CHICAGO (KTVZ) — Average gasoline prices in Oregon have fallen 11.5 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $4.59/g Monday, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 1,307 stations in Oregon. Prices in Oregon are 10.2 cents per gallon lower than a month ago and stand 90.2 cents per gallon lower than a year ago. According
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The Oregon Office of Economic Analysis on Monday confirmed a more than $5.61 billion revenue surplus in the 2021-2023 biennium, triggering a tax surplus credit, or “kicker,” for the 2023 tax year.
Continue ReadingBy Chandler Watkins Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — On Monday morning, Portland first responders converged on North Park Blocks in the Pearl District, where eight people overdosed around the same time. “What happened was unfortunate,” said one woman experiencing homelessness who didn’t want to be identified. “What’s important is
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Oregon officials are seeking more than $27 million in damages over dam repairs they say killed more than half a million Pacific lamprey fish in what they’ve described as one of the largest damages claims for illegal killing of wildlife in state history.
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A jury on Friday convicted a Portland, Oregon, man of murder in the shooting deaths of three of his neighbors. Brett Pruett, 61, was found guilty of first-degree murder, unlawful use of a weapon, burglary and assault, the Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office said in a news release. Police found three
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Five people were arrested on Wednesday in a large-scale drug and gun bust throughout three states, the FBI in Portland announced Friday.
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State’s voters had approved Dec. 31 deadline DENVER (KTVZ) – In a one-year agreement announced Friday between Colorado Parks and Wildlife and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Oregon will be a source for up to 10 wolves for the Colorado gray wolf reintroduction effort. These wolves will be captured and translocated between December
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Gov. Tina Kotek on Friday ordered flags at Oregon public institutions to be flown at half-staff immediately, in honor and remembrance of Air Force Airman Trinity Reinhart, a Eugene native who was killed in a Colorado Humvee crash last month.
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SEATTLE (AP) — U.S. investigators have confirmed that a mechanical issue caused the seaplane crash that killed 10 people off an island in Washington state last year. The National Transportation Safety Board, which investigated the Sept. 4, 2022, crash, said Thursday that a single component of a critical flight control system failed, causing an unrecoverable,
Continue ReadingBy CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The U.S. government has agreed to help restore a sacred Native American site on the slopes of Oregon’s Mount Hood that was destroyed by highway construction, court documents show, capping more than 15 years of legal battles that went all the way to the
Continue ReadingBy MARTHA BELLISLE Associated Press TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Lawyers for three police officers charged in the death of Manny Ellis on Thursday challenged a forensic video analyst’s interpretation of videos shot by witnesses that show the Black man’s fatal arrest in Tacoma, Washington. Later in the afternoon, Ellis’ sister, Monét Carter-Mixon, said weeks went
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CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) — The U.S. Department of Energy has selected a team of researchers led by Oregon State University to receive up to $2.5 million to study what coastal communities think of potential offshore wind energy development and the benefits they could gain from those projects. The funding will be administered by the Pacific Marine Energy Center,
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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) – Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (OR-05) said Thursday she has joined the bipartisan Addiction, Treatment, and Recovery Caucus as a vice co-chair. alongside Rep. Madeleine Dean (PA-04). The caucus, led by Reps. Paul Tanko (NY-20) and Dave Joyce (OH-14), is dedicated to education and raising awareness among lawmakers about addiction – including through a
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This may sound too good to be true: a way to skip the line at the DMV. As of Wednesday, you can now take the knowledge test for a drivers license or permit anywhere with reliable internet. The online exam is also available for a motorcycle endorsement.
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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration announced Thursday that it has allocated $757 million to Oregon in Fiscal Year 2024 apportionments for 12 formula programs to support investment in critical infrastructure, including roads, bridges and tunnels, carbon emission reduction, and safety improvements, as well as workforce development to support these investments, utilizing funding from
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum announced Thursday that Oregon, along with all 50 states and the District of Columbia, has reached a settlement with software company Blackbaud for its deficient data security practices and, particularly, its response to a 2020 ransomware event that exposed the personal information of millions of consumers across
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Fossil researchers have discovered a novel genus and species of tiny wasp with a mysterious, bulbous structure at the end of each antenna.
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By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon officials have identified the victims who lost their lives after a small plane precipitously dropped out of the sky and crashed through the roof of a home on Tuesday. Police in Newberg, a small city about 25 miles southwest of Portland, said 20-year-old
Continue Reading CLACKAMAS, Ore. (KTVZ) — Fishery managers from Oregon and Washington decided that Chinook retention can remain open upstream of Bonneville Dam after Oct. 15, the previously scheduled closure date, during a joint state hearing Wednesday. Effective Monday Oct. 16 through Dec. 31, retention of Chinook is allowed in the mainstem Columbia River from Bonneville Dam
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The latest data for Paid Leave Oregon is on the Oregon Employment Department’s dashboard. The data, through Oct. 2, shows more than 10,000 applications have been approved since Aug. 14.
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