Oregon-Northwest
Environmental groups oppose pipeline expansion in Pacific NW
By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The U.S. government has taken a step toward approving the expansion of a natural gas pipeline…
Continue Reading4 die outside Seattle after Alaska company’s plane crashes
SNOHOMISH, Wash. (AP) — Four people were killed in a fiery plane crash Friday morning northeast of Seattle, authorities said Saturday. The…
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OSP trooper’s I-5 traffic stop leads to car search, discovery of 12 lbs. of suspected fentanyl pills
An Oregon State Police trooper’s late-night traffic stop on Interstate 5 south of Albany turned into a drug bust and seizure of about 12 pounds of…
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Bentz attacks FERC’s ‘disappointing and outrageous’ decision to remove 4 Klamath River dams
Reps. Cliff Bentz (OR-02) Doug LaMalfa (CA-01) released a statement Friday sharply critical of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s decision…
Continue ReadingUniversity of Idaho students were ‘likely asleep’ before being attacked, police say as search for answers intensifies
By Aya Elamroussi and Veronica Miracle, CNN The four University of Idaho students who were found stabbed multiple times in their off-campus home were…
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Amid sharp rise in hospitalized children, Mosaic Medical pediatrician, OHA offer advice for safer holidays
An increase in severe respiratory infections this season is putting pressure on Oregon’s already-strained hospitals as the holidays approach. But…
Continue ReadingWashington bans fish-farming net pens, citing salmon threat
SEATTLE (AP) — Washington banned fish-farming with net pens in state waters on Friday, citing danger to struggling native salmon. Public Lands…
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Escaped burn piles, east winds spark several wildfires on Oregon coast, evacuation of 4 homes
Several fires on state and private industrial forestland in Clatsop County, resulting from escaped burn piles and driven by east winds, have resulted…
Continue ReadingThey were ‘amazing people and were loved so much’: Here’s what we know about the University of Idaho victims
By Christina Zdanowicz, Sara Smart and Eric Levenson, CNN A suspect has been taken into custody in connection with the investigation into the…
Continue ReadingCoroner: Idaho students were stabbed to death in their beds
By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS Associated Press SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Four University of Idaho students who were found dead in a rental house near campus…
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Jefferson County sheriff won’t enforce Measure 114; Deschutes, Crook County sheriffs say it would be low priority
Oregon voters have narrowly passed measures that would strengthen gun laws and mandate health care as a human right, The Associated Press reported…
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Oregon Dept. of Education releases Statewide Report Card
The 2021-22 edition of the Oregon Statewide Report Card is now available on the Oregon Department of Education website. This annual snapshot of…
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‘Momentous:’ US advances largest dam demolition in history
By GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — U.S. regulators approved a plan Thursday to demolish four dams on a California river and…
Continue ReadingHomelessness: Oregon’s next governor focuses on vexing issue
By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Signs of the housing crisis in Oregon are widespread: cluttered tent encampments in city…
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Retired Salem truck driver, 82, is Oregon’s latest Powerball millionaire
When a retired truck driver purchased $10 in Powerball tickets on a whim during the record jackpot run-up, little did he know he would be one…
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OSP details gun-purchase background check process, works to clear recent backlog amid Measure 114
Oregon State Police said Wednesday they are “aware that the public has many questions regarding Ballot Measure 114” and its impact on gun purchases…
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Oregon’s jobless rate rises to 4.1%, highest level since January
Oregon’s unemployment rate rose to 4.1% in October from 3.8% in September and was above the recent low of 3.5% reached in May, June and July, the…
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Wyden, colleagues introduce bill to safeguard veterans filing benefit claims
WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., joined colleagues from both parties Tuesday to introduce legislation that would hold unaccredited…
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Oregon doctors, nurses urge Oregonians to be vigilant against RSV, other illnesses
Across the state, hospitals are seeing a serious surge in cases of respiratory syncytial virus, also known as RSV.…
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