Rare 7-foot fish washed ashore on Oregon’s coast garners worldwide attention
GEARHART, Ore. (AP) — A massive rare fish thought to only live in temperate waters in the southern hemisphere has washed up on Oregon’s…
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Hundreds of asylum-seekers are camped out near Seattle. There’s a vacant motel next door
By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press KENT, Wash. (AP) — Kabongo Kambila Ringo stood outside the tent where he has been staying with his pregnant wife…
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ODA, ODFW expand coastwide harvesting closures to include razor, bay clams due to record levels of marine biotoxin
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – All razor and bay clam harvesting is now closed along the entire Oregon coast due to historically high levels of the marine…
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Medicare, Medicaid officials put Oregon State Hospital in ‘immediate jeopardy’ status over needed hourly patient checks
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has placed Oregon State Hospital in immediate jeopardy status. Surveyors cited…
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Oregon Democrats spotlight new state laws taking effect on affordable housing, health, safety and more
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – Dozens of new laws passed during the 2024 legislative session with an effective date of “91 days after adjournment” went…
Continue Reading17-year-old student fatally shot in Seattle high school parking lot, authorities say
SEATTLE (AP) — A 17-year-old student was fatally shot in the parking lot of a Seattle high school during lunchtime Thursday, officials said.…
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Man pleads not guilty to killing 3 women and dumping their bodies in Oregon and Washington
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A man accused of killing three women last year in the Portland, Oregon, area and dumping their bodies has pleaded not guilty…
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Oregon launching Summer EBT food benefits program for school-aged children
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – Oregon Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer (Summer EBT) is a new food benefits program to help shrink the hunger gap when…
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Wyden, Wyoming GOP senator introduce legislation to support livestock grazing on federal lands
WASHINGTON (KTVZ) – Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) said Thursday they have introduced bipartisan legislation that would…
Continue ReadingCNN executive Rachel Smolkin named CEO of Oregon Public Broadcasting
By David Goldman, CNN (CNN) — Rachel Smolkin, a veteran media executive who leads CNN’s global digital news, is departing the network to…
Continue ReadingWashington man sentenced for 20 ‘swatting’ calls of false threats in US, Canada
TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — A Washington state man who made 20 false reports of bombs and shootings around the U.S. and in Canada, prompting real…
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FBI Portland Division warns of rise in scammers impersonating agents, others in government to get cash, gold
The FBI’s Portland Division warned Wednesday that it’s seen an increase in reports of scammers falsely representing themselves as FBI agents, or a…
Continue ReadingAmanda Knox’s slander conviction upheld in case related to Meredith Kercher’s murder
CNN By Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Florence, Italy (CNN) — An Italian court has upheld Amanda Knox’s final remaining conviction stemming from…
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University of Oregon apologizes for trash students left in and around California’s Shasta Lake
SHASTA LAKE, Calif. (KGW/KTVZ) — It was a messy Memorial Day weekend on a Northern California lake, and some University of Oregon students are…
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Oregon first in nation to use Medicaid dollars for air conditioners, power banks to protect against climate change
By Samantha Young for KFF Health News in collaboration with Eric Tegethoff, Oregon News Service PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon is shipping air…
Continue ReadingAsylum-seekers looking for shelter set up encampment in Seattle suburb
By LISA BAUMANN Associated Press BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — Asylum-seekers who have been looking for shelter in Washington state, mainly from Angola,…
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Rocky shores of Pacific Northwest show low resilience to changes in climate, OSU researchers say
CORVALLIS, Ore. – A 15-year period ending in 2020 that included a marine heat wave and a sea star wasting disease epidemic saw major changes in the…
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Man who escaped Oregon hospital while shackled and had to be rescued from muddy pond sentenced
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A man who escaped from Oregon’s state psychiatric hospital while fully shackled and was later found floundering in a muddy…
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New Oregon Health Authority data dashboard finds traumatic brain injuries are on the rise among all age groups
PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon Health Authority has published a new online, interactive data dashboard for tracking incidence of traumatic…
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Oregon gas prices down 6.6 cents/gallon in past week, off nearly 25 cents from a month ago, GasBuddy reports
PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Average gasoline prices in Oregon have fallen 6.6 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $4.20/gallon Monday,…
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