WASHINGTON (KTVZ) – Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley said Wednesday that they and Senate colleagues have reintroduced a resolution emphasizing the federal government’s responsibility to provide access to clean drinking water for Tribal communities in Oregon and throughout the country. “Everyone deserves access to clean water – yet today many Tribal communities across the
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ/KGW) — Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) and the union that represents nearly 3,200 nurses employed there said they reached a tentative agreement for a new three-year contract on Monday afternoon, avoiding a strike nurses had voted to authorize last week, KGW reported. The negotiations lasted 10 months, including nearly 60 hours of bargaining
Continue ReadingVANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — A jury has convicted an Oregon man of murder in the fatal shooting of a sheriff’s deputy in Washington state. The Clark County Superior Court jury found 28-year-old Guillermo Raya Leon guilty Tuesday of aggravated first-degree murder in the death of Clark County sheriff’s Sgt. Jeremy Brown, The Columbian reported. Raya
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Governor Tina Kotek announced Tuesday that the Oregon State Police are launching several new statewide fentanyl strategic enforcement and disruption strategies, at her direction.
Continue ReadingRIALTO BEACH, Wash. (AP) — The search for a 26-year-old woman who was swept into the ocean from a popular beach on the Washington coast has ended after a body was found that matches her description, the U.S. Coast Guard said Tuesday. The Coast Guard said it received a call at 10:50 a.m. Monday about
Continue ReadingBy Ramishah Maruf, Parija Kavilanz and Cheri Mossburg, CNN New York (CNN) — Target is closing nine stores in major cities across four states, claiming theft and organized retail crime have made the environment unsafe for staff and customers – and unsustainable for business. The big box chain is part of a wave of retailers
Continue ReadingRIALTO BEACH, Wash. (AP) — Teams are searching for a 26-year-old woman who was swept into the ocean Monday from a popular beach on the Washington coast, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. The Coast Guard said it received a call at 10:50 a.m. about a woman who was reportedly taken by ocean currents while
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Governor Tina Kotek on Monday joined the first meeting of the Early Literacy Educator Prep Council to set her vision for the work ahead, which is aimed at raising the bar on elementary educator preparation for reading and writing instruction. “There is no question that our reading proficiency rates are unacceptable and that
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Cooler weather and rain is helping reduce fire behavior on several large, weeks-old blazes around Oregon, but new blazes continue to emerge, including one that has burned about 3,000 acres on the Klamath Marsh National Wildlife Refuge and the Fremont-Winema National Forest.
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Except for modest visitor increases at a small percentage of iconic places, Instagram content is not resulting in more tourist traffic on public lands, according to a study by researchers at Oregon State University.
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Average gasoline prices in Oregon have fallen 3.3 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $4.62/g Monday, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 1,307 stations in Oregon. Prices in Oregon are 7.1 cents per gallon lower than a month ago and stand 25.1 cents per gallon lower than a year ago.
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Senators Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Chuck Grassley, R- Iowa, Ben Cardin, D-Md., Todd Young, R-Ind., and Bill Cassidy M.D., R-La., celebrated Friday’s signing into law of H.R. 2544, the Securing the U.S. Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network Act. The legislation passed Congress unanimously at the end of July.
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NEWPORT, Ore. (KTVZ) – Public calls reporting sick or dead sea lions on the coast typically increase this time of year, as male California sea lions leave California breeding grounds and move north along the West Coast in search of food. Each fall, some California sea lions die of leptospirosis on Oregon beaches.
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An Emergency Response Team of resource specialists who began field surveys and an assessment of the Bedrock Fire burned areas earlier this month released its findings on Thursday, showing that more than 60 percent of the area saw low or very low soil burn severity.
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The Oregon Division of Financial Regulation announced Thursday that it has joined a multi-state settlement with Robinhood Financial LLC, which will pay up to $10.2 million in penalties for operational and technical failures that harmed investors, including some in Oregon.
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The U.S. National Science Foundation has awarded a coalition of academic and oceanographic research organizations, including Oregon State University, a five-year, $220 million cooperative agreement to continue operating and maintaining the Ocean Observatories Initiative.
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Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., with Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., and Rep. Yvette Clarke, D-N.Y., introduced Thursday the Algorithmic Accountability Act of 2023, to create new protections for people affected by artificial intelligence (AI) systems that are already impacting decisions affecting housing, credit, education and other high-impact uses.
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On Thursday’s National Opioid Awareness Day, Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (OR-05) said she has backed the Fentanyl Awareness for Children and Teens in Schools (FACTS) Act as an original cosponsor.
Continue Reading WASHINGTON — Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., said Thursday that he and Senate colleagues have reintroduced legislation that would create a new incentive to recycle plastic and help reduce the plastic waste disrupting coastal economies, overwhelming ecosystems, and threatening public health. “Coastal communities in Oregon and nationwide know all too well the harm plastic pollution can cause to
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Thick fog and speed were factors in a fiery 17-car pileup on Interstate 84 in northeast Oregon Thursday afternoon that seriously injured one motorist and closed the freeway for about eight hours, Oregon State Police said Friday.
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