SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon transportation authorities waited weeks to tell elections officials about an error that registered over 1,200 people to vote, despite them not providing proof of U.S. citizenship. Oregon’s Driver & Motor Vehicle Services, or DMV, first learned of the improper registrations on Aug. 1, “though the scope or cause was unclear,”
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Associated Press BELLVUE, Colo. (AP) — Camille Stevens-Rumann crouched in the dirt and leaned over evergreen seedlings, measuring how much each had grown in seven months. “That’s two to three inches of growth on the spruce,” said Stevens-Rumann, interim director at the Colorado Forest Restoration Institute. Her research team is monitoring several species planted two
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Governor Tina Kotek announced Monday that she is directing state agencies to take all actions necessary and work cooperatively to fulfill the State of Oregon’s commitments to the Columbia Basin Restoration Initiative. “The Columbia Basin Restoration Initiative is the result of a historic, unified partnership with sovereign Tribal nations and the states
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By Eric Tegethoff, Oregon News Service PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Biden administration has made more investments in revitalizing the U.S. semiconductor industry, including in a Portland company. Seventeen businesses will receive $5 million under the Small Business Innovation Research Program, part of the CHIPS for America Act passed by Congress in 2022. The Provenance Chain Network, a Portland-based
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Daughter denies accusations, tells KGW charges are ‘insane’ PORTLAND, Ore. (KGW) — The mother and daughter operators of a Tigard adult foster care home made their first appearance in federal court on Friday after they allegedly coerced three Haitian immigrants, including a minor, to work grueling hours amounting to indentured servitude, KGW reported. Marie Gertrude
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NEW YORK (AP) — The union representing Boeing factory workers who are currently on strike in the Pacific Northwest said contract talks “broke off” with the company after their latest bargaining session. In an update posted on social media platforms X and Facebook, a regional district of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The federal government postponed an auction of floating offshore wind leases off the Oregon coast on Friday after developers said they wouldn’t bid and the state’s governor asked that all leasing activities stop. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management did not set a new date for the sale. It said the
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon Parks and Recreation Department said Friday it is increasing its camping, parking and reservation fees to keep pace with the rising cost of utilities, operations and maintenance. Most of the increases range from $2 to $5 depending on the fee. The park system has experienced record visitation as well as
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – New data from Oregon Health Authority estimates that 97 percent of Oregonians have health coverage, the highest recorded insured rate in state history. Health insurance coverage numbers are sourced from OHA’s Oregon Health Insurance Survey (OHIS), which informs how many Oregonians are covered by health insurance statewide, and gathers information about medical bills,
Continue Reading SEATTLE (AP) — The union representing Boeing’s striking factory workers in the Pacific Northwest says it expects to resume negotiations with the company on Friday. A regional district of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers said the two sides would meet alongside federal mediators. They last held formal negotiations more than a week
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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley announced Thursday the introduction of new legislation to protect consumers’ privacy from companies who collect and sell Americans’ car data. Currently, he said, there is a troubling trend of collecting, storing, and selling data from Americans’ vehicles – largely without drivers’ knowledge. Recent reporting has even documented automakers selling the
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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Senator Mark Warner, D-Va., announced legislation Thursday to improve cybersecurity in the American health care system amid a wave of increased cyberattacks that are breaching Americans’ privacy and causing major disruptions to care across the country. “Megacorporations like UnitedHealth are flunking Cybersecurity 101, and
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The number of companies planning to bid on a chance to develop a floating offshore wind project off the Oregon coast has been dwindling as opposition to the plan remains strong. The federal government finalized two areas for floating offshore wind farms along the Oregon coast in February. The move brought
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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., said Thursday they have introduced the Cannabinoid Safety and Regulation Act (CSRA) to establish national standards to protect public health and safety and keep cannabis products out of the hands of children. The CSRA would establish a national age restriction to prevent those under 21 from purchasing hemp-derived cannabis products. The
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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Senator Ron Wyden said Thursday he is cosponsoring legislation that would help ensure college students in Oregon and nationwide can meet their basic needs while pursuing their education. The Basic Assistance for Students in College (BASIC) Act aims to combat the basic needs crisis by allocating funding to help students access nutritious food, safe
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SALEM, Ore. (KGW/KTVZ) — Oregon lawmakers waded into a voter registration controversy on Wednesday with the first legislative hearing held since the Secretary of State’s office and Department of Transportation announced that 1,259 people had been mistakenly added to the voter rolls without providing proof of U.S. citizenship, and ten of them had cast ballots, KGW reported.
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Agency urges boaters to clean, drain, dry all watercraft after use SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – Quagga mussels, an aquatic invasive species, were detected a second time in the Snake River at Twin Falls, Idaho approximately 60 miles upstream from the Oregon border. According to the Idaho State Department of Agriculture (ISDA) the recent positive detection locations include
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Legislators on the Joint Emergency Board provided more than $103 million to state agencies on Wednesday to address fighting wildfires and other urgent issues of health and safety across the state. Amid a historic wildfire season, legislators allocated $20 million in new funds and released $27.5 million in previously allotted special-purpose
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Secretary of State’s Audits Division released the State of Oregon Financial Condition Report Wednesday. The report is not an audit, but provides important information regarding key economic and demographic indicators for Oregon’s financial status, such as revenues, expenditures, debt, and fiscal health. “These financial condition reports are one of the
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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) said Wednesday he has joined U.S. Senate colleagues from both parties to introduce legislation that would improve passenger vehicle safety by requiring the use of the most advanced testing devices available — including a female crash test dummy. The bipartisan She Develops Regulations In Vehicle Equality and Safety Act would
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