Annette Newell

Portland

Talk Show Host, News Anchor, Interviewer and Editor at Alpha Media USA

KXL, Alpha Media, Speaking Freely Host, CBS Contributor, KBOO PM News Anchor/Running on Air Election Host, Emmy, Murrow Awards, Stock Market Derby Champ

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Uproar in Salem about Avelo Airlines Deportation Flights

3 days ago | kxl.com | Annette Newell

SALEM, Ore.– Protesters with signs packed Salem City Council this week, as people lodged complaints about the airline serving the city. Teacher Julisa Rodriguez was among those calling for the city to cancel its contracts with Avelo Airlines, after the company’s C.E.O. defended its deal with the federal government to conduct deportation flights out of Arizona.
Concert to Help Rowena Fire Victims

5 days ago | kxl.com | Annette Newell

After the first destructive fire of the season in Oregon, people and groups in the Gorge are coming together, taking the first steps toward recovery. One of their first efforts involves using music to help the community heal from the Rowena Fire. This Friday, the C.J. Mickens Band will headline a summer concert to raise funds for emergency relief efforts, for families and individuals affected. Doors open at 5:30 PM at the Barge Way Club in the Dalles.
Oregon Senator Wyden Backing Federal Wildfire Prevention Bill

1 week ago | kxl.com | Annette Newell

PORTLAND, Ore.– Oregon U.S. Senator Ron Wyden is proposing new national legislation targeting wildfire prevention. Senator Wyden says he’s getting support from both Democrats and Republicans for his national Prescribed Fire Act of 2025. “This is the major science driven bipartisan approach to preventing fire. And my sponsor is Senator Budd of North Carolina.”It’s an effort to prevent another season like 2024 when wildfires burned 8.9 million acres, one of the highest totals ever.
Portland Budget Adoption Vote Tonight Will Be Historic

1 week ago | kxl.com | Annette Newell

PORTLAND, Ore. — Tonight at 6, they’re scheduled to meet and vote. It’ll probably sound similar to the preliminary vote:“Zimmerman. Aye. Avalos. Aye. Smith. Aye. Pirtle Guiney. Aye. Motion carries with 12 yes votes.”Once they finish that vote, no more amendments. Legally the budget’s set. This comes after months of a very different city budget process for the first time this year.
Fee Pause Could Help Bring New Homes to Portland

1 week ago | kxl.com | Annette Newell

Isaac Ambruso with the Oregon Home Building Association, told city councilors, “Since 2015, the City of Portland has declared a housing emergency six times. Yet, despite this housing production has steadily declined.
4 More Arrests Outside Portland I.C.E. Building

1 week ago | kxl.com | Annette Newell

It started out calmly, but at around 11 o’clock police say they witnessed people throwing objects at the I.C.E. building and personnel. So they moved in and made four arrests.
Rieke-Smith Appointed to Oregon State Legislature

2 weeks ago | kxl.com | Annette Newell

WASHINGTON COUNTY, Ore.– Washington, Clackamas and Yamhill County Commissioners held a special joint meeting, to decide on a new state representative. As Mitch Elliott reports, they chose Sue Rieke Smith from three candidates. Rieke-Smith told the commissioners her work as both a trauma nurse and a school superintendent for Tigard-Tualatin and Springfield School Districts, prepared her for the state legislature.
Birthright Citizenship Case has PNW Ties

3 weeks ago | kxl.com | Annette Newell

Ever since President Trump issued his executive order trying to nullify birthright citizenship, he said he was looking forward to the issue making it through the courts. “I am so happy. I think it, the case has been so misunderstood that case birthright citizenship is about slavery. That’s not about tourists coming in and touching a piece of sand and all of a sudden there’s citizenship,” he said.
PNW Congresswomen Visit NW Detention Center

3 weeks ago | kxl.com | Annette Newell

TACOMA, WA.–Oregon Congresswoman Maxine Dexter, and Washington Representatives Pramila Jayapal and Emily Randall say it’s their duty and right to conduct oversight. That’s why they showed up unannounced at the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma. “I just finished a tour of the facility, that is harboring the most heartbreaking stories,” said Dexter.
11 Injured in Salem Mass Stabbing

3 weeks ago | kxl.com | Annette Newell

SALEM, Ore.– 11 people are hospitalized with stab wounds, and police have arrested a man they connect to the crimes. It happened in and near a men’s homeless shelter in Salem Sunday night. It was a chaotic scene, as at about 7:15 P.M., Salem police rushed out to the city’s Union Gospel Mission men’s shelter, finding stabbed victims inside and out. An officer said on a call, reporting, ”Some victims outside as well.