Three wildfires that merged in strong winds on Saturday night burned along seven miles of Interstate 84 near Arlington, forcing closure for a time of a 22-mile stretch of the freeway in both directions. Crews from numerous agencies, including Central Oregon resources, tackled the blaze.
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon Parks and Recreation Department is inviting the community to share their experiences and opinions on electric assisted bicycle (e-bike) and other electric micromobility devices in an online survey through Aug. 31. OPRD said it is seeing an increase in the use of e-bikes and e-micromobility devices in Oregon State Parks,
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EUGENE, Ore.—A Baker City man was sentenced to federal prison last week for assaulting his then-girlfriend on the Burns Paiute Indian Reservation in March of 2023. Skyhawk Teeman Garcia, 29, was sentenced to 27 months in federal prison and three years’ supervised release. According to court documents, on March 11, 2023, Garcia went to his
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) —A southern Oregon restaurant was sentenced in federal court Friday for stealing more than $759,000 in federal funds intended to help small businesses during the Covid-19 pandemic. Amigos Mexican Cuisine & Cantina LLC, formerly located outside of Medford, was sentenced to pay a criminal fine of $200,000 and $759,100 in restitution to
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon Department of Corrections said it became aware Friday that a case of tuberculosis was suspected in an Oregon State Penitentiary inmate. The agency said the individual has been in their custody for about four months and is currently isolated and undergoing further testing. Tuberculosis is a serious but treatable
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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Senator Ron Wyden said Thursday that he and Senate colleagues are urging the U.S. Department of Justice to take further action to counter threats targeting election workers ahead of the upcoming election. “We write to express serious concern about ongoing and persistent threats against election workers and to call on the Department
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EUGENE, Ore. (KTVZ) — Governor Tina Kotek co-convened a Summer and After School Learning Summit sponsored by the Oregon Community Foundation and Gray Family Foundation. The daylong summit is an essential step in shaping a long-term plan and road map for creating high-quality summer and afterschool programs that generate student success, reducing opportunity gaps and raising
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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., celebrated Thursday’s announcement by the Biden-Harris administration of lower drug prices for 10 of the most expensive prescription drugs in Medicare, which were subject to negotiations between the federal government and the drug companies that manufacture them. “Today, Medicare has used the bargaining power of
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The remains of a missing World War II soldier from Oregon have been identified and are set to return to the state for burial, federal authorities announced Thursday. The remains of U.S. Army Private William Calkins from Washington County were identified after being exhumed along with other unknown soldiers buried at the
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) – Patients with a prescription for an opioid use disorder medication may have a tough time getting it filled if their pharmacy is in a community that’s racially and economically segregated, according to a new study led by scientists at Oregon State University and Johns Hopkins University. The findings shed additional light
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KGW/KTVZ) — Throughout the past four years of construction, officials at Portland International Airport promised that the new main terminal would be worth the wait and the hassle — and they were absolutely right, according to many of the first travelers to pass through on Wednesday, KGW reported. “It’s amazing. I think it’s beautiful,” said
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Eric Tegethoff, Oregon News Service PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) Oregon has more than 270,000 veterans, and many of them may not know they’re eligible for home modification grants through the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. An AARP survey found 60% of veterans aged 45 and older weren’t aware of grants available through the VA. Juanita Jimenez-Soto, AARP national
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CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – A nearly 20-year effort to map the electrical properties of Earth’s crust and mantle across the contiguous United States, viewed as critical to protecting the electrical grid during extreme solar storms and against damage from electromagnetic pulses used as weapons, is now complete. The 3-D geoelectric map produced by researchers provides
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SWEET HOME, Ore. (KTVZ) — Feller bunchers, bulldozers, water tenders and other specialized equipment play a key role in the initial attack and suppression of Oregon’s wildfires. Much of that equipment is provided by local operators under a contract agreement with the Oregon Department of Forestry. “One piece of equipment can do the work of
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MEDFORD, Ore. (KTVZ) — A traffic stop of a semi-truck by an Oregon State Police K-9 unit on Interstate 5 in Southern Oregon netted 60 pounds of fentanyl-laced pills destined for Portland, the agency reported Wednesday. On Monday at 8:00 a.m., an OSP K-9 trooper stopped a commercial motor vehicle tractor unit on I-5 in
Continue ReadingSEATAC, Wash. (AP) — More than three dozen pro-Palestinian protesters accused of blocking a main road into the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in April are set to have misdemeanor charges of disorderly conduct and failing to disperse dropped. City of SeaTac prosecutors agreed this week to dismiss the charges after a maximum of six months on
Continue ReadingBy Graham Hurley, CNN (CNN) — Equipped with only 19 pounds of gear, 89-year-old Bing Olbum set off on what he intended to be a five–day hiking trip. Instead, Olbum found himself stranded for nearly 10 days in over 4 million acres of Salmon-Challis National Forest. It’s home to some of the most rugged places in the country
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon’s seasonally adjusted nonfarm payroll employment rose by 8,500 jobs last month, following a revised decline of 700 jobs in June, and its jobless rate again held in the tight range its shown since last fall, the Oregon Employment Department said Wednesday. July’s gains were largest in professional and business services (+2,300 jobs); health
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CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – Safeguarding places to hang ten and shoot the curl is an opportunity to simultaneously mitigate climate change, fuel tourism and help surrounding ecosystems, new research has shown. “There is a growing conservation movement regarding coastal areas that host surf breaks,” said Jacob Bukoski, an assistant professor at Oregon State University and
Continue ReadingCONCRETE, Wash. (AP) — Three people were killed in a house fire in a rural area northeast of Seattle and authorities are looking for a pickup truck that remains unaccounted for after the blaze, police said. The two-story home was destroyed in the Friday morning fire in the small town of Concrete, the Mount Vernon
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