Oregon-Northwest Archives

OSU discoverer of blue pigment makes key design advance

December 16, 2019 10:11 am Barney Lerten

An Oregon State University chemistry researcher who made history a decade ago with the accidental discovery of the first new blue inorganic pigment…

Theft of Christmas trees from Wash. farm leads to arrest

December 15, 2019 2:47 pm The Associated Press

Authorities in Washington state are calling a Christmas tree thief a real-life Grinch after arresting a man they say stole dozens of evergreens from…

Spokane council to vote on noise-emitting devices to deter loiterers

December 15, 2019 1:31 pm The Associated Press

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — The Spokane City Council will vote Monday on a law that would ban devices that emit a disruptive sound to discourage loiterers…

DA won’t file charges against Salem pipeline protesters

December 14, 2019 12:02 am The Associated Press

Protesters who were arrested during a sit-in at the Oregon governor’s office last month will not be charged with trespassing.…

Oregon closes entire coast to clamming due to marine biotoxin

December 13, 2019 3:23 pm KTVZ News Partners

Two Oregon agencies announced Friday that the entire coast is closed for commercial and recreational razor clamming due to elevated levels of the…

Merkley intros bill to halt ‘predatory’ unsolicited loans

December 13, 2019 3:38 pm KTVZ News Partners

Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR), two colleagues have introduced legislation that would mirror an existing ban on mailing ‘live’ credit cards by halting…

Man found guilty in shooting of Salem police officer

December 13, 2019 9:09 am The Associated Press

A Salem man has been found guilty of shooting a veteran Salem police officer four times during a nighttime traffic stop on April…

Hillsboro man shot, killed at light-rail station

December 12, 2019 8:54 am The Associated Press

Authorities say a 21-year-old Hillsboro man died at a hospital Wednesday night after being shot at a MAX light rail station parking lot in the suburb…

Jury awards $18M to parents of man killed by bus in S. Oregon

December 12, 2019 3:45 pm The Associated Press

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A jury in Dallas, Texas, has awarded $20 million in damages following the death of a Seattle man killed in 2017 by a…

PhRMA files suit against new Oregon prescription drug laws

December 12, 2019 8:47 am The Associated Press

A drug company trade group has filed a legal challenge to new Oregon laws designed to curb prescription prices.…

Report outlines sexual abuse at Portland private school

December 12, 2019 9:06 am Barney Lerten

A report says at least nine former teachers and other staffers at a private school in Portland sexually abused, groped or had sex with students in…

OSU study: Antibiotics often prescribed without documented reason

December 11, 2019 9:33 pm KTVZ News Partners

A study of outpatient visits to health care providers in the U.S. during a one-year period suggests 18 percent of antibiotic prescriptions were…

Oregon cyclists ‘stop as yield’ rule change begins Jan. 1

December 11, 2019 11:28 am KTVZ News Partners

On Jan. 1, new rules go into effect in Oregon that will allow bicyclists to yield at stop signs or flashing red beacons, instead of stopping…

Wyden intros bill to aid youth aging out of foster care

December 11, 2019 2:48 pm KTVZ News Partners

Sens. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) introduced Wednesday legislation to improve services for older youth aging out of the foster…

Senate Democrats blast ‘GOP betrayal of working families’

December 11, 2019 2:31 pm KTVZ News Partners

Wyden: Trump, Republicans ‘broke every promise to middle-class families’ Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Senate Democratic Leader…

New Oregon law to allow plate transfers from totaled, altered vehicles

December 11, 2019 1:24 pm KTVZ News Partners

If Oregon DMV receives notice that your car is totaled or substantially altered after Jan. 1, you will be able to keep the plates and registration on…