‘Have an ice day’: Otters chill out at Oregon Zoo

The river otter residents of the Oregon Zoo were seen rolling around and chowing down in a tub of ice.

Oregon woman found dead at Arizona campsite; suspect jailed

Authorities said Melisa Rose Wheeler was found dead at the campsite. Details about how she died weren’t immediately released.

Oregon: CDC investigating death of woman who developed rare blood clot after J&J vaccine

Oregon health officials said Thursday that federal officials are investigating the death of a woman in her 50s who developed a rare blood clot and low platelets within two weeks of receiving the Johnson & Johnson vaccine against COVID-19.

Riot declared in Portland when protesters smash windows, set fires after police kill man

Portland has been the site of frequent protests, many involving violent clashes between officers and demonstrators. The latest comes after police shot and killed a man Friday.

Portland man reunited with dog that was adopted out while he was in Auburn hospital

A Portland man has been reunited with his dog after a planned visit to a national park went awry and left him in the hospital and without his canine companion. 

4 people being monitored in Oregon for Ebola after returning to US from West Africa

Four people are being monitored by Oregon public health officials after potentially being exposed to Ebola while on a recent visit to Guinea and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), according to an Oregon Health Authority news release.

Rescue cat saves family by sniffing out gas leak in their home

Lilly, a rescue cat in Lake Oswego, Oregon, saved her owners when she sniffed out a dangerous gas leak at their home on Friday, according to local reports.

Oregon health workers vaccinate drivers while stranded by snow

Oregon health workers who got stuck in a snowstorm on their way back from a COVID-19 vaccination event went car to car injecting stranded drivers before several of the doses expired.

Report: Portland mayor pepper-sprayed man out of fear of safety, contracting COVID

Portland, Oregon, Mayor Ted Wheeler pepper-sprayed a man who confronted and videotaped him and a former mayor as they left a restaurant Sunday evening.

'There is no federal reserve': Governors say HHS made empty promise on more vaccine doses

State health officials who were expecting a big boost in coronavirus vaccine doses from the federal government next week will likely be disappointed: reports say the stockpile that Operation Warp Speed pledged to release this week does not exist.

Portland police declare riot as city’s unrest carries into new year

Once again, city police declared a riot as a gathering estimated to be about 100 people targeted a federal courthouse, FOX 12 of Oregon reported.

DNA links man to several Phoenix sexual assaults that happened in 2000, police say

Lance David Ray is being linked by police to several sexual assaults that happened in 2000 in Phoenix. He's lived in other parts of the US and police are looking for any additional victims.