Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon authorities said Monday they had removed another 302 people from the state’s voter rolls after determining they didn’t provide proof of citizenship when they were registered to vote, in the latest revelation of improper voter registrations stemming from clerical errors at the state DMV. Monday’s announcement, in addition
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon Housing and Community Services announced Monday monumental progress in improving housing outcomes for all Oregonians with the release of the final report on Oregon’s first-ever Statewide Housing Plan. Here’s the agency’s full announcement news release: The five-year housing plan was launched in July 2019 with a bold, shared vision: to
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HORNBROOK, Calif. (AP) — For the first time in more than a century, salmon are swimming freely along the Klamath River and its tributaries — a major watershed near the California-Oregon border — just days after the largest dam removal project in U.S. history was completed. Researchers determined that Chinook salmon began migrating Oct. 3
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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) – Senator Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., issued the following statement Monday marking one year since the Hamas-led terrorist attack, and resulting military engagement and humanitarian crisis in Gaza and across the region: “It is with heavy hearts that we commemorate one year since Hamas’ horrific terrorist attack against Israel on October 7, 2023. “As
Continue ReadingKENDRICK, Idaho (AP) — Tensions rose during a bipartisan forum this week after an audience question about discrimination reportedly led an Idaho state senator to angrily tell a Native American candidate to “go back where you came from.” Republican Sen. Dan Foreman left the event early after the outburst and later denied making any racist
Continue ReadingCAMAS, Wash. (AP) — Washington state authorities have fined one of the world’s leading paper and pulp companies nearly $650,000 after one of its employees was crushed by a packing machine earlier this year. The penalty comes after Dakota Cline, 32, was killed on March 8 while working on a machine at Georgia-Pacific’s paper mill
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho man who prosecutors said ambushed and shot correctional officers at a Boise hospital in a plot to help a fellow white supremacist gang member escape from prison was sentenced to life behind bars on Friday. Nicholas Umphenour, 29, pleaded guilty earlier this year to several felonies, including
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — Officials are investigating how a man convicted of assaulting a woman was able to cut off his GPS monitor and escape from a restrictive housing complex in Washington state, prompting a multistate search until he was captured Thursday. Damion Blevins, 33, was arrested outside a Portland, Oregon, convenience store after a three-day
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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced Friday that $9,343,231 is coming to Tribal communities in Oregon and across the Pacific Northwest to tackle the opioid epidemic by boosting prevention, treatment, and recovery programs. This federal funding is critical to providing Tribes with more resources to help address this public health crisis,
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Associated Press Two U.S. senators have asked the Department of Justice to take tougher action against Boeing executives by holding them criminally accountable for safety issues that have impacted its airplanes. In a letter dated Wednesday and sent to Attorney General Merrick Garland, Democratic Sens. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut said
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — On Thursday, Governor Tina Kotek and Oregon Housing and Community Services announced current and projected outcomes as a result of the governor’s homelessness initiative work since her first day in office. This includes her Emergency Homelessness Response and collaboration with the agency and local partners to implement a transparent, outcomes-oriented budget
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ)—Oregon resident taxpayers preparing their own tax returns in 2025 will have the option to electronically file both their federal and state income tax returns using the combination of IRS Direct File and Direct File Oregon, the IRS and the Oregon Department of Revenue announced Thursday. “The Direct File Program is a game-changer
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Associated Press The largest dam removal project in U.S. history was completed Wednesday, marking a major victory for tribes in the region who fought for decades to free hundreds of miles of the Klamath River near the California-Oregon border. Through protests, testimony and lawsuits, local tribes showcased the environmental devastation due to the four towering
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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Sen. Jeff Merkley issued the following statement Wednesday after a federal appeals court lifted a temporary freeze on election betting markets, a ruling that he said will immediately allow legal gambling on U.S. elections while the final verdict in the lawsuit is decided. The suit is brought by Kalshi Inc. and disputes
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CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – Two mild habanero peppers known as “Notta Hotta” and “Mild Thing” that retain the peppers’ unique fruity and floral fragrances and flavors but have lower heat levels are being released by Oregon State University. “We had chefs walking up to them and looking at them and saying, ‘I know in my mind
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By Eric Tegethoff, Oregon News Service CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) — A recent foodborne illness outbreak linked to deli meats is putting the spotlight on how these foods are regulated. The listeria outbreak in Boar’s Head products has led to 10 deaths and at least 59 people sickened across the country. Jovana Kovacevic, associate professor of
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By Eric Tegethoff, Oregon News Service PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon Health and Science University and Legacy Health have officially submitted merger plans to state regulators. Behavioral therapists at Legacy unionized in anticipation of this to protect themselves. Sixty behavioral health therapists at Legacy Unity Center for Behavioral Health have voted to join the Oregon Nurses
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CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — Former Dutch Bros CEO Joth Ricci and his family have donated $3 million to the men’s and women’s basketball teams at Oregon State. The donation establishes endowments managed by the OSU Foundation that will provide annual revenue to both teams, the university announced Tuesday. Ricci graduated from Oregon State in 1991.
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AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Nike sales and profits slumped in its fiscal first quarter as the sportswear giant wrestles with shoppers’ sluggish demand for new sneaker models and other products. The lackluster results Tuesday came after Nike announced last month that its CEO, John Donahoe, is stepping down on Oct. 13. Company
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) —The Oregon Parks and Recreation Department is seeking public comment on a proposed rule change that would give the director greater flexibility to decide which parks charge a day-use parking permit fee. The proposed rule change would require day-use parking permit fees at all state parks but give the director the ability to waive
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