Oregon needs a more integrated, over-arching strategy to better combat domestic violence, according to the state Audits Division, which just released an advisory report assessing the state’s role in addressing this issue and offering suggestions for improvement.
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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Rep. Cliff Bentz (OR-02) said the Interior appropriations bill passed Friday by the House includes his amendment to prohibit the use of any funds in the bill for the establishment of any national monument in Malheur County. “We don’t want a 2.5-million-acre monument promoted by Portland-based environmental groups making decisions for land
Continue ReadingBy Connor McCarthy Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND Oregon (KPTV) — A new set of bike lanes is causing controversy in Northeast Portland. The Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) installed the bike lanes on Oct. 7th between Northeast Holman Street and Northeast Dekum Street after all of Northeast 33rd Avenue was repaved.
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Hunters urged to take precautions SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) has been circulating in wild birds in North America since December 2021 and continues to be detected in waterfowl in Oregon. More detections are expected during this fall and winter as waterfowl migrate through Oregon or spend the winter here. An increase
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By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Three passengers sued Alaska Airlines on Thursday, saying they suffered emotional distress from an incident last month in which an off-duty pilot is accused of trying to shut down the engines of a plane while catching a ride in the cockpit from Washington state to San Francisco.
Continue ReadingBOISE, Idaho. (AP) — An Oregon man who pleaded guilty in connection with LGBTQ+ hate crimes, including trying to hit people with a car in Idaho last year, has been sentenced to just over three years in prison. Matthew Lehigh was sentenced Thursday to 37 months followed by three years of supervised release and he
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore, and Representatives Anna G. Eshoo, D-Calif., and Debbie Lesko, R-Arizona, on Thursday reintroduced their bipartisan, bicameral legislation to help prevent domestic abusers from using technology to stalk, harass or control survivors. “Domestic abuse survivors are already recovering from tough situations – they shouldn’t also have to worry about
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CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – The world’s largest dam removal and restoration project, currently underway on the Klamath River in Oregon and California, will aid salmon populations that have been devastated by disease and other factors. However, it will not fully alleviate challenges faced by the species, a team of researchers conclude in a just-published paper. “The
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By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Teachers in Portland, Oregon, walked off the job on Wednesday for the first day of a strike that shuttered schools for some 45,000 students in Oregon’s largest city. Concerns over large class sizes, salaries that haven’t kept up with inflation and a lack of
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Your local Oregon bats won the annual Bureau of Land Management Bat Beauty Contest for the second year in a row! William ShakespEAR, a Townsend’s big-eared bat from Butte Falls, took home the crown on Tuesday afternoon. During the final round, she beat out Gizmo, an Allen’s Big-Eared Bat. William was photographed
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A pursuit of an armed suspect who crashed into a Salem home and shot and critically injured a woman Tuesday morning, then headed east on state Highway 22E toward Central Oregon ended near Detroit, where police said the man stopped his pickup and shot and killed himself.
Continue ReadingBy MARTHA BELLISLE Associated Press TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Five weeks into the trial of three Tacoma police officers charged in the death of Manny Ellis and prosecutors spent Tuesday morning trying to convince the judge to let their breathing expert tell the jury what happens to a person who is held face down with
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The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife is reminding hunters that Chronic Wasting Disease check stations, including one in Prineville, are mandatory to stop at if you pass one along the highway or interstate while transporting a harvested deer or elk.
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Firsthand observations of a wolf hunting and killing a harbor seal and a group of wolves hunting and consuming a sea otter on Alaska’s Katmai coast have led scientists to reconsider assumptions about wolf hunting behavior.
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PORTLAND, Oregon (KGW) — Portland police will begin enforcing the city’s daytime unsanctioned camping ban on Nov. 13, Mayor Ted Wheeler announced at a news conference Monday. The city council passed the ordinance back in June, but held off on enforcement in order to give the city more time to create sanctioned camping spaces and focus on a public
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s Democratic U.S. Rep. Earl Blumenauer announced Monday that he won’t be running for reelection next year. Blumenauer has represented Oregon’s solidly Democratic 3rd Congressional District since 1996. The district includes north Portland and much of its southeast. The 75-year-old has served in public office for roughly five decades, starting with
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR), Patty Murray (D-WA), Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) led 44 of their Senate colleagues today in sending a letter urging the Biden Administration to require federally and state-regulated health insurance plans to fully cover over-the-counter contraceptives, including Opill—the first-ever FDA-approved over-the-counter birth control pill, which will become available in early 2024—with no
Continue Reading Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (OR-05) said Monday she is backing the Secure Rural Schools Reauthorization Act of 2023 as a cosponsor.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Average gasoline prices in Oregon have fallen 10.5 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $4.31/g Monday, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 1,307 stations in Oregon. Prices in Oregon are 41.8 cents per gallon lower than a month ago and stand 58.9 cents per gallon lower than a year ago.
Continue ReadingBy Soyoung Kim Click here for updates on this story SALEM, Oregon (KPTV) — Two people are dead after a reported shooting followed by a police chase and crash in Salem early Sunday, according to the Salem Police Department. At about 6:30 a.m., police responded to reports of shots fired at an apartment complex on
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