Board of Health opts against new school vaccine requirement
SEATTLE (AP) — The Washington state Board of Health has decided that COVID-19 vaccines will not be required for students to attend K-12 schools…
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April storms improve 2022 Pacific NW water outlook, but drought remains
Climatologists say rare April snow, along with rain sweeping across the Pacific Northwest this week could increase water supplies, slow snowmelt and…
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Oregon’s jobless rate falls to 3.8% in March, lowest since pandemic hit 2 years ago
Oregon’s unemployment rate dropped to 3.8% in March, down from 4.0% in February, continuing its rapid decline of recent months, the state…
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Three names engraved at Oregon’s Fallen Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Wall
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — An Honor Guard was present to stand watch during an engraving ceremony Monday at the Department of Public Safety Standards and…
Continue Reading‘Wrong’: Dem candidates blast PAC influence in new district
By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The battle over who represents Oregon’s new congressional district has become heated as six…
Continue ReadingIdaho judge rules Lori Vallow is mentally fit to stand trial on charges related to the deaths of her two children
By Jenn Selva, Andy Rose and Susannah Cullinane, CNN An Idaho judge ruled Monday that Lori Vallow is mentally fit to stand trial on charges related…
Continue Reading Farms, fish on dry California-Oregon border to see scant water this summer
Farms that rely on irrigation from a depleted, federally managed lake on the California-Oregon border, along with a Native American tribe fighting…
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Portland sees first measurable April snow in known history; storm shuts I-84 in NE Oregon
Portland received its first measurable April snowfall in recorded history on Monday as a spring storm brought rare late-season snow elsewhere and…
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OSU research helps provide scientific framework for psilocybin use in therapeutic settings
A new paper by an Oregon State University-led research team provides a scientific framework to help shape the rollout of a program in Oregon that…
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Search for missing Mount Hood snowboarder ends sadly with recovery of his body
The often risky air and ground search for a snowboarder missing on Mount Hood ended sadly with the discovery of his body, buried in avalanche debris,…
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OSU Board approves 3.5% tuition hike for returning undergrads, 4.5% for new students
The Oregon State University Board of Trustees on Friday approved tuition rates for the 2022-23 academic year, including a 3.5% increase for returning…
Continue ReadingShootings increase along Washington freeways
SEATTLE (AP) — The Washington State Patrol is warning drivers of an uptick in freeway shootings, attributing the trend to a general increase in gun…
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Lincoln City beach walker discovers man’s body partially buried in sand
Someone walking on the beach at Lincoln City found what authorities learned was a man’s body partially buried in the send near the base of a cliff…
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2 bodies found in rubble of Springfield commercial fire
The bodies of two people were found during an investigation into a large commercial fire on Springfield’s Main Street early Friday morning, police…
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Idaho Supreme Court temporarily blocks new abortion law
The Idaho Supreme Court on Friday temporarily blocked a new state law that would ban abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy and allow the law…
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Two Oregon congressmen test positive for COVID-19
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Two Oregon congressmen have tested positive for…
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OSU study: Oregonians perceive greater risk than benefit from natural gas export operations
CORVALLIS, Ore. — When presented with proposed natural gas export operations in the state, Oregonians are more likely to perceive the environmental…
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Oregon AG sues COVID-19 testing centers operator, alleges ‘shoddy tests,’ deceptive marketing
Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum sued the Center for Covid Control and its COVID-19 testing partner, Doctors Clinical Laboratory, on Thursday…
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Oregon faces major public defender crisis, case dismissals
Oregon Supreme Court Chief Justice Martha Walters has sent a letter to Gov. Kate Brown and legislative leaders asking for a summit to address a…
Continue ReadingAntigovernment activist Bundy sentenced to 10 days in jail
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho gubernatorial candidate and antigovernment activist Ammon Bundy has been fined $3,000 and sentenced to 10 days in jail…
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