Author: KGW Staff, Chris McGinness PORTLAND, Ore. (KGW) — Oregon surpassed an electric vehicle (EV) milestone over the summer, with 50,000 registered electric vehicles on the road, according to the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ). The state’s new goal is ...
Author: Pat Dooris, David Mann (KGW) PORTLAND, Ore. (KGW) — With less than two months until Election Day, the race for Oregon governor is looking closer than ever. Millions of dollars are pouring into the three-way race between Democrat Tina ...
Author: KGW Staff SALEM, Ore. (KGW) — Salem police said Wednesday night that a juvenile suspect was killed and an officer injured in an exchange of gunfire in a neighborhood on the east side of the city. According to the ...
SALEM, Ore. —A Salem-based Latinx immigrant rights organization is closing its doors after 27 years of service. Causa’s board of directors voted to begin the process of dissolving the organization. The decision comes after multiple years of fundraising difficulties, and ...
Author: Blair Best (KGW) SALEM, Ore. (KGW) — New micro-shelters are coming to Salem as part of a citywide effort to get people off the streets and into stable housing. The shelters are on city-owned property and give people a ...
EUGENE, Ore. – An Oregon State Hospital psychiatric patient who escaped during an approved outing is back in custody. Court records show that in 2004, Thaddeus Ziemlak was found guilty of murder except for insanity, so he was put into ...
Author: KGW Staff SALEM, Ore. (KGW) — A man was shot and killed by a Salem police officer on Monday night, the Salem Police Department (SPD) reported. According to police, two SPD officers were processing a stolen vehicle in a ...
SOUTHERN OREGON, —NBC5 News first told you last week, that Governor Brown signed a bill into law that aims to prevent police from pulling over drivers, for minor traffic violations. Law enforcement is weighing on what this will look like, ...
Author: KGW Staff SALEM, Ore. (KGW) — A driver crashed into a homeless camp in Salem and hit six people, four of whom died, Salem Police said. The crash happened around 2 a.m. Sunday in the area of Front Street ...
Author: Anthony Macuk (KGW), KGW Staff SALEM, Ore. (KGW) — Federal agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives seized more than 65 guns during raids on two houses in Salem in the past month, all connected to ...