TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — An expert in forensic pathology testified Monday in the ongoing trial of three Tacoma, Washington, police officers charged with the death of Manuel Ellis that Ellis likely would have lived if not for the officers’ actions to restrain him. Dr. Roger Mitchell, former chief medical examiner for Washington, D.C., made the
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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) – Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (OR-05) is urging U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg to review several key problems she sees with the Oregon Department of Transportation’s process for implementing tolling. Outlining several areas of concern shared by local officials and residents, Chavez-DeRemer’s new letter shines a light on Oregonians’ specific concerns with tolling –
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The Oregon Department of Human Services will be issuing additional food benefits for young children whose families received Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits between Sept. 1 2022 and May 11, 2023.
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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) – Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., said Monday that he and Senate colleagues are urging federal agencies to act to reduce energy costs in Oregon and nationwide through added funding for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). In a letter from Wyden and 27 senators to Office of Management and Budget Director Shalanda
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By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Antibodies found in early results of a historic new vaccine trial are expected to give endangered California condors at least partial protection from the deadliest strain of avian influenza in U.S. history. The California condor is the only bird species in the U.S. that has been
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Average gasoline prices in Oregon have fallen 8.2 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $4.51/g Monday, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 1,307 stations in Oregon.
Continue ReadingBy Karli Olson Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — After almost 40 years on the tracks, the original ‘Type 1′ MAX trains will be off the rails by the end of the year, replaced by 30 new ‘Type 6′ trains in Portland. Around 1,000 people attended an event at TriMet’s
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The Oregon Judicial Department, which runs the state circuit courts across Oregon, is inviting all Oregonians to an online community conversation to provide ideas and feedback about how to make the courts better.
Continue ReadingCRESCENT CITY, Calif. (AP) — A Northern California sheriff’s deputy was found dead in her home and her boyfriend was later arrested arrested in Oregon on suspicion of killing her, authorities said. The body of Deputy Deanna Esmaeel was discovered Thursday at the residence in coastal Crescent City, California, the Del Norte County Sheriff’s Office
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WASHINGTON – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley, with Senator Ron Wyden and Representatives Earl Blumenauer (OR-03), Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01), Val Hoyle (OR-04), Andrea Salinas (OR-06), and Lori Chavez-DeRemer (OR-05), announced Friday that the U.S. Department of Commerce has determined a fishery disaster for 2018, 2019, and 2020 Oregon Chinook salmon ocean commercial fisheries in the state. This determination, championed by the Oregon delegation,
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife staff will host a webinar about its rewrite of the Mule Deer Management Plan on Tuesday, Oct. 24 at 6 p.m., focused on chapters about predation and harvest management. Watch the webinar, read these chapters and participate via the Mule Deer Plan webpage. Comments and questions can
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – Oregon’s arts and culture sector contributed $829 million to Oregon’s economy in fiscal year 2022, according to the latest Arts & Economic Prosperity study from Americans for the Arts. Released last Thursday, the findings of Arts & Economic Prosperity 6 (AEP6) include data from 19 Oregon regions and communities. Oregon’s study was supported
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Dynamic and changing Arctic Ocean conditions likely caused three major mortality events in the eastern North Pacific gray whale population since the 1980s, a new study has found.
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum on Friday joined a multistate coalition of 24 attorneys general in fighting to protect access to medication abortion nationwide. The coalition of attorneys general filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court in support of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s and Danco Laboratories LLC’s petitions
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Oregon Health Authority has unveiled another interactive data dashboard to help people more easily track state, county and demographic trends in deaths and hospital visits related to a range of transportation-related injuries.
Continue ReadingMIDDLETON, Idaho (AP) — Authorities briefly ordered evacuations for most of the town of Middleton, Idaho, after they said a gas pipeline exploded at nearby rural intersection late Thursday morning. The explosion happened when a worker using an excavator ruptured a 22-inch (56-centimeter) natural gas pipeline near the town of about 10,600 people, said Chief
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum has joined a coalition of 23 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in the case Career Colleges and Schools of Texas v. U.S. Department of Education, et al. The amicus brief urges the court to
Continue ReadingTACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Eyewitness testimony Tuesday in the continuing trial three police officers, who are white and Asian American, charged with the 2020 death of Manuel Ellis, a Black man, starkly contradicted the picture the officers’ lawyers painted. Keyon Lowery, 26, told the jury in Pierce County Superior Court that Ellis didn’t act aggressively
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(Update: House GOP leader urges governor to order flags to half-staff) SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Despite their differences on many an issue, “Oregon Senate Democrats and Republicans stand together in condemnation of the horrific acts of violence perpetrated against the people of Israel by Hamas terrorists,” the two party’s leaders said Tuesday. Meanwhile, the House Republican
Continue Reading Lawmakers say increased use of natural gas in power production has reduced greenhouse gas emissions WASHINGTON (KTVZ) – Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (OR-05) and several colleagues have urged the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to act on a natural gas expansion project, GTN XPress, which has been stalled at the commission after receiving its Final Environmental Impact Statement almost
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