By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho jury is weighing the fate of a woman charged in the slayings of her two youngest children and a romantic rival in what prosecutors say was a strange doomsday-focused plot. Lori Vallow Daybell wanted the victims’ money, so she used sex and power to
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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden are cosponsoring the EDUCATORS for America Act, major legislation that would help raise student achievement and rebuild the educator pipeline by supporting the development and retention of effective educators. The bill would strengthen the educator workforce, address the shortage of teachers, and support comprehensive educator preparation, according
Continue ReadingBy Steve Almasy, Laura Studley and Nouran Salahieh, CNN An Oregon bill that would decriminalize homeless encampments in public places and allow homeless people to sue for $1,000 if harassed or told to leave will not move forward. The bill, HB 3501, proposed allowing unhoused people to use public spaces “without discrimination and time limitations”
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In alignment with the federal COVID-19 public health emergency ending Thursday, state health officials announced Wednesday the lifting of health-protective measures that helped reduce COVID-19 infections, hospitalizations and deaths, and expanded access to services during the pandemic.
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A fossil arthropod entombed in 100-million-year-old Burmese amber has been identified as a new genus and species of froghopper, known today as an insect with prodigious leaping ability in adulthood following a nymphal stage spent covered in a frothy fluid.
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Gov. Tina Kotek and agency leaders who manage wildfires and conflagrations provided a briefing Tuesday as the 2023 wildfire season approaches, including steps Oregonians should take to prepare for what despite late precipitation still could bring a challenging, complex set of circumstances.
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The Oregon Parks and Recreation Department is asking visitors to use caution and to stay away from the area where a second sinkhole has formed at Cape Kiwanda State Natural Area.
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Researchers at Oregon State University are part of a $5 million National Science Foundation effort to accelerate robotics research by making standardized humanoid robots available to the scientific community.
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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) – Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (OR-05) joined Reps. Rick Larsen (WA-02), David Valadao (CA-22) and a bipartisan group of her colleagues Tuesday in urging U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai and the U.S. Department of Agriculture to work with their Japanese counterparts to ensure equal market access for U.S. farmers by eliminating Japan’s damaging frozen
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Starting Monday, May 22, the Oregon Department of Human Services will begin replacing Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) food benefits for victims of electronic theft who have had benefits stolen from their Electrotonic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards.
Continue ReadingMOSCOW, Idaho (AP) — The University of Idaho will award posthumous degrees and certificates on Saturday to four students who were killed in a nighttime attack at a home near campus last fall. The stabbing deaths of Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin at a rental home near campus on Nov. 13,
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A man who spent nearly three decades in prison for the 1989 killing of Oregon’s prisons director has been granted his full freedom. U.S. Magistrate Judge John V. Acosta ordered the Marion County murder indictment against Frank Gable be dismissed on Monday and prohibited the state from retrying him in the
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Gov. Tina Kotek ordered all flags at Oregon public institutions to be flown at half-staff immediately Monday in honor and remembrance of the victims of the horrific tragedy in Allen, Texas.
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – The Oregon Department of Forestry is deploying 22 firefighters to Alberta, Canada through the Northwest Compact to provide extra support in fighting the dozens of wildfires being battled across the western province.
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – Gov. Tina Kotek signed two bills into law Monday to address the growing environmental and public health impacts of single-use plastics, which supporters said positions Oregon as a national leader in reducing plastic pollution.
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CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – Oregon State University has been selected to co-lead a $30 million U.S. Department of Agriculture regional food business center that will support farmers, ranchers and other food-related businesses to access new markets and navigate federal, state and local resources. The Northwest and Rocky Mountain Regional Food Business Center, which Oregon State
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SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A walkout by most Republicans in the Oregon Senate aimed at delaying action on gun safety, abortion rights and gender-affirming health care bills extended to a fifth day Sunday. Senate President Rob Wagner adjourned the body until Monday morning because a quorum could not be reached. Republicans have staged walkouts before,
Continue Reading SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Gov. Tina Kotek on Saturday ordered all flags at Oregon public institutions to be flown at half-staff on Sunday in recognition of National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Service in Emmitsburg, Maryland. The order is in accordance with a national declaration. The flags will be lowered for the entire day on Sunday. “Firefighting
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By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press EMMETT, Idaho (AP) — A far-right activist best known for his showdowns with federal and state law enforcement officials in Oregon and Nevada is waging a one-sided standoff of a different kind after refusing to comply with court orders in an Idaho defamation lawsuit. The lawsuit by St. Luke’s Regional
Continue Reading SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A walkout by most Republican members of the Oregon Senate reached a fourth straight day Saturday, delaying action by the majority Democrats on bills on gun safety, abortion rights and gender-affirming health care. The GOP’s boycott prevented a quorum, and Senate President Rob Wagner adjourned the body until Sunday morning. Republican
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