Anthony Macuk

Portland

Digital Reporter and Producer at KGW-TV (Portland, OR)

Digital Reporter/Producer @KGWNews in Portland. Tweets deleted, find me at the same handle on the other site.

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Nicotine pouch tax emerges among legislative ideas for wildfire mitigation funding

1 week ago | kgw.com | Anthony Macuk

SALEM, Ore. — Oregon lawmakers have spent much of the current legislative session trying to come up with a new funding strategy to make sure the state is equipped to deal with progressively larger and more destructive wildfires, and the latest idea on the table is a new tax on the sale of "oral nicotine products" like nicotine pouches.
Weather Impact Alert: Thunderstorms Friday and continuing rain Saturday

1 week ago | kgw.com | Anthony Macuk |Rod Hill

PORTLAND, Ore. — KGW has issued a Weather Impact Alert for Friday and Saturday due to expected storms on the first day, followed by steady rain in the Portland metro area and Willamette Valley on the second day. The two-day total rainfall for the valley is expected to average 0.5-1 inches.
Cyclist stuck and killed by MAX train in Southeast Portland

1 week ago | kgw.com | Anthony Macuk

PORTLAND, Ore. — A cyclist was struck and killed by a MAX train in Southeast Portland Wednesday afternoon. MAX Orange Line service is disrupted from the Lincoln/SW 3rd Ave to the Clinton/SE 12th Ave stations, with shuttle buses serving riders in between, according to TriMet. Riders should expect delays. Portland Fire & Rescue (PF&R) first reported at 1:43 p.m. that crews were responding to reports of a cyclist pinned under a light rail train.
Trial begins for former Trail Blazer Ben McLemore, accused of rape

1 week ago | kgw.com | Anthony Macuk

PORTLAND, Ore. — The trial of former Portland Trail Blazers guard Ben McLemore began Monday and moved into opening arguments Wednesday morning after two days of jury selection. McLemore is accused of raping and sexually assaulting a woman in Lake Oswego in 2021, while he was with the Blazers. He has denied the allegations. McLemore, 32, was indicted by a Clackamas County grand jury in February 2024 and arrested in April of that year.
Alder Springs Fire in Jefferson County prompts Level 3 evacuations

1 week ago | kgw.com | Anthony Macuk

SALEM, Ore. — A new wildfire that broke out Monday in Jefferson County is prompting Level 3 evacuations. The Alder Springs Fire began at midday and had grown to 1,500 acres by 5 p.m., according to a news release from the Oregon State Fire Marshal's office. The fire is burning in the Crooked River National Grasslands to the west of Crooked River Ranch, about 20 miles north of Bend.
JinJu Patisserie wins for Outstanding Bakery at the James Beard Award

1 week ago | kgw.com | Anthony Macuk

CHICAGO — JinJu Patisserie in Portland has become Oregon's first winner at the 2025 James Beard Awards, taking home the national award for Outstanding Bakery. The Portland shop opened in 2018 and was previously a finalist at the 2024 James Beard Awards. "I would like to dedicate this award to our Portland community," said co-owner Kyurim Lee, accepting the award alongside co-owner Jin Caldwell at the ceremony Monday evening in Chicago.
Here are the planned 'No Kings' protest locations around Portland

2 weeks ago | kgw.com | Anthony Macuk

PORTLAND, Ore. — Multiple anti-Trump rallies are planned around Portland on Saturday, part of a nationwide series of events under the title "No Kings," organized by many of the same activist groups that coordinated large-scale protests against President Donald Trump's administration on April 5, April 19 and May Day.
89 Job Corps staff to be laid off as Portland and Troutdale centers shut down

2 weeks ago | kgw.com | Anthony Macuk

PORTLAND, Ore. — Two U.S. Job Corps centers in the Portland metro area are set to close down, laying off a total of 89 staff, according to a pair of Oregon WARN notices filed Monday. The closures come about a week after the announcement of another impending facility closure in Astoria, which will include 168 layoffs. Job Corps is a federal workforce training program and support program aimed at low-income and at-risk youth between the ages of 16 and 24.
Highway 30 closed near St. Johns Bridge due to fatal crash

2 weeks ago | kgw.com | Anthony Macuk

PORTLAND, Ore. — One person died and another was seriously injured in a crash on Highway 30 in Portland on Monday evening. Highway 30, also called Northwest St. Helens Road, was closed at the intersection with Northwest Bridge Avenue on the north side of the St. Johns Bridge. In a post on X at 5:35 p.m., Portland Fire & Rescue (PF&R) said crews were responding to a crash at the west end of the St. Johns Bridge with two occupants trapped and in need of extrication.
Oregon lawmakers release full bill for statewide transportation package

2 weeks ago | kgw.com | Anthony Macuk

SALEM, Oregon — With just under three weeks left on Oregon's 2025 legislative calendar, one of the intended centerpieces of the session has finally arrived; lawmakers on Monday released the full bill for a proposed statewide transportation package, one which aims to address chronic budget crunches at the Oregon Department of Transportation by overhauling the way the state funds roads. The legislation is titled the Oregon Transportation Reinvestment Package (TRIP) and filed as House Bill 2025.