2 dead after argument ends with shooting, police chase, crash
By Soyoung Kim Click here for updates on this story SALEM, Oregon (KPTV) — Two people are dead after a reported…
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Idaho left early education up to families. One town set out to get universal preschool anyway
By EMILY TATE SULLIVAN of EdSurge AMERICAN FALLS, Idaho (AP) — After reading a book about the five senses to a semicircle of rapt 4-year-olds, Abi…
Continue ReadingJust months after Oregon allowed self-service gas statewide, a labor union wants to ask voters to reimpose a ban
It’s been just a few months since it became legal for Oregonians to pump their own gas, but that’s apparently long enough for Oregon’s largest…
Continue ReadingPortland teachers, families march over Burnside Bridge ahead of looming strike
By DREW MARINE Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — Portland Public Schools District teachers…
Continue ReadingPilots can lose their jobs for getting mental health care. Alaska Airlines incident brings renewed scrutiny
By Pete Muntean and Gregory Wallace, CNN (CNN) — Richard Wesmoreland says in the beginning, being an airline pilot was great. But the repeated,…
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Merkley amendment to boost watershed improvements, irrigation modernization passes key Senate vote
WASHINGTON (KTVZ) – Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley and Idaho Senator Mike Crapo announced Friday that their bipartisan amendment to significantly…
Continue ReadingIn Seattle, phones ding. Killer whales could be close
By MANUEL VALDES Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Peter Bates was dropping his car at the mechanic this month when a notification pinged on his…
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Idaho judge upholds indictment against man accused of fatally stabbing 4 college students
MOSCOW, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho judge on Thursday declined to dismiss a grand jury indictment against a man accused of fatally stabbing four…
Continue ReadingAn Idaho woman sues her fertility doctor, says he used his own sperm to impregnate her 34 years ago
By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — An Idaho woman is suing her one-time fertility doctor, saying he secretly used his own sperm to…
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OHA, DHS post-pandemic renewal data shows more than 8 of 10 Oregonians keeping medical benefits
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – More than halfway into the unwinding of federal pandemic benefits, renewal data shows that more than 8 out of 10 Oregonians…
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Wyden, Thune reintroduce Tribal Child Support Enforcement Act
WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Sens. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and John Thune (R-S.D.), on Thursday reintroduced the Tribal Child Support Enforcement Act, which…
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Gov. Kotek orders public flags to half-staff in response to ‘devastating tragedy’ in Maine
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Governor Tina Kotek on Thursday ordered flags at Oregon public institutions to be flown at half-staff immediately, pursuant to…
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Oregon awarded $40.2 million in federal funds for Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program
 Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., announced Thursday that Oregon has been awarded $40.2 million in federal funding to help low-income…
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Oregon PUC approves Cascade Natural Gas rate hike; average residential customer to see 3.22% increase Nov. 1
The Oregon Public Utility Commission recently approved an increase in rates for Cascade Natural Gas customers that goes into effect on Wednesday,…
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OSU veterinary researchers to test hundreds of wild animal species for SARS-CoV 2, the COVID-19 virus
CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) — Backed by a new cooperative agreement from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection…
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Wyden, colleagues introduce bill to overhaul unemployment insurance
WASHINGTON (KTVZ) – Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Senator Michael F. Bennet, D-Colo., and Representative Don Beyer, D-Va.,…
Continue Reading Chavez-DeRemer, colleagues introduce bill to improve transparency in Legacy Road and Trail Program
WASHINGTON (KTVZ) – Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (OR-05) joined Rep. Kim Schrier (WA-08) and Sens. Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and James Risch (R-Idaho) to…
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Wyden, colleagues urge more steps to protect seniors from deceptive Medicare Advantage marketing
WASHINGTON (KTVZ) – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) led Senate Finance Committee Democrats this week in sending a letter…
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Averted disaster on Horizon Air flight renews scrutiny on mental health of those in the cockpit
By CLAIRE RUSH and GENE JOHNSON Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — What authorities describe as an off-duty pilot’s attempt to shut down…
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Mom convicted of killing kids in Idaho will be sent to Arizona to face murder conspiracy charges
By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A woman sentenced to life in an Idaho prison in the the murders of her two youngest children…
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