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Oregon National Guard preparing for deployment to the Balkans
PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - The Oregon National Guard 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team (IBCT) began preparing to ship out to Fort Cavazos, Texas, and then the Balkans. A mobilization ceremony will be held at the Salem Armory Auditorium at 10 a.m. Friday, available for the public to watch here. The...
Red Cross can set up shelter within hours of a request, they prepare for months in the off-season
BOISE, Idaho — We've had weeks of wildfires scorching eastern Oregon and Idaho. Cities and towns have been under evacuation orders, ranchers have lost cattle, and others have lost their homes. "The paddock fire. It was threatening three different counties... wasn't just threatening... burning three different counties," Jennifer Bivert,...
Special Report: ‘Really stressful’: C.O. parents of children with special needs say new state aid program falls far short
Parents with children who have special medical needs are burdened with financial stress as lack of caregivers force them to be 24/7 care providers to their children, limiting their means to work a job. A new state program is trying to help, but has limitations. The post Special Report: ‘Really stressful’: C.O. parents of children with special needs say new state aid program falls far short appeared first on KTVZ.
Oregon sustainability pioneers push refillable glass bottles for beer and wine
Your browser does not support the audio element. When Matt Swihart started Double Mountain Brewery in Hood River, Oregon, in 2007, his vision was to sell beer in the most ecologically sustainable way possible: in reusable bottles, which would be returned, cleaned and refilled, to be sold again. He says it wasn’t a new idea at all — this was common for all kinds of beverages in the early 20th century. And it wasn’t even novel — in other countries, refillable beverage containers occupy a solid share of the market. Nevertheless the regional infrastructure didn’t exist, so the company started small and took its time. The game changed in 2018 when the Oregon Beverage Recycling Cooperative partnered with Double Mountain to help develop standard refillable glass beer bottles that any brewery in the state could use.
Leaders plan large inpatient mental health, addiction treatment center in the Columbia Gorge
In the Columbia River Gorge, Oregon leaders are planning a campus to provide residential mental health care, addiction treatment services and a drop-in center for police to bring people in crisis. Their work started in 2017 when Wasco County Sheriff Lane Magill gathered input from community and county leaders. Bit...
Man accused of threatening Oregon federal judge appears in court
A man accused of threatening in 2022 to kill a federal judge in Oregon and injure three Portland police officers pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges in a four-count indictment. Steven Dawayne Willis, 37, faces two counts of threatening to retaliate against a federal judge and two counts of mailing...
STRUCTURE PROTECTION EFFORTS WINDING DOWN ON THE DIXON FIRE
Structure protection efforts are winding down on the Dixon Fire, burning in the Days Creek and Tiller areas. An update said the Oregon State Fire Marshal has demobilized its personnel and task forces, which have been instrumental in protecting structures and local communities. The Oregon Department of Forestry incident management...
Backers of wildlife road passages eye 4 sites on Hwy 20 in Central Oregon
A group of 18 organizations say they are one step closer to building four wildlife passages or crossings over Highway 20 in Central Oregon. As the region’s human population boomed in the last decade, a 35-mile stretch of road between Suttle Lake and Bend had some of the highest rates of deer and elk vehicle collisions in the state from 2010 to 2016, according to the Oregon Department of Transportation.
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