Oregon agency inadvertently releases 40,000 state employees’ vaccine status
Oregon’s central administrative agency inadvertently released the COVID-19 vaccination status of more than 40,000 state employees to two media…
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Oregon jobless rate slips to 4.7%; agency notes ‘remarkable improvement’ from pandemic’s worst
Oregon’s unemployment rate dropped to 4.7% in September from August’s revised figure of 5.0%, the Oregon Employment Department reported Tuesday as…
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Federal judge rejects bid to block Oregon vaccine mandate
A federal judge on Monday denied a last-minute bid by more than three dozen state employees, health care providers and school staff to temporarily…
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‘A dangerous time’: Portland sees record homicides
Portland has had 67 homicides so far this year, surpassing its previous record of 66, set in…
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Oregon reports 24 more COVID-19 related deaths over weekend, 3 in C. Oregon; 3,276 new cases
There have been 24 new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon over the weekend, including three in Central Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to…
Continue ReadingS. Oregon illegal pot grows: More calls to send National Guard
On the same day last week that a Southern Oregon county declared a state of emergency amid a sharp increase in illegal cannabis farms, police raided…
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Gov. Brown orders public flags lowered to half-staff in honor, remembrance of Gen. Colin Powell
Gov. Kate Brown on Monday ordered all flags at Oregon public institutions to be flown at half-staff immediately until sunset on Friday to honor the…
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Clark County deputies fatally shoot assault suspect after pursuit
Authorities say police shot and killed an assault suspect after a pursuit near Vancouver in southwest…
Continue ReadingWashington woman reminds people to slow down, move over
By DREW MARINE Click here for updates on this story KELSO, Washington (KPTV) — This year alone, more than a dozen tow…
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‘Lawless city?’ Worry after Portland police don’t stop chaos
A crowd of 100 people wreaked havoc in downtown Portland this week – smashing storefront windows, lighting dumpsters on fire and causing at least…
Continue Reading Oregon reports 20 more COVID-19 deaths, including 1 from Deschutes County; 1,218 new cases
There are 20 new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 4,161, the Oregon Health Authority reported…
Continue Reading Gov. Brown orders public flags to half-staff in honor of National Peace Officers’ Memorial Service
Gov. Kate Brown on Friday ordered all flags at Oregon public institutions to be flown at half-staff from midnight Friday night through Saturday in…
Continue ReadingSeattle schools suspending over 100 bus routes
SEATTLE (AP) — Officials say Seattle Public Schools is suspending 142 school bus routes beginning Monday. The Seattle Times reports district…
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Oregon set to expand hotline for bias crime reporting
When Oregon’s Bias Response Hotline went live on Jan. 2, 2020, people were able to answer about half of incoming calls reporting hate crimes or…
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Oregon Court of Appeals rules it’s illegal to deny gun sales to people ages 18 to 20
The Oregon Court of Appeals has reversed a lower court’s decision to throw out an age discrimination lawsuit against a gun retailer, declaring it…
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Oregon reports 24 more COVID-19 related deaths, one from Crook County; 1,237 new cases
There are 24 new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 4,141, the Oregon Health Authority reported…
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Reward offered for poachers who shot buck deer in NE Oregon, bull elk in SW part of state
Poachers shot a white-tailed buck deer in NE Oregon and a bull elk in SW Oregon in a one-week timespan. Rewards stand at $500 (or four hunter…
Continue ReadingHomelessness, police, Amazon top Seattle mayoral debate
By CHRIS GRYGIEL Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — The two candidates for Seattle mayor agreed that tackling an ongoing homelessness crisis was the…
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Top Interior Dept. officials, Brown, Merkley visit S. Oregon natl. monument, wildfire scene
Two top Interior Department officials, joined by Sen. Jeff Merkley and Gov. Kate Brown, visited the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument in Southern…
Continue ReadingState Sen. Betsy Johnson to run for governor as independent
Oregon state Sen. Betsy Johnson plans to run for governor in 2022 without the backing of any political party. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports that…
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