By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer The Washington state Supreme Court on Tuesday granted a request by the University of Washington and the Pac-12 to put on hold a lower court’s ruling that gave Oregon State and Washington State control of the conference until the high court can make a full review. Two
Continue ReadingBy Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — An infectious respiratory disease among dogs that continues to baffle veterinarians has now been reported in at least a dozen US states, from Washington, Oregon and California to New Hampshire, Florida and Pennsylvania. David B. Needle, a pathologist at the New Hampshire Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory and clinical associate professor
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By CLAIRE RUSH, JANIE HAR and MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Tossing tent poles, blankets and a duffel bag into a shopping cart and three wagons, Will Taylor spent a summer morning helping friends tear down what had been their home and that of about a dozen others. It wasn’t the first
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(Update: Adding KTVZ.COM Poll) PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Average gasoline prices in Oregon have fallen 4.6 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $4.02/g Monday, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 1,307 stations in Oregon. Prices in Oregon are 30.8 cents per gallon lower than a month ago and stand 40.0 cents per gallon lower
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s largest school district said late Sunday it had reached a tentative agreement with its teachers union and roughly 45,000 students would be back in school Monday after more than three weeks without classes. The agreement must still be voted on by teachers who have been on the picket line since
Continue ReadingBy KPTV Staff Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND Oregon (KPTV) — Crews responded around Friday to a house fire in southeast Portland. The call was initially placed at 12:40 p.m. to a home on SE 87th near SE Division Street. According to Portland Fire & Rescue, heavy smoke could be seen coming
Continue ReadingSALEM, Ore. (AP) — One person was dead in an officer-involved shooting outside Salem, Oregon, on Friday after police responded to a report of a male suspect firing a gun. The shooting happened at about 11 a.m. Law enforcement from the Marion County Sheriff’s Office, Salem Police Department and the Oregon State Police and found
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Nearly two-thirds of the way into renewals process following the end of the COVID-19 pandemic emergency, data shows more than 5 out of 6 Oregonians are keeping their Oregon Health Plan (OHP) or other Medicaid benefits. Oregon’s 85 percent renewal rate is the third-highest in the nation, according to Kaiser Family Foundation’s comparison
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Governor Tina Kotek on Wednesday ordered flags at Oregon public institutions to be flown at half-staff, pursuant to a Presidential Proclamation as a mark of respect for the memory of former First Lady of the United States, Rosalynn Carter. The flag should be flown at half-staff from Saturday, November 25, until sunset on
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — For many Oregonians, Black Friday and Cyber Monday are the perfect time to check items off their holiday shopping lists. For others, it’s an opportunity to trick people out of their money and sensitive personal information. “In the midst of all the holiday excitement, it is important to be aware of
Continue ReadingBy Sarah Dewberry, CNN (CNN) — After a Monday landslide that authorities say killed at least three people near a remote community in southeast Alaska, a group rescued about 20 people from the affected area, a resident involved in the effort said. Search efforts for three people who remain missing have finished for the evening,
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CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – Forest modeling by Oregon State University scientists shows that a site’s productivity – an indicator of how fast trees grow and how much biomass they accumulate – is the main factor that determines which time period between timber harvests allows for maximum above-ground carbon sequestration. The findings, published in the journal Forests,
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By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Teachers in Portland, Oregon, temporarily shut down a major bridge Tuesday morning as they marched in a strike started roughly three weeks ago. Members of the Portland Association of Teachers union and their supporters stopped in the middle of the Burnside Bridge for about 15 minutes,
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By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A voter-approved Oregon gun control law violates the state constitution, a judge ruled Tuesday, continuing to block it from taking effect and casting fresh doubt over the future of the embattled measure. The law, one of the toughest in the nation, was among the
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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Oregon Senators Ron Wyden, Jeff Merkley and Senate colleagues announced Monday they introduced legislation that would prevent domestic violence abusers from buying firearms. Federal law protects domestic violence survivors from gun violence by preventing their abusers from buying or having a firearm – but only once the court has issued a final
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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Senator Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., released Monday a lengthy statement regarding the Israel-Hamas war, calling for a cease-fire and the immediate cessation of hostilities by both sides, followed by negotiations for the release of all hostages and a massive influx of humanitarian aid. Here is his statement: On my first trip to Israel
Continue ReadingBy Jillian Sykes and Sarah Dewberry, CNN (CNN) — The suspect in the disappearance of a Washington couple who went missing from their home last week and may be dead was a tenant who was about to be evicted, the sister of the missing woman said Monday. Karen Koep and her husband, Davido, have been
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By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press The judge overseeing the case of a man accused of stabbing four University of Idaho students to death late last year is banning members of the media and the public from using cameras and audio recording devices in the courtroom, saying they jeopardize the defendant’s right to a fair trial.
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CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – Two Oregon State University College of Engineering faculty members are partnering with NASA on a $525,000 National Science Foundation project to examine the role that gravity, or the lack thereof, plays in microbial growth. Dorthe Wildenschild and Tala Navab-Daneshmand will send specimens to the International Space Station to see how biofilms – aggregates of microorganisms that
Continue Reading PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Average gasoline prices in Oregon have fallen 7.8 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $4.06/g Monday, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 1,307 stations in Oregon. Prices in Oregon are 36.7 cents per gallon lower than a month ago and stand 55.4 cents per gallon lower than a year ago. According
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