Regional

Grants Pass, Ore. – Southern Oregon is breathing a little easier these days, but some businesses around the region are now looking at their bottom lines to see the impact from fire season. Some say the smoke in the valley this summer …

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KCRA) – Pacific Gas and Electric Company has power off Sunday night for several California counties in the Sierra Foothills and the North Bay. The company announced it would turn the power off in parts of 12 counties, affecting roughly …

SEATTLE, Wash. – Paul Allen, who co-founded the now-massive software company Microsoft with Bill Gates, has died. Allen beat non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in 2009. However, it recently returned. He died on October 15 from complications related to the disease. He was 65 years …

Ashland, Ore. – Democrat Jeff Golden and Republican Jessica Gomez shared their thoughts and platforms with the public tonight at a forum on SOU’s campus. Golden’s a former Jackson County Commissioner, and radio personality. Gomez is running for her first public office …

Update (10/11/18 4:54 p.m.) – A body found on Mount Hood has been identified as missing hiker David Yagmourian. ——————————- Original Story: MOUNT HOOD, Ore. (KGW) – The search continues in the air and on the ground for a missing hiker on …

Update (10/11/18 12:00 p.m.) – Avista customers who use natural gas no longer need to curtail their usage. Following a pipeline explosion in British Columbia, Avista Utilities asked customers to conserve natural gas. Now, they’re being told usage can return to normal. …

MT. HOOD, Ore. (KGW) – A search and rescue operation is underway for a hiker last seen Monday on Oregon’s Mount Hood. David Yaghmourian of Phoenix, Arizona, was hiking the Timberline Trail with a friend when he became tired and stopped to …

PORTLAND, Ore. (KGW) – A Portland, Oregon woman has been charged after authorities say her gun went off inside an elementary school cafeteria. 27-year-old Antoinette Riley has been charged with one count of possession of a firearm in a public building. Investigators …

OREGON CITY, Ore. – A venomous spider species, believed to originate in Africa, has been found in Oregon. A brown widow spider was discovered at a property in Oregon City last month, the Oregon Department of Agriculture said. This is the first …

Medford, Ore. – In Thursday night’s only southern Oregon gubernatorial debate, the candidates – Governor Kate Brown and State Representative Knute Buehler – discussed a wide variety of topics ranging from the wildfires in southern Oregon to the health and wellness of …