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ODOT, Facebook partner on fiber optic project

October 21, 2019 6:05 pm KTVZ

(Update: Adding video, ODOT comments) The Oregon Department of Transportation and Facebook are entering into a partnership to place fiber-optic cable…

Body recovered from Willamette believed to be missing student

October 21, 2019 5:23 pm KTVZ

A body recovered from the Willamette River in northwest Portland on Sunday afternoon is believed to be a missing University of Portland student whose…

Oregon State announces new protections for old growth

October 21, 2019 4:40 pm KTVZ

CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — Oregon State University has announced plans to immediately reinstitute an abandoned 2005 management plan for its…

Chinese national gets 3 years for trafficking fake iPhones

October 21, 2019 3:46 pm KTVZ

A Chinese national and former engineering student at Linn Benton Community College in Albany was sentenced today Monday to 37 months in federal…

Democrat secretary of state hopefuls debate in Sunriver

October 21, 2019 2:08 pm KTVZ

Four Democratic candidates running for Oregon secretary of state faced off in a debate Sunday at the culmination of the party’s weekend Oregon…

Rescued La Pine-area horse down again, euthanized

October 21, 2019 2:05 pm KTVZ

A 20-year-old La Pine-area draft horse that was rescued after falling in a hole on his owner’s property last week had to be euthanized after…

Portland agrees to pay $10,000 to settle lawsuit

October 21, 2019 11:14 am KTVZ

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The city of Portland plans to pay $10,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by a woman who alleged police assaulted her with a baton…

4.6 magnitude quake hits off S. Oregon coast

October 21, 2019 10:58 am KTVZ

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A 4.6 magnitude earthquake shook off the southern Oregon coast Monday morning KOIN reports the 6:47 a.m. earthquake was over…

Oregon gas prices up 6.3 cents in past week

October 21, 2019 9:06 am KTVZ

Oregon gas prices have risen 6.3 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.31/g Monday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 1,307…

PSU research: Microbe gas could ‘cushion’ buildings during quakes

October 20, 2019 9:31 pm KTVZ

Oregonians could rely on some of the smallest organisms to survive a big earthquake. Researchers at Portland State University are looking at how…

Trial to begin in $1.4B Oregon forestry management lawsuit

October 20, 2019 7:31 pm KTVZ

(Update: Adds details, quotes) ALBANY, Ore. (AP) — A trial in a $1.4 billion breach-of-contract lawsuit brought against the state of Oregon by 150…

Bend man arrested in assault on girlfriend

October 20, 2019 5:47 pm KTVZ

Police surrounded a southeast Bend home Sunday afternoon and arrested a 29-year-old man, accused of assaulting and trying to strangle his 27-year-old…

Hwy. 22E crash kills Stayton woman, injures Culver man

October 20, 2019 3:22 pm KTVZ

An 86-year-old Stayton woman was killed and a Culver man was seriously injured Saturday evening in a two-vehicle crash on state Highway 22E near…

Alarms help residents escape La Pine-area house fire

October 20, 2019 2:41 pm KTVZ

Smoke alarms awakened residents of a La Pine-area home early Sunday, allowing them to escape a fire spreading from the front porch to the outside…

Leaking pipe in NE Portland releases sewage

October 20, 2019 11:57 am KTVZ

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A sewer pipe in Northeast Portland leaked an estimated 1,000 gallons (3,785 liters) of untreated sewer water into an…

Bend-area man accused of pistol-whipping brother

October 20, 2019 9:26 am KTVZ

A 27-year-old Bend-area man was arrested Saturday night on charges he pistol-whipped his older brother during a fight that Deschutes County…

Crash kills driver, seriously injures ODOT snowplow operator

October 20, 2019 7:44 am KTVZ

A pickup driver was killed and an ODOT snowplow driver seriously injured Saturday morning in a collision on snow-covered state Highway 3 in northeast…