An Oregon man who was convicted of a 1998 murder, but professed his innocence, walked free this week after a quarter-century behind bars. Jesse Johnson, 62, was convicted of murdering Harriet "Sunny" ...

SALEM, Ore. — Jesse Lee Johnson walked out of the Marion County Jail Tuesday evening. The 62-year-old had been behind bars for 25 years for a murder he denied committing. He was convicted and ...

SALEM, Ore. - In the predawn hours of March 20, 1998, a neighbor heard screams coming from the home in Salem of Harriet "Sunny" Thompson and then saw a white man run from the house, leaving Thompson ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Prescriptions for life-ending medications under Oregon's Death with Dignity Act (DWDA) increased between 2023 and 2024, while the number of deaths from these prescriptions ...

Gov. Tina Kotek ordered an external audit of the Department of Human Services' oversight of long-term care facilities following the preventable death of a woman with dementia. (Michael Romanos/Oregon ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon Health Authority has released its 26 th annual report on the Oregon Death with Dignity Act, which shows an almost 30% increase in the number of prescriptions written for ...

The identities of all victims have yet to be released. State medical examiners will provide more information as it becomes available – likely in several weeks or months. “Further tests and ...

Oregon authorities on Monday confirmed a second death following a fatal waterfall accident as search and rescue operations continued for the one person who remains missing. Search and rescue divers ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A World War II soldier from Oregon who was missing for over 80 years was officially laid to rest in a memorial service in Hillsboro Friday afternoon. With full military honors ...

A study by the Oregon Health Authority found reassuring evidence that a complication of the COVID-19 vaccine — myocarditis — was not associated with cardiac deaths among previously healthy young ...