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Home Energy Spotlight: How home energy audits help lower your monthly bills
To save energy and money at home, experts recommend starting with weatherization improvements like adding insulation, and sealing places where air can enter and escape. After weatherizing, the best next step to save energy and money at home is to schedule a professional home energy audit. Fortunately, Energy Trust incentives and new federal tax credits are available to make these audits possible and offset the costs for those eligible. A home energy audit is essentially a checkup for your house. An energy auditor will inspect...
Measure 110 evolution and impact in the Rogue Valley
Decriminalizing drug addiction was the original purpose of Measure 110 when voters put it on the ballot in 2020. The state legislature revised Measure 110 earlier this year and gave offenders a choice of jail or treatment for addiction. State Representative Pam Marsh and Dr. Kerri Hecox join the JX...
Going above and beyond: Westview HS staff bring orientation to all incoming freshman
BEAVERTON, Ore. (KPTV) - Back-to-school can be an especially stressful time for students making the transition from middle school to high school. One high school in Beaverton is going above and beyond to help make that first day a little easier. Instead of freshman orientation day at Westview High School,...
Nearly $500K in Legos, videos, toys found in search of Salem home
A Salem man was arrested this month in connection with an organized retail theft investigation that recovered nearly $500,000 in stolen property, the Marion County Sheriff's Office said. Detectives executed a search warrant of the man's residence after several months investigating a suspected fencing operation there. ...
Beaverton students welcome first-day-of-school excitement, jitters on new bell schedule
BEAVERTON, Ore. — Monday meant back-to-school for students in the Beaverton School District. Not all of them, though - some will be headed back on Tuesday. But either way, they're in for some changes from last year. For one, most of them will be showing up for classes at...
Evanson: There's a lot pressure being put on this year's Oregon Ducks, are they up for it?
How much pressure is too much pressure? And can the weight of expectations sink a season before it even starts? Two questions I can’t help but ask myself as heavy-hitting prognosticators continue heaping on the 2024 Oregon Ducks football team. Since Oregon fell painfully short of last year’s College Football Playoff, through the spring transfer portal and more recently this summer, pundits have been inching toward the Ducks’ bandwagon, and...
UNSEASONABLY HOT WEATHER LATER THIS WEEK
Unseasonably hot weather is expected later this week in southern Oregon, pushing the mercury to the triple digits in some locations. Forecasters at the National Weather Service said Thursday through Saturday will bring highs in the mid-90s to the Roseburg area. Medford and Grants Pass could have high temperatures of 100 degrees for the three-day period. Highs will cool by several degrees on Sunday, before dropping to the 80s starting on Labor Day.
Late-night blaze engulfs Springfield home, resident and pet escape unharmed
SPRINGFIELD, Ore. — Fire crews responded to a house fire in east Springfield late on Monday night, Eugene Springfield Fire shared on Tuesday. On August 26, 2024, at approximately 10:50 crews were alerted to the fire in the 100 block of 51st Street. Callers were reporting a fire in the back yard of the property, extending to the deck.
Featured Producer of the Month: DJ Anonymous (Andrew Rosenthal)
Anyone associated with KEPW will at one time or another run into one of our elder statesmen, Andrew, when he comes to the station to hang out, or bring dolmas to potlucks, and generally cultivate his trademark persona, complemented by his dry sense of humor, and knowledge of jazz. We...
Ems Hit Bottom; Football Starts
The Tri-City Dust Devils were determined no to end their season at the bottom of the pile. To do that they still have to win a lion’s share of their remaining games, but over the weekend they inched up while putting the Eugene Emeralds on the bottom. Last night in Pasco the Ems fell for the 4th straight game 4-1. The Ems managed 4 hits on the night but couldn’t muster enough to cross more than one across home plate. The Ems are now 1 game behind the Dust Devils and 11 games out of first place. They face the Everett Aqua Sox beginning tomorrow.
College football preseason rankings: New QB, new conference, no problem? No. 3 Oregon should be a contender
Welcome to the first year of the 12-team College Football Playoff. In anticipation of the first four-round postseason in college football history, we’re counting down our predicted playoff field as the season approaches. The top five conference champions in the CFP selection committee’s rankings will make the playoff and the rest of the field will be filled out by seven at-large teams. Who will lift the national championship trophy on Jan. 20 in Atlanta?
Staff trustee will hold virtual office hours in September
Officers of administration and classified staff can meet with their representative from the Board of Trustees at the University of Oregon over Zoom prior to the next quarterly board meeting. Lillian Moses, the nonfaculty staff member on the board, will have virtual office hours with officers of administration from 10:30...
Springfield Police K9 helps seize over 4-pounds of narcotics
SPRINGFIELD, Ore. — One police K9 is getting a howl of approval for his recent role in seizing nearly $20,000 worth of narcotics. The Springfield Police Department (SPD) is giving K9 Cash a pat on the back after he and his partner recently seized over 4 lbs. of narcotics before they hit the streets of Springfield.
Monday gorgeous in Oregon, summer returns Thursday
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — We have another gorgeous day on tap as we start the new week. Monday’s forecast calls for mostly sunny skies up and down the I-5 corridor with daytime highs reaching the mid 80s for the Willamette Valley and upper 60s for much of the coast.
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