SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) —The Oregon Parks and Recreation Department is seeking public comment on a proposed rule change that would add Brookings to the list of eight Oregon cities where overnight camping is prohibited along the ocean shore within city limits. The proposed rule change was requested through a petition from residents living near Mill
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon Secretary of State’s Elections Division released the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act Voters’ Pamphlet for the November General Election on Tuesday. Here’s their announcement: This online version of the pamphlet is available on our website to assist military and overseas voters who receive ballots later this month, and
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By Eric Tegethoff, Oregon News Service PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon is in the upper echelon when it comes to the number of women in higher office. Four of the five statewide elected positions in the state are currently held by women, including Tina Kotek in the governor’s office. It is a rare achievement. Debbie Walsh,
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MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) — Attorneys representing both living and deceased patients of an Oregon hospital filed a $303 million lawsuit against the facility on Tuesday after a nurse was accused of replacing prescribed fentanyl with nonsterile tap water in intravenous drips. The wrongful death and medical malpractice complaint accuses Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center in
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SEATTLE (AP) — At least seven vehicles traveling along Interstate 5 just south of Seattle were hit by gunfire overnight, leaving at least six people injured before a suspect was taken into custody, officials said Tuesday. The state patrol did not release any information on the suspect in the shooting that left two
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FAIRVIEW, Ore. (AP) — A small plane that crashed into a row of townhomes, killing three people just east of Portland, had reported “controllability” issues before going down, federal authorities said Tuesday. The pilot reported those issues after taking off from the Troutdale Airport around 10:25 a.m. Saturday for a maintenance test flight, National Transportation
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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) – Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., on Tuesday urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the Administration for Children and Families to use existing authorities to act now to protect and strengthen behavioral health services for children enrolled in Medicaid and who are in the child welfare system. Wyden’s letters
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Average gasoline prices in Oregon have fallen 6.1 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.72/g Tuesday, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 1,307 stations in Oregon. Prices in Oregon are 15.1 cents per gallon lower than a month ago and stand 98.6 cents per gallon lower than a year ago.
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LAKEVIEW, Ore. (KTVZ) – The nearly month-old Warner Peak Fire is now 100% contained, but over 82,000 acres of the Hart Mountain National Antelope Refuge will remain closed through June 15, 2025, due to the extensive wildfire damage and the potential threat of invasive species, officials said late last week. On Aug. 5, a lightning strike
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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — In what the Interior Department called “the latest step by the Biden-Harris administration to support the growing momentum across America for a clean energy future,” the agency announced Thursday it will hold an offshore wind energy lease sale next month for two areas off the southern Oregon coast. Here’s the full Interior
Continue ReadingBy Rachel Ramirez, CNN (CNN) — The largest dam removal project in US history is finally complete, after crews last week demolished the last of the four dams on the Klamath River. It’s a significant win for tribal nations on the Oregon-California border who for decades have fought to restore the river back to its natural
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) – The Oregon Health Authority, Jackson County Vector Control and Jackson County Public Health Division have confirmed the identification of Aedes aegypti (Ae. Aegypti) mosquitoes in the county – the first time the disease-carrying mosquito species has been found in Oregon. Jackson County Vector Control identified the Ae. aegypti mosquito as part of its routine mosquito surveillance,
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By Eric Tegethoff, Oregon News Service PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) – Federal grant money is supporting an Oregon organization rehabilitating the land and training tribal youth. The Interior Department’s Indian Youth Service Corps has awarded the Lomakatsi Restoration Project two grants of $300,000 and $400,000. The funds will support the organization’s Tribal Youth Ecological Stewardship Training and Employment program. Marko
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — Boeing has experienced all manner of bad news in the last six years, and almost nothing but problems. Later this month it could add a strike by 32,000 workers to its list of woes. The contract between Boeing and the International Association of Machinists is due to
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — This past week, more than 50 representatives from a cross-section of government — local, state, federal, and law enforcement — gathered in a Salem conference room to join a national tabletop exercise on election security. Tabletop the Vote is an annual exercise sponsored by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency in collaboration
Continue Reading PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Three people were dead after a small plane crashed into a row of townhouses Saturday morning in a neighborhood east of Portland, setting the homes ablaze, authorities told KATU-TV. Officials earlier in the day had said the plane was carrying two people and that at least one resident had been unaccounted
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ALBANY, Ore. (KTVZ) — An Oregon State Police K-9 team seized more than 100 pounds of crystal meth and 11 pounds of suspected fentanyl in a traffic stop this week on Interstate 5 in Linn County, troopers said Friday. At 3 p.m. Monday, an OSP K-9 unit stopped a Chevrolet pickup truck headed northbound on
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — So-called ghost guns, privately made firearms that don’t have serial numbers and are largely untraceable, will be banned across Oregon starting Sunday after a federal judge denied a legal challenge that tried to block the prohibition. Ghost guns differ from weapons manufactured by licensed companies in that the latter are generally
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Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s first-in-the-nation experiment with drug decriminalization is coming to an end Sunday, when possessing small amounts of hard drugs will once again become a crime. The Democratic-controlled Legislature passed the recriminalization law in March, overhauling a measure approved by 58% of voters in 2020 that made possessing illicit drugs
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The Oregon Department of Justice is reminding Oregonians that the state’s new ban on “ghost guns” goes into effect on Sunday noting, “Ghost guns have created real and serious risks to public safety.” But some Central Oregonians don’t think it’s a positive move.
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