MAPLETON, Ore. (KTVZ) — One driver was killed and a second seriously injured Tuesday when a log truck had its engine fail and left a 200-yard oil slick in a tunnel on Highway 126 in Lane County, Oregon State Police reported. Troopers responded around 3:15 p.m. to the four-vehicle crash on the highway near milepost
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — A Wilsonville woman was sentenced to nearly five years in federal prison Wednesday for laundering millions of dollars in drug proceeds as the chief money launderer for a drug trafficking organization operating in the Pacific Northwest and California. Jacqueline Paola Rodriguez Barrientos, 44, was sentenced to 57 months in federal prison
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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Senator Ron Wyden said Wednesday he has joined Senate and House colleagues to urge the Department of Justice to act against major tax preparation companies illegally sharing protected and sensitive taxpayer information with Big Tech firms. “We write to urge you to investigate and prosecute the criminal behavior of major tax preparation
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ASHLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) – The Bureau of Land Management’s annual Bat Beauty Contest returns! Two Oregon bats are set to defend their crown and try to take home the top prize for the third year in a row. Each October, the BLM hosts a beauty contest to find the most stunning bat photographed on BLM public
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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., said Wednesday he has joined with Senators Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Bob Casey, D-Pa. to press McDonald’s for more information on the company’s pricing decisions as fast food prices continue to increase, outpacing inflation and squeezing customers. “While McDonald’s is not the only fast food restaurant that has increased
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MEDFORD, Ore. (KTVZ) – Protests in Northwest forests might not get the attention they did a few decades ago, but some dangerous ones have emerged recently in southern Oregon – larges spikes and wires across roads and trails on the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest. “We are saddened to report that someone has been ‘spiking’ Forest
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — In a largely positive audit released Wednesday, the Oregon Secretary of State Audits Division found the Oregon Driver and Motor Vehicle Services Division (DMV)’s data system for vehicle licensing and registration works well to accurately assess, collect and transfer fees and data. That data system is the Oregon License Issuance and Vehicle
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — Boeing reported huge quarterly losses Wednesday, as new CEO Kelly Ortberg conceded “it will take time to return Boeing to its former legacy.” “Going forward, we will be focused on fundamentally changing the culture, stabilizing the business, and improving program execution,” Ortberg said in the company’s quarterly
Continue ReadingBy Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Starbucks’ new CEO Brian Niccol has a Herculean task in front of him to change the dire state of affairs that the world’s largest coffee chain is currently brewing in. Surprising Wall Street, the company unexpectedly released its preliminary earnings report Tuesday evening, revealing sales fell –
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – The Oregon Division of Financial Regulation is warning Oregonians about the prevalence of affinity fraud in the U.S. Generally, affinity fraud is a type of investment fraud and occurs when the fraudsters target victims based upon shared characteristics. These scammers often pose as or become members of the same group they
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — A 15-year-old boy will be held pending charges in connection with the deaths of two adults and three young teenagers at a home east of Seattle, authorities said Tuesday. The teen waived his right to appear in court on Tuesday, according to the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office. A judge found probable
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KGW/KTVZ) — Shari’s Restaurants abruptly closed all Oregon locations over the weekend. The Beaverton-based chain faced mounting financial problems, including eviction notices, unpaid bills and back taxes. “I can confirm that at this time that all Oregon Shari’s restaurants are closed,” Sam Borgese, CEO of Gather Holdings LLC, parent company of Shari’s Management Corporation,
Continue ReadingFALL CITY, WASH. (AP) — Law enforcement officials found five people killed in a shooting inside a home southeast of Seattle on Monday morning and took a teenager into custody, police said. Several people called 911 around 5 a.m. to report a shooting in Fall City, Washington, King County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Mike Mellis said
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Associated Press The Navy identified on Monday the two crew members who died last week in a jet fighter crash near Mount Rainier as two 31-year-old aviators from California. Lt. Cmdr. Lyndsay P. Evans, a Naval Flight Officer, and Lt. Serena N. Wileman, a Naval Aviator, died when their EA-18G Growler jet from the Electronic
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) —Oregon continues to see low influenza vaccination rates among health care personnel following significant drops during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new Oregon Health Authority data. The Healthcare Worker Influenza Vaccination Dashboard, published by OHA’s Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAI) Program, shows that 61% of the state’s health care workers from all facility types were vaccinated among
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CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – A study in Oregon’s Cascade Range of a tiny, elusive skunk found the animal can cover more ground than deer and is sensitive to climate change, particularly severe winter weather. The research is important because small mammals such as the western spotted skunk face major threats from human-induced land use change,
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ASHLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 186th Infantry Regiment were formally mobilized during a ceremony held at Raider Stadium on the campus of Southern Oregon University on Sunday. About 200 citizen-soldiers will be part of a Multinational Force and Observers Mission in the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt. The unit’s primary
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PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) – An Alaska Airlines flight departing from Portland made an emergency landing shortly after takeoff because of a bird strike on Sunday morning, Fox 12 reported. The Port of Portland and Alaska Airlines confirmed the emergency landing of the flight destined for Orlando, Florida happened at 7:50 a.m. The pilots of Flight
Continue ReadingBy Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — Two missing US Navy aviators have been declared dead, several days after their aircraft crashed near Mount Rainier, Washington, during a training flight, the Navy said Sunday. “It is with a heavy heart that we share the loss of two beloved Zappers,” Cmdr. Timothy Warburton, commander of the Electronic
Continue Reading LINCOLN CITY, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon State Police are investigating a deadly use of force on Saturday at a Lincoln City motel in which police officers contacted a wanted man who they said was non-compliant and reached for two guns in his waistband. Around 12:20 p.m., Lincoln City police responded to report of a domestic
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