BLM seeking public comment for Southeastern Oregon lithium-drilling project
Update: Adding video VALE, Ore. (KTVZ) — On Monday, March 31st, the public comment period for a lithium-drilling project in Vale, Oregon (Malheur…
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Congressman Cliff Bentz discusses key issues impacting Central and Eastern Oregon
WASHINGTON (KTVZ) – In an interview with KTVZ, U.S. Congressman Cliff Bentz (R-Oregon) discussed a range of critical issues affecting Oregon and the…
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Oregon Health Authority: Termination of $117 million in COVID-area federal grants will have immediate impacts
PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Substance…
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Death with Dignity: Oregon’s aid-in-dying deaths fall while prescriptions rise, new state report shows
PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Prescriptions for life-ending medications under Oregon’s Death with Dignity Act increased last year, while the number of…
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Oregon Employment Department finds errors in 12,000 jobless benefit 1099-G tax forms, issuing corrected ones
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon Employment Department said Thursday it identified errors with some 1099-G tax forms it issued in January regarding…
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Oregon attorney general urges consumers to check eligibility for compensation for inflated generic drug prices
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield is urging consumers to check their eligibility for compensation for certain generic drug…
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Surveyor at Oregon State Hospital finds conditions that pose ‘serious threat to patient health and safety’
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Joint Commission notified Oregon State Hospital Wednesday that it has identified a serious threat to patient health and…
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Oregon sends 11 more firefighters to help battle North Carolina wildfires, two from Central Oregon
(Update: Adding video) SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon Department of Forestry filled an order Wednesday to send 11 more firefighters to North…
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State emergency managers, ODOT urge safety, travel caution as severe weather threat moves into western Oregon
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — The National Weather Service says severe thunderstorms are expected across parts of the Pacific Northwest this afternoon…
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Oregon Senate passes bill for permanent standard time … or possibly permanent daylight saving time
The Oregon Legislature is once again flirting with the idea of getting rid of the twice-annual switching of the…
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Oregon’s jobless rate edges upward to 4.5%, the highest level in nearly four years
Oregon’s unemployment rate was 4.5% in February and 4.4% in January, after rising gradually over the past year from 4.1% in February of 2024, the…
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Gov. Kotek seeks answers from state utility commission amid public outcry over fast-rising power bills
By Alex Baumhardt, Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek’s office has heard from thousands of Oregonians concerned…
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Kroger countersues rival Albertsons after demise of $25 billion merger
CINCINATTI (CNBC) — U.S. grocery chain Kroger countersued Albertsons on Tuesday, escalating a legal battle between the companies following the…
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Oregon Senate passes Broadman bill allowing hotel, rental guests to sue over videos, photos in private spaces
(Update: Adding Video) SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Guests in Oregon hotels and short-term vacation rentals will have the authority to sue innkeepers,…
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Fuel switch sends Bend gas prices up 7 cents a gallon, just as spring break drivers hit the road, AAA says
PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) – After a few quiet weeks at the pumps, gas prices are springing up, driven by the annual switch to summer-blend fuel, which…
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Oregon spring break boaters advised to exercise caution in the cold water – and not to get in over their heads
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — If you plan on heading to local waterways this spring break, be prepared for lots of floating debris, very swift currents due…
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Sisters man arrested suspected of burglary, multiple businesses damaged
(Update: Adding video) SISTERS, Ore. (KTVZ) – A 26-year-old Sisters man was arrested early Saturday morning after a series of reported break-ins at…
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State lawmakers to hold accountability hearings on Oregon Youth Authority issues; Republicans want immediate action
Deschutes County legislators are calling for accountability hearings looking into the Oregon Youth Authority following internal investigations into…
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Oregon Rep. Janelle Bynum introduces her first bill, directing Fed to examine tariffs’ impacts on inflation
WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Rep. Janelle Bynum (OR-05) along with Reps. Cleo Fields (LA-04) and Sam Liccardo (CA-16), introduced Monday the Protecting…
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U.S. Supreme Court declines to revive landmark climate suit brought by young Oregonians
The nation’s highest court declined Monday to hear a petition that would have revived a landmark climate change lawsuit against the federal…
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