ALBANY, Ore. (KGW.KTVZ) — For the first time in nearly 40 years, about 600 teachers and other educational staff in Greater Albany Public Schools went on strike on Tuesday after mediation between the union and the district failed, KGW reports. Teachers started picketing at all 21 district schools around 7:45 a.m. A larger rally is
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — Boeing’s most immediate problem – an eight-week strike by 33,000 workers – is over. But its more serious problems – ongoing massive losses, quality and safety problems – are as bad as ever, and could even get worse. The last of those strikers return to work on
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon National Guard participated in various ceremonies and events around the state on Veterans Day, Monday, to honor those who have served in the United States Armed Forces. Brig. Gen. Alan R. Gronewold, The Adjutant General of Oregon, took part in the 73rd Annual Linn County Veterans Day Parade, watching
Continue ReadingSPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Spokane City Hall in Washington state was temporarily closed and a council meeting was canceled on Monday because of a security threat, officials said. Access to the building was temporarily halted over a security concern that appeared to be solely focused on City Hall, according to a statement from Spokane Police
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By Ben Botkin, Oregon Capital Chronicle PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The federal government’s push to make Medicaid funding more flexible for drug addiction treatment in the last nine years has not stemmed the tide of nonfatal opioid overdoses, an Oregon Health & Science University study has found. The study, published this month in Health Affairs, comes
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WELCHES, Ore. (KTVZ) – The Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office on Sunday released the name of a 33-year-old Washington state hiker who died during what was supposed to be a day hike last week in a snowy, rugged area of the Mt. Hood National Forest near Welches. An extensive air and ground search ended last Friday
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By Julia Shumway, Oregon Capital Chronicle PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Speaking to a crowded room of high school students worried about the impact of another Trump administration and adults focused on the ongoing war in Gaza, Oregon’s senior U.S. senator urged Oregonians to stay engaged with their government and keep fighting. Friday’s town hall was
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Democratic U.S. Rep. Andrea Salinas has won reelection in Oregon’s 6th Congressional District, beating Republican Mike Erickson to earn a second term in Congress after outraising him by millions of dollars. Oregon’s newest congressional district, the 6th was seen as leaning more toward Democrats, according to the Cook Political Report. That
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Surrounded by a hastily assembled group of campaign volunteers, Democrat Janelle Bynum declared victory in Oregon’s closest congressional race at a news conference Friday.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SEATTLE (AP) — A man has been arrested in connection with a spate of random stabbings over two days in Seattle, in which nine people were injured — five of them on Friday afternoon, police said. “This incident was apparently one individual over a 38-hour period of time committing random assaults,” Deputy Chief
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Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — President Joe Biden’s administration on Friday proposed tighter restrictions on oil, solar and wind energy development across more than 6,500 square miles of federal land in the U.S. West to protect a declining bird species. However, it is doubtful the changes would survive under President-elect Donald Trump. Greater sage
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By Lynne Terry, Oregon Capital Chronicle The Oregon Driver and Motor Vehicle Division has discovered several dozen more voter registrations of non-U.S. citizens in its system as part of reviews ordered by Gov. Tina Kotek in late September. The division announced in a status report published Thursday it had discovered that 56 more people had been misidentified as U.S.
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SALEM, Ore. (KGW/KTVZ) — Oregon’s 5th Congressional District race remained too close to call Thursday evening, almost a full two days after polls closed, with Democratic challenger Janelle Bynum maintaining a slim lead over Republican incumbent Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer as ballots continue to be counted, KGW reports. Both candidates have seen very slight dips in their share
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Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Attorneys for a man charged in the stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students asked a judge to take the death penalty off the table Thursday, arguing that international, federal and state law all make it inappropriate for the case. Bryan Kohberger is accused of the Nov. 13,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Voters in Portland, Oregon, have elected political outsider Keith Wilson as their new mayor, following a campaign in which he capitalized on years of growing frustration over homeless encampments, open drug use and quality of life concerns to outperform three City Council members — including one ensnared in a
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Democratic U.S. Rep. Val Hoyle has won reelection in Oregon’s 4th Congressional District. The freshman incumbent defeated Republican Monique DeSpain, an Air Force veteran who has never held elected office and pitched herself as an “outsider” candidate. The district, which hasn’t elected a Republican to the House since 1972, was seen
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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — In a story published Nov. 6, 2024, about a federal judge temporarily halting the planned execution of an Idaho man, The Associated Press erroneously reported in which case the legal stay was issued. U.S. District Judge G. Murray Snow issued the stay in Thomas Eugene Creech’s lawsuit contending it would be
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A bad election for Democrats nationally had few reverberations in Oregon, where Democratic candidates are expected to keep or expand legislative majorities, swept statewide offices and lead in three competitive congressional races.
Continue Reading By Julia Shumway, Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Democratic state Rep. Janelle Bynum holds a narrow lead Tuesday night over incumbent Republican U.S. Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer in the race for Oregon’s closest congressional district. Bynum had a lead of 47.7% over Chavez-DeRemer’s 45.8% in results updated by the Oregon Secretary of State’s Office shortly
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By Julia Shumway, Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregonians have just hours to turn in their ballots, and a lot is at stake in this November’s election. The presidential election won’t depend on Oregon, which has reliably given its electoral votes to the Democratic nominee since 1984, when it joined every state but
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