NOAA confirms investigation into RFK Jr. over dead whale carcass
By Aaron Pellish and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN (CNN) — The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration confirmed on Monday it is…
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Feds sending nearly $43 million to Oregon to pay for weather-, disaster-related road repairs in recent years
WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., announced Monday that the Federal Highway Administration is sending $42.7 million…
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Wyden co-sponsors bill to ease food insecurity among college students, expand SNAP eligibility, outreach
WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., said Monday he is co-sponsoring a bill that would address food insecurity among college students,…
Continue ReadingZimbabwe to cull 200 elephants to feed citizens left hungry by drought
By Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — Zimbabwe has authorized a mass slaughter of elephants to feed citizens left hungry by its worst drought in…
Continue ReadingPutin orders Russia to boost size of army by 180,000 troops to 1.5 million
By Christian Edwards and Anna Chernova, CNN (CNN) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the country’s military to increase its…
Continue ReadingWhat we know about Ryan Wesley Routh, the suspect in the apparent second Trump assassination attempt
By Rob Picheta, Jessie Yeung, Teele Rebane and Lex Harvey, CNN (CNN) — Ryan Wesley Routh put his enmity toward Donald Trump – the man he once…
Continue ReadingA doctor cared for generations of families. Now dozens of women say he also abused them
By Meena Duerson and Meridith Edwards, CNN Wilsonville, Oregon (CNN) — The three women sit huddled together, hands and arms intertwined, heads…
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Project to remake Madras Elementary Schoolyard as accessible community park gets boost from T-Mobile Hometown Grant
MADRAS, Ore. (KTVZ) – One of the nation’s largest cellphone and network providers is giving a boost to the effort to redesign and turn the Madras…
Continue ReadingNetanyahu warns Yemen’s Houthis face a ‘heavy price’ as missile lands in central Israel
By Dana Karni, Jessie Yeung, Tim Lister and Rosa Rahimi, CNN (CNN) — Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has warned Yemen’s Houthis…
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Apparent attempt on Trump’s life raises questions about how it could have happened again
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — An apparent attempt to assassinate former President Donald Trump as he played golf in Florida has rocked a…
Continue ReadingGolf courses — in particular Trump’s — have long proved a difficult assignment for Secret Service
CNN By Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — Golf courses, and in particular former President Donald Trump’s own properties, have long been a source of…
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Vehicle-pedestrian crash near Scio leads to gunfire, standoff; suspect shot, killed after pointing gun at SWAT team
The suspect in a vehicle-pedestrian crash in rural Linn County fired a gun after Oregon State Police found him early Saturday morning, sparking a…
Continue ReadingCalifornia’s earliest snow advisory in nearly 20 years could also bring month’s worth of rain
By Allison Chinchar and Elliana Hebert, CNN (CNN) — A low pressure system moving into the West Coast today will bring rare early-season snow…
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Little Lava Fire grows a bit due to ‘moderate fire activity,’ crews ‘fight fire with fire’ with burnouts to contain blazes
About 800 firefighters kept busy in Sunday’s cool, cloudy weather building and securing containment lines and conducting burnout operations on the…
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California Highway Patrol seizes 37 pounds of cocaine worth $1.3 million in I-5 traffic stop; 2 Oregon men arrested
FRESNO, Calif. (KTVZ) – A California Highway Patrol officer’s traffic stop on Interstate 5 in Merced County led to the discovery of 37 pounds of…
Continue ReadingSpaceX Polaris Dawn crew returns home after history-making mission
By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn crew is home, capping off a five-day mission to orbit — which included the world’s…
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Russian military aircraft detected off Alaskan coast for fourth time in past week, NORAD says
By Sam Fossum, CNN (CNN) — The North American Aerospace Defense command intercepted Russian military aircraft flying near Alaska four times…
Continue ReadingRussian strike hits apartment block in Ukraine’s Kharkiv, killing one person and injuring at least 40
By Radina Gigova and Maria Kostenko, CNN (CNN) — A Russian strike on an apartment block in the northeastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv has…
Continue ReadingPassenger arrested after trying to choke flight attendant and saying plane ‘is going down’ on California flight, DOJ says
By Paradise Afshar, CNN (CNN) — A California man is facing federal charges after he allegedly tried to choke a flight attendant and “said he…
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Deschutes National Forest reduces emergency fire closure area for Bachelor Complex; several locations still closed
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Deschutes National Forest said Saturday it has updated and decreased the temporary emergency fire closure area on the…
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