Small plane reported ‘controllability’ issues before crashing in Oregon, killing 3, officials say
FAIRVIEW, Ore. (AP) — A small plane that crashed into a row of townhomes, killing three people just east of Portland, had reported…
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Wyden urges federal agencies to act now, protect kids in residential treatment from taxpayer-funded abuse, neglect
WASHINGTON (KTVZ) – Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., on Tuesday urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the…
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Oregon gas prices keep on falling, down nearly $1 a gallon from a year ago, double the nationwide decline
PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Average gasoline prices in Oregon have fallen 6.1 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.72/g Tuesday, according to…
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Wildfire damage means part of Hart Mountain National Antelope Refuge will remain closed until next June
LAKEVIEW, Ore. (KTVZ) – The nearly month-old Warner Peak Fire is now 100% contained, but over 82,000 acres of the Hart Mountain National Antelope…
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Interior Department announces first-ever Oregon wind energy lease sale at two sites off southern coast
WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — In what the Interior Department called “the latest step by the Biden-Harris administration to support the growing momentum…
Continue ReadingThe largest dam removal project in the US is completed – a major win for Indigenous tribes
By Rachel Ramirez, CNN (CNN) — The largest dam removal project in US history is finally complete, after crews last week demolished the last of…
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Disease-carrying Aedes aegypti mosquitoes confirmed in Jackson County, first of species found in Oregon
PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) – The Oregon Health Authority, Jackson County Vector Control and Jackson County Public Health Division have confirmed the…
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Federal grant supports Oregon tribal youth conservation training program
By Eric Tegethoff, Oregon News Service PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) – Federal grant money is supporting an Oregon organization rehabilitating the land and…
Continue ReadingBoeing’s next big problem could be a strike by 32,000 workers
By Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — Boeing has experienced all manner of bad news in the last six years, and almost nothing but problems.…
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Oregon election officials join local, state and federal partners in 7th annual Tabletop the Vote exercise
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — This past week, more than 50 representatives from a cross-section of government — local, state, federal, and law enforcement…
Continue Reading 3 dead after small plane crashes into row of townhouses in Oregon, TV station reports
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Three people were dead after a small plane crashed into a row of townhouses Saturday morning in a neighborhood east of…
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OSP K-9 team seizes more than 100 pounds of crystal meth, 11 pounds of suspected fentanyl in I-5 traffic stop; 2 arrests
ALBANY, Ore. (KTVZ) — An Oregon State Police K-9 team seized more than 100 pounds of crystal meth and 11 pounds of suspected fentanyl in a traffic…
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Oregon ban on hard-to-trace ghost guns goes into effect Sunday
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — So-called ghost guns, privately made firearms that don’t have serial numbers and are largely untraceable, will be…
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Oregon law rolling back drug decriminalization set to take effect and make possession a crime again
Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s first-in-the-nation experiment with drug decriminalization is coming to an end Sunday, when…
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‘Most people are frustrated:’ CO gun range and firearm shop react with concern to Oregon’s new ban on ‘ghost guns’
The Oregon Department of Justice is reminding Oregonians that the state’s new ban on “ghost guns” goes into effect on Sunday noting, “Ghost…
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Oregon reports making progress in diversifying educator workforce
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Educator Advancement Council, on behalf of and in partnership with the Oregon Department of Education), Oregon Teachers…
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Cyberattack complicates travel at Seattle airport with holiday weekend approaching
CNN By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — As the upcoming Labor Day holiday weekend is expected to send a record number of travelers to the skies, a…
Continue ReadingIdaho murder suspect wants trial moved after survey results say town will ‘burn the courthouse down’ if he’s acquitted
By Jean Casarez, Zoe Sottile and Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — Lawyers for Bryan Kohberger, the man accused of killing four University of Idaho…
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Hillsboro man sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for his role in Beaverton woman’s fentanyl overdose death
PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) —A Washington County man was sentenced to more than 10 years in federal prison Wednesday for distributing counterfeit pills…
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Crater Lake National Park’s North Entrance Road to reopen temporarily for Labor Day weekend visitors
CRATER LAKE NATIONAL PARK, Ore. (KTVZ) — Crater Lake National Park will temporarily open the North Entrance Road for two-way travel beginning 7 a.m.…
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