Oregon health officials urge people 65+ to get a second COVID-19 shot
PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregonians 65 and older can now get an additional dose of the 2023–2024 updated COVID-19 vaccine following a federal…
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Draft of Oregon’s update of Integrated Water Resources Strategy ready for public review, comment
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon Water Resources Department is pleased to announce that the draft of Oregon’s updated Integrated Water Resources…
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Running out of … time: Bill that could have kept Oregon on standard time dies after passing the Senate
SALEM, Ore. (KGW/KTVZ) — The amended bill that would have kept Oregon on permanent standard time, if Washington and California adopted to do the…
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Canby High School student, 18, struck and killed while crossing train tracks
CANBY, Ore. (KGW/KTVZ) — The Canby High School community is mourning the loss of a student who was struck and killed by a train Monday evening,…
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PacifiCorp ordered to pay Oregon wildfire victims another $42M. Final bill could reach billions
PORTLAND, Oregon (AP) — A jury in Oregon has ordered PacifiCorp to pay more than $42 million to 10 victims of devastating wildfires on Labor Day…
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Momentum builds in major homelessness case before U.S. Supreme Court
By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Momentum is building in a case regarding homeless encampments that will be argued before the…
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Oregon State Parks continued to see near-record visitor counts in 2023; Detroit Lake, Prineville Reservoir record gains
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon State Parks continued to experience near record-breaking levels of both day use and camping in 2023, the agency…
Continue ReadingSuspected drug trafficker charged with killing 2 witnesses in Washington state
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A suspected drug trafficker has been charged with killing two people who were potential witnesses against him in federal court in…
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Oregon loses nearly 5,000 jobs to start 2024; cold January trims Central Oregon workforce, but rates hold steady
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — In January, Oregon’s seasonally adjusted nonfarm payroll employment dropped by 4,900 jobs, following a revised gain of 1,900…
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Legislative roundup: Nation’s strongest ‘right to repair’ bill heads to governor; task force on gun suicide prevention, more
 SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) –The country’s most comprehensive Right to Repair legislation passed the Oregon House Monday, receiving strong bipartisan…
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Imposter scams, auto sales-repairs, telecom companies lead Oregon’s 2023 Top 10 consumer complaints
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — To mark National Consumer Protection Week, Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum on Monday released the Oregon Department of…
Continue Reading2 snowmobilers killed in separate avalanches in Washington and Idaho
YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) — Two snowmobilers have been killed in separate avalanches in Washington state and in Idaho. Two snowmobilers riding in the…
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New hospitality company set to take over concessions at Crater Lake National Park
CRATER LAKE NATIONAL PARK, Ore. (KTVZ) — Hospitality company ExplorUS has informed the National Park Service that it intends to take over the…
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OSU, OHSU researchers closing in on genetic treatments for hereditary lung disease, vision loss
PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) – Researchers who work with tiny drug carriers known as lipid nanoparticles have developed a new type of material capable of…
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Oregon lawmakers voted to recriminalize drugs. The bill’s future is now in the governor’s hands
By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The future of an Oregon bill that would roll back the state’s first-in-the-nation drug…
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Oregon House passes, sends to Gov. Kotek $376 million Emergency Housing Stability and Production Package
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) —Â The Oregon House on Monday passed Senate Bills 1530 and 1537, key pieces of Gov. Tina Kotek’s $376 million Emergency Housing…
Continue ReadingFAA finds ‘multiple instances’ of Boeing quality control issues
By Pete Muntean, Gregory Wallace and Chris Isidore, CNN Washington DC (CNN) — The Federal Aviation Administration has found multiple problems…
Continue Reading3 Portlanders aboard door plug blowout flight file $1B lawsuit against Boeing, Alaska Airlines
On Jan. 5, 2024, Kyle Rinker and his girlfriend boarded an Alaska Airlines flight to Ontario, California. They’d taken this particular flight…
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Botched execution of serial killer in Idaho puts focus on capital punishment secrecy laws
By REBECCA BOONE and GENE JOHNSON Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — In 2012, two Idaho prison officials chartered a private plane and flew to…
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Oregon may revive penalties for drug possession. What will the change do?
By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press Oregon is poised to step back from its first-in-the-nation drug decriminalization law with a new measure approved…
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