SEATTLE (KTVZ) — A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter crew evacuated an ill Canadian crew member from a fishing vessel about 180 miles west of Astoria on Thursday. A Royal Canadian Air Force CC-295 Kingfisher crew from 19 Wing Comox in British Columbia, provided assistance overhead with weather reporting and communications, the Coast Guard said Friday. Watchstanders
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Skores, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating after an Alaska Airlines plane struck several deer while landing in Kodiak, Alaska Thursday. Alaska Airlines flight 231, a Boeing 737m had flown the 39-minute flight south from Anchorage and touched down about 8 a.m. Thursday at Kodiak Benny Benson State Airport
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BEAVERTON, Ore. (KTVZ) — Governor Tina Kotek on Thursday signed House Bill 3940 into law, bipartisan legislation that funds more tools for wildfire suppression, mitigation and prevention work across Oregon. “Oregonians are paying the price of delayed action in smoke-choked summers, forest loss and displacement,” Governor Kotek said. “Fire suppression is not enough. To protect
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(Update: Adding video) TIGARD, Ore. (KTVZ) — Governor Tina Kotek commemorated Thursday the signing of House Bill 3644, which establishes an ongoing, statewide shelter program in Oregon, with the goal of reducing unsheltered homelessness and helping people transition from homelessness into housing stability. The bill includes $204.9 million for the next two years of the program.
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(Update: Adding video) SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — One day after calling a special session of the Oregon Legislature, Governor Tina Kotek laid out her proposals for a six-cent gas tax increase, as well as higher vehicle registration fees, to fill the Department of Transportation’s funding gap and prevent major layoffs and service cutbacks. Having called
Continue ReadingPOOL, KAYU, ADA COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE, IDAHO FOURTH DISTRICT COURT, KXLY, ADA COUNTY DISTRICT, XANA KERNODLE, ETHAN CHAPIN, MADISON MOGEN, KAYLEE GONCALVES, INSTAGRAM, CNN, Xana Kernodle, Ethan Chapin, Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves/Instagram By Elise Hammond, CNN (CNN) — With Bryan Kohberger now set to spend the rest of his life in prison for the brutal
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — In response to an official request through the Emergency Management Assistance Compact, Oregon has deployed two highly trained Human Remains Detection canine teams to Texas to support ongoing disaster recovery operations. The specialized teams, made up of volunteer handlers and dogs from the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue (SAR) program, departed on
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The Oregon Health Authority is marking the third anniversary of 988 — the three-digit number that anyone can call, text or chat when in need of mental health support. We are speaking Wednesday with Deschutes County health officials about how it’s helping locally
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Auditors with the Oregon Secretary of State’s Office found $1.4 million in potentially wasteful payments within the Preschool Promise Program, Secretary of State Tobias Read announced Wednesday. “As a dad, I know quality child care is hard to find, much less afford, which is why it’s frustrating when programs like this aren’t delivering
Continue ReadingBy Eric Levenson, Dakin Andone, Maureen Chowdhury, Antoinette Radford, CNN (CNN) — The family of Kaylee Goncalves, one of the four University of Idaho students killed by Bryan Kohberger in 2022, called him a “joke,” “loser,” and “as dumb as they come” in a day of searing victim impact statements. “If you hadn’t attacked them
Continue ReadingGovernor Tina Kotek announced Tuesday that she is using her constitutional authority to call a special session of the Oregon Legislature to begin on Friday, August 29, for lawmakers to take up legislation to pay for basic road maintenance and operations at the Oregon Department of Transportation, as well as address funding needs for local governments and transit districts.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — School-based health centers throughout Oregon reported record highs in patient visits and people served during the 2023-24 school year, according to an annual status report released Tuesday by the Oregon Health Authority. Operating through a unique community partnership model, Oregon’s 87 SBHCs served 43,000 people – mostly school-aged youth ages 5 to 21
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Last Thursday, Governor Tina Kotek signed House Bills 2065 and 2066 into law, two pieces of landmark legislation which aim to increase and expedite access to microgrids across urban, suburban, and rural Oregon communities. “Microgrid technology is an indispensable way to make power outages less risky, shorter lived, and could even
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SANTIAM STATE FOREST, Ore. (KTVZ) —The High Lakes recreation area of the Santiam State Forest reopened this month after being closed in the aftermath of the 2020 Labor Day wildfires. All recreation areas in the Santiam are now open to the public. “We focused our rebuilding efforts on highly visited recreation areas, like Shellburg Falls
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Due to July’s persistent hot and dry weather, national forests across the Pacific Northwest increased or implemented public use restrictions last week. Through these public use restrictions, as well as high to very high fire danger levels, firefighters are urging the public to be vigilant in preventing human-caused wildfires when recreating
Continue ReadingCurtis Jackson BOISE, Idaho (KIFI) — President Donald Trump is weighing in on the upcoming Bryan Kohberger sentencing. View Post In a plea deal with prosecutors earlier this month, Kohberger admitted to killing four University of Idaho students in November 2022. “These were vicious murders, with so many questions left unanswered,” Trump wrote on Truth
Continue ReadingBy Alaa Elassar, CNN (CNN) — Bryan Kohberger has one last chance Wednesday to give the grieving parents of four University of Idaho students he admitted to killing the answers they’ve desperately sought for nearly three years. Why did he do it? Kohberger will have an opportunity to reveal those details before his sentencing Wednesday,
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(Adding video which includes an interview, more information on scam). SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon Department of Justice warned Oregonians Friday about a fast-growing and deeply concerning scam after an Eastern Oregon woman was defrauded out of $600,000 — nearly her entire life savings. After a call to the ODOJ Consumer Protection Hotline, local
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — As wildfires continue to impact parts of Oregon, Governor Tina Kotek has declared a State of Emergency, effective July 16, 2025, through December 31, 2025. Travelers are urged to use extra caution on the roads and know the conditions in the areas they are traveling to. Smoke can severely reduce visibility and create
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Governor Tina Kotek on Thursday signed House Bill 3349, which authorizes the Oregon Department of Forestry to donate or sell depreciated firefighting assets to Rangeland Fire Protection Associations (RFPAs) that play a vital role in local fire management across Eastern and Central Oregon. The bill also includes $1 million to support
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