PORTLAND, Ore. (KGW) — New civil rights lawsuits filed this week bring the total number of claims against current and former staffers of the Oregon Youth Authority to six, KGW reported Friday. The suits were filed on behalf of people who were incarcerated in an OYA facility between 2018 and 2022. Four of the named
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AP Airlines Writer A labor strike at Boeing showed no signs of ending Friday, as the walkout by 33,000 union machinists entered its eighth day and the company started rolling furloughs of nonunion employees to conserve cash. Federal mediators joined talks between Boeing and the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers this week, but
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MEDFORD, Ore. (KTVZ) —Three Oregon men were sentenced to five years to more than seven years in federal prison Thursday for distributing fentanyl that caused the overdose death of a Medford teenager, prosecutors said. Hunter Fenstermaker, 23, a Medford resident, was sentenced to 60 months in federal prison and six years’ supervised release; Napoleon Gomez,
Continue ReadingBy Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Three Mile Island, the site of worst nuclear disaster in the United States, is reopening and will exclusively sell the power to Microsoft as the company searches for energy sources to fuel its AI ambitions. Constellation Energy announced Friday that its Unit 1 reactor, which closed five
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — As the 2024-2025 respiratory virus season gets under way, statewide infectious disease experts urge everyone in Oregon to Risk Less. Do More. in alignment with a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services national vaccination campaign. Risk Less. Do More. aims to increase awareness of vaccines that reduce serious illness from influenza, COVID-19 and
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Hackers are demanding $6 million in bitcoin from the operator of the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport for documents they stole during a cyberattack last month and posted on the dark web this week, an airport official said Wednesday. The Port of Seattle, which owns and runs the airport, has decided not to pay,
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SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek is using a new land use law to propose a rural area for a semiconductor facility, as officials seek to lure more of the multibillion-dollar semiconductor industry to the state. Kotek has proposed expanding the city boundaries of Hillsboro, a suburb west of Portland that’s home to
Continue ReadingBy Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — Nike, struggling from rising competition and its own strategy mistakes, is making a major shakeup. The athletic giant announced Thursday that CEO John Donahoe will retire next month and will be replaced by Elliott Hill, a veteran former Nike executive. Nike’s stock rose 9% during after-hours trading
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Tens of thousands of Oregonians are expected to see savings next year when prescription drug costs are capped, according to a new report from AARP.
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CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – Researchers at Oregon State University are poised to use saliva to make a personalized-medicine breakthrough for people with epilepsy, thanks to a four-year, $1.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health. The OSU team had already demonstrated a sensor system, based on microfluidics, for quickly analyzing the level of anti-seizure medicine
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon Health Authority released an updated interactive dashboard this month that shows how much commercial insurance companies paid Oregon hospitals for common procedures in 2022. This dashboard also shows how those payments differ within and among hospitals in Oregon. OHA Director Dr. Sejal Hathi said, “Transparency is important to everyone involved in
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(Update: OSP confirms driver stopped for speeding) EUGENE, Ore. (KTVZ) – An Oregon State Police trooper’s traffic stop of a speeding driver on Interstate 5 in Lane County last week turned up nearly 4 ½ pounds (2 kilograms) of powdered fentanyl, but the driver ran across the freeway into a wooded area and eluded capture.
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In August, Oregon’s seasonally adjusted nonfarm payroll employment gained 1,500 jobs, following a revised increase of 6,800 jobs in July. August’s gains were largest in private educational services (+2,000 jobs) and health care and social assistance (+1,200). Declines in August were largest in leisure and hospitality (-1,700 jobs) and government (-800). Health care and social assistance expanded rapidly, adding 1,200 jobs in August
Continue Reading PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — A Portland man was sentenced to nearly six years in federal prison Tuesday for breaking into a pawn shop and stealing 47 guns from the federal firearm licensee, federal prosecutors said. Kory Dean Boyd, 39, was sentenced to 57 months in federal prison and three years’ supervised release. According to court
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore and Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN New York (CNN) — Boeing is temporarily furloughing executives and other nonunion workers to save cash during the strike by 33,000 members of the International Association of Machinists, CEO Kelly Ortberg told employees in an email Wednesday. The furloughed employees will keep their benefits and they will be
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AP Basketball Writer The WNBA is headed back to Portland, with Oregon’s biggest city getting an expansion team that will begin play in 2026. The team will be owned and operated by Raj Sports, led by Lisa Bhathal Merage and Alex Bhathal, who also own the Portland Thorns of the National Women’s Soccer League. They
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The Biden administration is letting Alaska Airlines complete its $1 billion purchase of Hawaiian Airlines after the carriers agreed to certain conditions, including maintaining maintain current service on routes between Hawaii and the mainland U.S. where they don’t have much competition. Transportation Department officials said Tuesday that no obstacles remain to the airlines closing their
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CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – Oregon State University’s Global Hemp Innovation Center will receive $5.5 million from the U.S. Department of Agriculture over the next five years to research new food, beverage and biobased industrial product uses of industrial hemp. With the funding, researchers from Oregon State and the U.SDA’s Agricultural Research Service will develop customized hemp
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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) – Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) launched an effort Tuesday to end the Prohibition-era ban that prevents the U.S. Postal Service from shipping alcoholic beverages to consumers. Currently, private shipping companies like FedEx can ship alcohol, but the USPS cannot. The Senators’ USPS Shipping Equity Act allows USPS to ship alcoholic beverages
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Associated Press Writers PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The federal government urged a U.S. District Court judge on Tuesday to temporarily prevent a proposed merger between Kroger and Albertsons, saying in closing arguments the combination would “almost certainly” benefit shareholders and not everyday shoppers. Lawyers for the Federal Trade Commission and for the supermarket chains gave
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