WASHINGTON (KTVZ) – Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (OR-05) has joined Reps. Dave Joyce (OH-14), Brian Mast (FL-21), Earl Blumenauer (OR-03), and Troy Carter (LA-02) to introduce a modernized version of the Strengthening the Tenth Amendment Through Entrusting States (STATES) Act to ensure that every state has the right to determine the best approach to cannabis within
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon Air National Guard’s 142nd Wing will conduct routine F-15 Eagle night training missions next Monday through Thursday, Dec. 11-14, which could include flights over Central and Eastern Oregon. Commander of the 142nd Wing Colonel Michael Kosderka says these nighttime missions are necessary for pilot proficiency. “Night training for F-15
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) – Starting January 1, companies that deliver beer, wine, cider and pre-made cocktails to Oregonians will be required to obtain a Third-Party Delivery Facilitator permit from the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission (OLCC) and to train their delivery drivers to keep alcohol out of the hands of minors and visibly intoxicated persons.
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A woman sentenced to life in an Idaho prison for murdering her two youngest children and another woman has pleaded not guilty to charges in Arizona of conspiring to kill her estranged husband and her niece’s ex-husband. Lori Vallow Daybell, dressed in an orange jail uniform, stated her name and birthdate when a judge asked
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (KTVZ) – Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, and U.S. Representatives Jimmy Panetta, D-Calif., and Mike Carey, R-Ohio, introduced Thursday the Workforce Housing Tax Credit Act to increase the supply of affordable housing for middle-income families who earn too much to qualify for low-income affordable housing and not
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — At a time when many people in Oregon are celebrating the holiday season with friends, coworkers and loved ones, the Oregon Health Authority is launching Rethink the Drink’s new winter advertising campaign to change the conversation about alcohol. The campaign emphasizes the need for people to come together and support one another to be
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN Washington (CNN) — Foreign governments have reportedly attempted to spy on iPhone and Android users through the mobile app notifications they receive on their smartphones — and the US government has forced Apple and Google to keep quiet about it, according to a top US senator. Through legal demands sent to
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By AUDREY McAVOY and CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) — Ira “Ike” Schab had just showered, put on a clean sailor’s uniform and closed his locker aboard the USS Dobbin when he heard a call for a fire rescue party. He went topside to see the USS Utah capsizing and Japanese planes
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By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An ex-Alaska Airlines pilot accused of trying to cut the engines of a passenger flight while off-duty and riding in an extra seat in the cockpit was released from jail pending trial Thursday, after an Oregon judge approved it with conditions that include keeping away from
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CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – Wildfire researchers from Oregon State University have received $750,000 for multiple projects to bridge a knowledge gap between forestry and engineering regarding how communities are affected by major fire events. The projects aim to advance the science of wildfire risk and resilience while training a new generation of scientists better able
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Governor Tina Kotek has ordered flags at Oregon public institutions to be flown at half-staff from sunrise to sunset on Thursday, December 7, pursuant to a Presidential Proclamation in honor of those American patriots who died as a result of their service at Pearl Harbor. “Eighty-two years have passed since over 2,400 service members
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ALBANY, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon State Police are seeking the public’s help after five vehicles were shot while traveling on highways around Linn County in just over a month, in incidents troopers say are likely connected. No injuries have been reported. On Friday, Dec. 1, OSP’s, Albany Area Command received a report of a vehicle
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., said Wednesday he has asked the Department of Justice to allow Apple and Google to be more transparent about alleged surveillance of mobile push notifications. Wyden began investigating possible surveillance of push notification records after receiving a tip that foreign governments had requested such records from Google and
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MEDFORD, Ore. (KTVZ) — A former resident of Williams, Oregon, was sentenced to more than 12 years in federal prison Wednesday, five years after he boobytrapped a southern Oregon home and injured an FBI bomb technician. Gregory Lee Rodvelt, 72, was sentenced to 150 months in federal prison and three years’ supervised release, federal prosecutors
Continue ReadingBy Elizabeth Wolfe, Robert Shackelford, Mary Gilbert and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — A second person has died in a swollen Oregon waterway after atmospheric rivers have pummeled the Pacific Northwest with two bouts of more than 9 inches of rain. One man was found dead Tuesday in Bronson Creek in Washington County, Oregon, the Washington
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Electricity utility PacifiCorp will pay $299 million to settle a lawsuit brought by 463 individual plaintiffs who were harmed by devastating wildfires in southern Oregon in 2020. The settlement announced Tuesday comes after the utility lost a similar lawsuit in June for wildfires in other parts of the state, The Oregonian
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (KTVZ) – The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday passed the HOME Act, a bill led by Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (OR-05) to help lift veterans out of homelessness. Chavez-DeRemer spoke on the House floor Monday in support of her bill, which passed on a bipartisan vote of 408-10. “Our veterans stepped up to serve our country,
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard rescued five people from flooded areas on Tuesday as an atmospheric river brought heavy rain, flooding and unseasonably warm temperatures to the Pacific Northwest. The conditions also closed rail links, schools and roads in some areas and shattered daily rainfall and temperature records in Washington state. In
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Senator Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., and Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA-09) have teamed up to introduce the bicameral End Hedge Fund Control of American Homes Act of 2023. This legislation responds directly and forcefully to a persistent and growing problem — What Happens When Wall Street Buys Most of the Homes on Your Block? The purchasing of
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) – Drivers continue to enjoy savings at the pumps with gas prices moving lower in most states. The Oregon average has dipped below $4 a gallon for the first time since April 12, AAA Oregon/Idaho reported Tuesday. Growth in gasoline supplies and the seasonal lull in demand are the major factors. A
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