PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The smallest member of the Oregon Zoo’s rhinoceros family reached a big milestone this week: Jozi and King’s calf is one month old. Born Dec. 4 at around 100 pounds, the youngster now weighs 172 pounds and is beginning to explore the behind-the-scenes rhino maternity den. “Both Jozi and her calf
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife staff will host the final webinar on its rewrite of the state’s Mule Deer Management Plan on Tuesday, Jan. 9 at 6 p.m. It will focus on chapters looking at anthropogenic impacts, poaching, management objectives, and population monitoring. You can watch the webinar and participate
Continue ReadingBy MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday allowed Idaho to enforce its strict abortion ban, even in medical emergencies, while a legal fight continues. The justices said they would hear arguments in April and put on hold a lower court ruling that had blocked the Idaho law in hospital
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon is taking critical steps to ensure children have access to vital nutrition during the summer months by declaring its intention to operate the Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer (Summer EBT) program in 2024, its first year as a permanent federal program, anti-hunger advocates said Thursday. Here’s their announcement, calling for state
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The Oregon Legislature passed hundreds of bills in the last session, revising some existing transportation laws and creating new ones. Many changes went into effect on Monday, Jan. 1.
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THE DALLES, Ore. (KTVZ) – Seven ODOT road signs were cut down and removed along U.S. Highway 97 and two other highways in Wasco County last month and found discarded together by a roadway. Oregon State Police said Thursday they are looking for information to solve the crimes. OSP responded on Dec. 21 to the
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CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – Oregon State University researchers have discovered vitamin B1 produced by microbes in rivers, findings that may offer hope for vitamin-deficient salmon populations. Findings were published in Applied and Environmental Microbiology. The authors say the study in California’s Central Valley represents a novel piece of an important physiological puzzle involving Chinook salmon, a keystone
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Curt Melcher, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife’s director since 2014, has announced he is retiring, effective April 1, 2024. Melcher was formally appointed as director by the Fish and Wildlife Commission in February 2015; before that, he served as interim director. He was reappointed to a third four-year term
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As the COVID-19 pandemic turned the world on its head, thousands of Oregonians were threatened with eviction as they struggled to pay rent in an economy that had stalled.
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EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — A judge in Oregon has rejected a U.S. Department of Justice request to dismiss a 2015 lawsuit brought by young people that alleges the federal government knew the dangers posed by carbon pollution but that it has continued through policies and subsidies to support the fossil fuel industry. U.S. District Court
Continue ReadingBy JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is providing $162 million to Microchip Technology to support the domestic production of computer chips — the second funding announcement tied to a 2022 law designed to revive U.S. semiconductor manufacturing. The incentives announced Thursday include $90 million to improve a plant in Colorado
Continue ReadingBy CLAIRE RUSH The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Authorities are investigating the theft of medication prescribed to patients at a southern Oregon hospital, police and state medical officials confirmed Wednesday, following a local news report that two people died and others were sickened after a nurse replaced fentanyl intravenous drips with tap water.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Many new state laws are going into effect at the start of the new year, including several consumer protection laws taking effect Jan. 1. NewsChannel 21 takes a closer look at two of the new laws, Senate Bill 1041 and House Bill 2052. Senate Bill 1041 is related to health insurance
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KGW/KTVZ) — The Oregon Court of Appeals has temporary halted Multnomah County’s ban on flavored tobacco products, which was set to take effect on Jan. 1, KGW reported. The court issued a stay on Friday morning that pauses enforcement of the ban, pending ongoing litigation. In the court’s order, it cited concerns from
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – When the clock strikes midnight on Jan. 1, 2024, many new Oregon laws take effect. The Oregon Division of Financial Regulation, part of the state Department of Consumer and Business Services – the state’s largest consumer protection and business regulatory agency – is releasing an easy-to-follow guide on new consumer protection
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A former Afghan Air Force pilot training for a commercial license in Oregon ignored his flight instructor’s advice to not return to a small airport because of low visibility. The plane later crashed, killing the pilot and the other two passengers on board, according to a preliminary federal report of the
Continue ReadingBy KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press An Idaho judge on Friday denied a request by the state’s top legal chief to throw out a lawsuit seeking to clarify the exemptions tucked inside the state’s broad abortion ban. Instead, 4th District Judge Jason Scott narrowed the case to focus only on the circumstances where an abortion would
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By NATHAN GILLES, Columbia Insight PORTLAND, Oregon (AP) — As native trees in the Pacific Northwest die off due to climate changes, the U.S. Forest Service, Portland, Oregon and citizen groups around Puget Sound are turning to a deceptively simple climate adaptation strategy called “assisted migration.” As the world’s climate warms, tree growing ranges in
Continue ReadingCNN, KXLY By Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — The University of Idaho on Thursday demolished the off-campus home where four students were fatally stabbed last year — the latest instance in which a property is razed following grisly, high-profile killings. Ethan Chapin, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle and Madison Mogen were killed inside the Moscow, Idaho,
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By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Najiah Knight drops her 100-pound frame onto a snorting 1,300-pound bull and adjusts her ropes, warming the sticky rosin. Music blares across the arena, but Najiah can hear only her dad, in the chute with her, and her mom, cheering from the stands. She
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