern U.S. on Friday, with blinding snow in some places, freezing rain in others, and bitter cold temperatures and whipping winds across several states. The massive storm continues a week of strong winter weather for much of
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court agreed Friday to review lower-court rulings that make it harder for cities in the western United States to prevent people from sleeping on the streets when there aren’t enough beds in homeless shelters. The justices will hear an appeal from the city of Grants Pass, in southwest Oregon, that
Continue ReadingBy TOM KRISHER and DAVID KOENIG AP Business Writers The Federal Aviation Administration says it will increase oversight of Boeing and audit production of the 737 Max 9 jetliner after a panel blew off an Alaska Airlines plane in midflight last week, the latest in a string of mishaps at the troubled aircraft maker. The
Continue ReadingBy Joe Sutton and Pete Muntean, CNN (CNN) — A class action lawsuit was filed on Thursday in Washington state against Boeing on behalf of the passengers aboard last week’s Alaska Airlines flight 1282. According to the lawsuit’s allegations, “the event physically injured some passengers and emotionally traumatized most if not all aboard. The violence
Continue ReadingBy Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — The Oregon Supreme Court on Friday declined to hear a bid to remove former President Donald Trump from the 2024 ballot based on the 14th Amendment’s “insurrectionist ban,” saying it’s waiting for the US Supreme Court to rule on the issue. The ruling comes after Colorado and Maine kicked
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State’s high court cites expedited hearing by U.S. Supreme Court SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon Supreme Court declined Friday to hear, for now, a challenge by five Oregon voters (relators) seeking to preclude former President Donald J. Trump from appearing on the Oregon 2024 Republican primary and general election ballots. Relators had asked the
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The latest storm to power into Oregon Thursday night was bringing extreme winds as predicted, downing trees and causing the travel problems the Oregon Department of Transportation had warned about, closing both U.S. Highways 26 and 97.
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Oregon House Republicans introduced legislation Thursday for next month’s “short session” that they said would “end the crises of drugs, homelessness, and crime that have been exacerbated by the failed Measure 110.”
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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) – Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (OR-05) is backing bipartisan legislation that seeks to prevent stillbirths in the U.S. The Stillbirth Health Improvement and Education (SHINE) for Autumn Act would enhance data collection, research, education, and awareness by creating the first comprehensive, federal-state partnership to reduce stillbirth rates in the U.S. “Stillbirths continue causing far
Continue ReadingBy Curt Devine, CNN (CNN) — In the aftermath of last week’s Alaska Airlines in-flight emergency, some aviation experts are questioning the structural design of the section of the Boeing 737 Max 9 that blew off the plane. On that January 5 flight, a “door plug” – a portion of the plane’s fuselage the manufacturer can put in place instead of an
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CORVALLIS, Ore. – An international team of scientists led by Oregon State University researchers has used a novel 500-year dataset to frame a “restorative” pathway through which humanity can avoid the worst ecological and social outcomes of climate change. In addition to charting a possible new course for society, the researchers say their “paradigm shifting”
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Behavioral health providers funded by Measure 110 reported continued increases in clients served statewide for substance use treatment and other key supports in the first year of full implementation, further cementing the statewide networks as a critical feature of Oregon’s behavioral health system. Behavioral Health Resource Network (BHRN) providers report the
Continue ReadingBy DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Alaska Airlines is canceling through Saturday all flights on Boeing 737 Max 9 planes like the one that suffered an in-flight blowout of a fuselage panel last week as it waits for new instructions from Boeing and federal officials on how to inspect the fleet. The development came as
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