4J School District implements official policy to enforce cellphone ban

EUGENE, Ore. — The 4-J School District has implemented an official policy regarding the statewide cellphone ban in schools, following Gov. Tina Kotek's executive order. All Oregon school policies are due by next Friday. Starting Jan. 1, students...

Religious Institutions Update: October 2025

Free Exercise Unemployment Compensation Tax Exemption Unconstitutionally Applied In Catholic Charities Bureau, Inc. v. Wis. Labor & Indus. Rev. Comm'n, 145 S.Ct. 1583 (2025), the Wisconsin Labor and Industry Review Commission determined that...

Court overturns block on Trump’s plan to send Oregon National Guard to Portland

A federal appeals court ruled Oct. 20 that President Donald Trump can deploy the Oregon National Guard to Portland, lifting an injunction that had blocked the move. In a 2-1 decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit overturned U.S....

Oregon notifies over 750,000 SNAP recipients of no November food benefits, if government shutdown continues

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon Department of Human Services is notifying about 757,000 Oregonians who receive food assistance through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) that they won't receive new benefits after October 31 due to...

Eckstein Scholarship Fund receives $15,000 in donations to support Central Oregon trades students

PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ)-- The legacy of Jake and Josh Eckstein continues to shine in Crook County and beyond, as the community came together once again to honor the brothers’ memory through education and opportunity. Jake and Josh Eckstein were...

ICE Arrests 100 Illegal Aliens in Idaho at Horse Race Event

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a statement regarding a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raid at a horse race event in Idaho over the weekend, which resulted in more than 100 illegal aliens being arrested. DHS...

US Marshal and undocumented immigrant shot during ICE stop in LA

A man was shot in the elbow, and a deputy U.S. Marshal was hit in the hand by a ricochet bullet during an immigration enforcement operation in Los Angeles on the morning of Oct. 21, the Department of Homeland Security said. The shooting occurred...

Former Oregon Mayor Marge Brown remembered as trailblazer, teacher, devoted public servant

Brown died of heart failure on Sunday at 88 years old. OREGON, Ohio — The Oregon community is remembering a woman whose life was defined by service, as former Mayor Marge Brown died of heart failure over the weekend at the age of 88. Her children,...

Heart of Oregon Corps launches sprint to raise final funding for Youth Workforce Development Campus in Redmond

REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Heart of Oregon Corps kicked off a major fourth-quarter sprint Tuesday to raise the final $1.67 million needed to build Central Oregon’s first Youth Workforce Development Campus in Redmond. The organization’s leadership,...

Want a say in Oregon's natural disaster budget?

Oregonians may soon have greater input in how the next statewide budget seeks to mitigate natural disasters. Gov. Tina Kotek on Wednesday, along with Oregon State University's Oregon Climate Change Research Institute and the University of Oregon's...

NFL Fashion Watch: Nike Is About To Release An NFL Air Max 90 Rivals Pack Featuring Eight Divisional Rivals

There’s so much really cool stuff about to happen right now in the world of sneakers and kicks, and, per usual, The Swoosh is leading the way at pushing the culture forward. I’m completely stoked on that University of Oregon x Grateful Dead collab...

Riverview Center for Growth ranks third in Oregon’s top nonprofits to work for

SPRINGFIELD — Riverview Center for Growth has been named No. 3 on Oregon Business’s 100 Best Nonprofits to Work For in Oregon, marking its highest ranking yet in the statewide survey. Over the past three years, Riverview has steadily climbed from...

EXCLUSIVE: ICE arrests 'worst of the worst' illegal immigrants convicted of sex crimes against children

"These barbaric monsters who committed these crimes against innocent children should NEVER have been in our country in the first place." US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents on Monday arrested illegal immigrants throughout the...

ICE arrests 51 criminal illegal immigrants in Portland amid ongoing Antifa-linked protests

The operation targeted illegal migrants with extensive criminal histories, such as sexual assault, child abuse, domestic violence, drug trafficking, and manslaughter. Federal immigration authorities arrested 51 illegal immigrants during a joint...

Oregon to spend more on free health care for undocumented immigrants than on state police, budget reveals

Oregon to spend more on free health care for undocumented immigrants than on state police, budget reveals Oregon plans to spend $1.5?billion from 2025 to 2027 on its Healthier Oregon Program (HOP), which provides health care for all residents...

Judge likely to block federal cuts to inclusive sex education funding

A federal judge in Oregon said she’s leaning toward blocking the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services from pulling funding for sex education that includes references to diverse gender identities. At one point during a hearing Monday, U.S....

Humongous pumpkin ‘boat’ race features costumes, captains and a world record-breaking sailor

Give them pumpkin to talk about. Gourds and ghouls gathered in Tualatin, Oregon, for the 21st annual West Coast Giant Pumpkin Regatta to watch competitors turn huge pumpkins into hollowed-out floating boats. The event has been drawing large crowds...

How This Oregon Music Festival Has Helped Plant Hundreds of Trees & Protect Acres of Rainforest

Seemingly small initiatives can make a big impact when it comes to making festivals greener — a point Oregon’s Cascade Equinox Festival is demonstrating with its ongoing sustainability program. The festival’s third edition happened Sep. 19-21 in...

Court Clears Trump to Deploy Oregon Guard in ICE Facility Unrest

A federal appeals court on Monday cleared President Donald Trump to for now send Oregon National Guard troops to Portland, lifting a previous lower court ruling that barred him from doing so following that blocked the move after months of violence...

Pennsylvania diocese pays for clergy abuse survivor’s psychedelic mushroom ‘therapy’

Chuck Lovett, who was sexually abused by Father Francis McCaa in Pennsylvania four decades ago, asked the Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown to cover psilocybin therapy as a way for him to deal with his trauma. The diocese had given Lovett $10,000 for...