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Oregon DFR wildfire preparation PSA

With wildfire season active early, preparation steps are on many minds: Here’s what you need to know – and do

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SALEM. Ore. (KTVZ) – With hotter, drier conditions arriving early this year, Oregon’s Division of Financial Regulation is urging residents to prepare now for an active 2025 wildfire season. According to the National Interagency Fire Center, fire activity has increased gradually since May, droughts have already intensified in the Northwest, and several significant fires have

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Your vote does count: More than 25 Oregon May primary election races have gone to automatic recounts by hand

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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon Secretary of State Tobias Read is reminding Oregonians that their votes can decide elections. As of Tuesday, the Secretary of State’s office has received notification that more than 25 races from the May 20th special district election are close enough to trigger an automatic hand recount.  “I hear from a lot of

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Oregon’s gas prices rising as Israel-Iran attacks cause crude oil prices to spike; Bend’s price unchanged in past week

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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) – Gas prices are climbing in most states, including Oregon, because of the attacks between Israel and Iran, AAA Oregon/Idaho reported Tuesday. The conflict caused crude oil prices to spike to their highest prices since January on concerns that the conflict could impact global oil supplies. Expect oil and gas prices to

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Rowena Fire I-84 median ODOT

Out-of-control Oregon wildfire forces evacuations and destroys homes as gusty winds challenge firefighters

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By Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — A wildfire burning out of control in Oregon, near the state’s border with Washington, has destroyed homes and forced hundreds of evacuations and closures of major roadways as gusty winds threaten further spread and challenge firefighting crews. The Rowena Fire has burned 3,800 acres since it ignited on

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Oregon’s Merkley, Wyden seek to boost funding for prescribed burns, forest thinning to curb wildfire threats

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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley spoke with KTVZ News Wednesday about efforts to improve forest management, through more thinning and prescribed burns, to reduce the intensity of major, destructive wildfires. On the same day, fellow Oregon Senator Ron Wyden introduced a bill to boost funding for such burns.  Merkley told us, “A lot

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Law enforcement embraces a ‘change in tactics’ as search for accused killer Travis Decker approaches week three

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By Danya Gainor, Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — As the search for the father accused of killing his three young daughters approaches its third week, authorities in Washington state are embracing a “change in tactics,” Chelan County Sheriff Mike Morrison said in a Wednesday evening news conference. In the initial phase of the search for

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ODOT trucker passes weigh station

ODOT, OSP team up to pull 122 unsafe truckers off the road for bypassing open weigh stations

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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon Department of Transportation Commerce and Compliance Division, with support from Oregon State Police, ticketed 122 truckers who illegally bypassed an open weigh station in late April and early May. “We take weigh station bypass very seriously and are taking enforcement action against it,” said ODOT Commerce and Compliance Interim Division Administrator

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Scam Alert: If you get a text message or email that claims Oregon DMV is telling you to ‘Pay Now,’ don’t click – delete it

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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – If you receive a text message or email from Oregon DMV requesting payment or personal identifying information, do not respond or click any links. The best course of action is to ignore, delete and block the message, officials advised Monday “These messages are not from Oregon DMV,” said Oregon DMV Public Information Officer

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Oregon Department of Forestry fire danger levels on the rise across the state; Central Oregon at ‘moderate’

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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – Over the last week, several Oregon Department of Forestry fire protection districts have announced the start of fire season and implemented the necessary fire danger levels and restrictions to reduce the number of human-caused fires. Fire danger levels may be low, moderate, high, or extreme at different times throughout the year,

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Oregon environmental groups applaud updated state law eliminating plastic film bags at grocery checkout

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 SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek on Thursday signed into law Senate Bill 551, which will eliminate all bags made of plastic film at checkout at restaurants, grocery stores, and other retail establishments in Oregon starting January 1, 2027. The bill passed with bipartisan support out of the Oregon Legislature last week. “In recent

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FBI thwarted mall shooting

FBI announces arrest of Oregon teen who planned IED attack, mass shooting at Kelso, Washington mall

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‘This plot was as serious as it gets,’ FBI says PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The FBI’s Portland Field Office and law enforcement partners announced Thursday they arrested a Columbia County, Oregon, juvenile who conspired last month to conduct an improvised explosive attack and mass shooting at the Three Rivers Mall in Kelso, Washington. Here’s the

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