Rising expenses, workforce shortages and stalled revenue cratered Oregon hospitals’ operating margins in 2022, putting hospitals in one of the worst overall financial positions seen since 1993, according to a report prepared for the state’s hospital association.
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A surprise announcement by OPEC+ to cut oil production has sent crude oil prices soaring above $80 per barrel. That along with robust demand for gas in the U.S. are pushing pump prices higher, in Oregon and nationwide, AAA Oregon/Idaho reported Tuesday.
Continue ReadingThe deadline to file state and federal personal income tax returns — Tuesday, April 18 — is just two weeks away, with more than 1 million Oregon taxpayers still expected to file, the Oregon Department of Revenue said.
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As of Monday, you no longer hade to wear a mask when you visit the doctor, dentist, or any other Oregon health care provider, in most situations.
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Lavish lifestyle included $4.5 million Portland home, beach house, Rolls Royces and Bentleys PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) —A former Oregon securities broker was sentenced to more than four years in federal prison Monday for willfully evading payment of more than $2.5 million in personal income taxes and using the excess cash to fund a lavish lifestyle.
Continue ReadingBy GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — A plan announced last week to return Lolita, a killer whale held captive for more than a half-century, to her home waters in Washington’s Puget Sound thrilled those who have long advocated for her to be freed from her tank at the Miami Seaquarium. But it also
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When groundwater levels are low, the state of Oregon can declare critical groundwater areas to help preserve and protect water.
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Researchers at Oregon State University have created a means of speeding up and improving the evaluation process for drugs used to combat cervical cancer.
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — A brief encounter between a motorist and a person on an electric scooter in Seattle over the weekend escalated into a shooting that killed the motorist and injured his young nephew, according to police. A King County judge on Monday found probable cause to hold a 35-year-old Seattle man in jail on
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A Washington state man accused of entering the U.S. Capitol with a pro-Trump mob during the Jan. 6 deadly insurrection has pleaded guilty to entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds. Jeffrey Grace, 64, entered the plea on Monday and had three other charges dropped as part of a
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Two Idaho men were killed in the crash of a small plane Sunday morning in the Hells Canyon area of northeast Oregon, authorities said.
Continue ReadingEVERETT, Wash. (AP) — A man accused of killing a police officer in Washington state last year has been convicted of aggravated first-degree murder. A jury found Richard Rotter guilty Monday in the death of Everett police officer Dan Rocha, the Daily Herald reported. The verdict means the 51-year-old Kennewick man faces life in prison
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The Oregon Department of Administrative Services announced Monday its plan to end reimbursement standards for remote work that were established during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The Oregon Health Authority will review income eligibility for about 1.5 million Oregon Health Plan and Medicare Savings Program members starting Monday after federal Public Health Emergency protections for continuous eligibility will end.
Continue ReadingBy REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — As the trial of a woman charged in three killings in what prosecutors say was a doomsday-focused plot began Monday, attorneys asked potential jurors if they would have trouble being impartial after viewing autopsy photos of children. “This is a case that deals with murder. This
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By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — In the wake of an elementary school shooting in Tennessee earlier this week that left three 9-year-olds and three adults dead, state legislatures across the country are moving forward with bills aiming to improve school safety. The bills have been introduced in blue and
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — PacifiCorp filed Friday its 2023 Integrated Resource Plan with the six state utility commissions in the company’s service area, advancing its path to net-zero emissions. The biennial long-term resource plan calls for a dramatic increase of nearly four times the company’s current wind and solar resources to a total of 20,000
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — ODOT says it is improving the accessibility of Oregon’s transportation system for all users by bringing nearly 26,000 curb ramps on the statewide transportation system into current American with Disabilities Act compliance. These improvements mean increased safety and more seamless access for people using mobility devices, parents with strollers, pedestrians and
Continue ReadingBy REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — It has been more than three years since police announced that two kids were missing from a rural eastern Idaho town, and each twist in the grim investigation has seemed stranger than the last. Their mother claimed to be a deity, her estranged husband wrote in
Continue ReadingVANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — The man named as a person of interest in the disappearance of his ex-girlfriend and her 7-year-old daughter was charged with two counts of murder in their deaths, police in Washington state said Friday. Detectives from the Vancouver Police Department booked Kirkland Warren for two counts of first-degree murder Friday after
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