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Before we get to our top story,
we have breaking news tonight.
Portland police are investigating
a shooting in North Portland.
PPB said two male juveniles were
found shot and heard at about
7:15 tonight on north Iris Way.
Their injuries were not life threatening
and no arrests have been made.
This is a developing story and we'll
update you when more information comes in.
Good evening on this Friday.
Thank you for joining us.
I'm Laurel Porter. This afternoon,
a line extended around the.
Block at a Portland business illegally
selling silybin, or magic mushrooms.
Although Oregon voters did
pass Measure 109 in 2020,
which allows for use of the
drug in certain settings,
it did not legalize retail sales.
Our Alma McCarty joins us now
with the latest Alma Laurel.
It's called Shroom house on the
corner of West Burnside and 16th.
Even before it officially opened,
it boasted sales of mushroom
supplements, including psilocybin.
In downtown Portland, News spread fast
this week about a particular business
selling a particular product. Signage
inside the store and a couple
months back outside the building
indicated one could buy Silybin.
Here at Shroom house,
the owner of the business
declined to speak on camera,
as did the customers lining up down
the street and around the block.
But here's the thing,
retail silybin sales aren't exactly legal.
When measure 109 passed in 2020,
voters approved the use of
psilocybin in a licensed facility
with a licensed facilitator.
This after a 2 year rule development period.
I still think a lot of people have
reached out thinking that this is a
dispensary model or that people will
be able to go in and purchase the
lecithin and take it with them off site.
We also know. That that's not a
part of of what ORS 4758 created,
ORS 475A being the specific
psilocybin regulation law.
Angie Albee leads the team
putting the rules in place.
She explains that work isn't done.
Oregon Psilocybin Services,
a part of the Oregon Health Authority,
has until December 31st to finalize
the systems and processes for
licensing and regulation of the
Silybin products and services.
OHA confirms there are no.
Licensed facilitators or service
centers at this time in the state.
When January 2nd rolls around,
they'll start accepting applications
for four types of licensure,
and even then it will take time to
get everything fully up and running.
You would need a licensed manufacturer to
cultivate or process solicitan products.
You would need a license testing
lab to test those products according
to our requirements and rule.
You would have to have been
a licensed service center to
sell that solar 7 product to.
And then you would have to have
licensed facilitators to be able
to provide solicitan services,
which includes a preparation session,
administration session and
integration session.
All be said, expect to see service
centers up and running around
the second quarter of next year.
As for Shroom house operating
outside the license system,
a spokesperson with OHA stated criminal
penalties are a law enforcement matter.
PPB told KGW today the narcotics
and organized crime Unit is
aware of the allegations.
Laurel. Well,
from that line today,
there's certainly a lot of interest.
Thank you, alma.
A federal judge heard arguments
today in a case that could block
Oregon's landmark gun control.
Measure from taking effect.
Oregonians passed that measure in November,
but opponents,
who argue it violates the Constitution,
quickly filed legal challenges.
The plaintiffs in this case say Measure 114
violates the rights of people to bear arms.
The biggest point of contention is the ban
on magazines that hold more than 10 rounds.
The Oregon Attorney General's
office defended the measure,
saying the Second Amendment is not
an absolute right and the state
does have the ability to regulate.
Firearms.
Right now our ability to enforce
a magazine limits is none.
We cannot, we not only do we not have the
staffing to enforce magazine capacities,
but right now I believe
personally it's unconstitutional.
Supreme Court has recognized the
states retain some ability to make
regulations when there are new
social ills and and new technology.
Seen is scheduled to go
into effect next Thursday.
The judge in the case said today she will
make a decision by Tuesday at the latest.
Joe Kennedy campaign is requesting
a recount in his race for Congress
in Washington's Third District.
The Republican lost to Democrat Marie
Gleason Camp Perez by 2600 votes.
All counties certified the election
results this week and the Secretary
of State's office will certify the
statewide results by next Thursday.
Ken's campaign said today it
will request a machine recount.
Once the certification is complete Blues
encamp Perez's campaign reacted today
to the announcement in a press release,
calling Kent a sore loser who was
stringing along supporters with false hope.
Now let's get you caught up
on tonight's other headlines.
The Woodburn School District is
mourning the loss of a student killed
this morning just blocks from school.
The 11th grader who goes to Woodburn
High School was hit by a train
on the front St overpass.
Woodburn police say the 17 year
old was walking on the tracks.
When a train heading north
hit the student in the back,
the district is providing grief counselors
to students who need someone to talk to.
215 year olds are in custody tonight,
accused of stabbing a person and threatening
a TriMet security agent with a gun.
It all ended here near the Hollywood
Transit center last night.
Police say that's where the two teens
pointed the gun at the TriMet worker,
then took off.
Officers set up a perimeter and
were able to find them.
PPB released these pictures of the gun.
And knife used in the crimes.
The teens are also accused of stealing a
woman's purse near 121st and E Burnside.
Police say a man witnessed that
robbery and chased after the teams.
That's when the teens beat and
stabbed him the victims in the
hospital but should survive,
the Portland Thorns head coach
announced today she's resigning.
Coach Erin Wilkinson said.
It all stems from her relationship
with the player,
Wilkinson released a statement
on social media saying.
She and a player formed a friendship
that turned into more complex emotions,
but did emphasize it never turned physical.
Wilkinson's resignation comes just
one day after Thorn's owner Merritt
Paulson announced he was selling the
club due to a month long investigation
that revealed a toxic culture of sexual,
emotional and verbal abuse within
the Thorns organization.
Now to us being dubbed a healthcare crisis,
a new study and an Oregon survey show.
We don't have enough nurses,
and the ones we do have overwhelmingly
say they're overworked and leaving
the profession.
Daisy Caballero shows us some
of the reasons why
it's harder to be a healthcare worker
now than it ever has been in the past.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics says
55,000 fewer registered nurses were
working in 2021 compared to 2020.
And it has to do with the number of things,
the biggest according to the
American Federation of Teachers.
Health Care division is violence
against healthcare workers on the job.
It did a nationwide survey on
nurses asking what else may be
contributing to the staffing crisis.
61% of them said the pandemic
negatively impacted their mental health,
15% have even had recent thoughts of suicide.
And with fewer nurses,
the ones who are on the job feel
like their workload is much heavier.
In Oregon specifically,
50% of our nurses said they're carrying.
For too many patients on most
of their shifts,
99% said their units are sometimes
or never staffed appropriately.
We're dealing with a public health crisis.
It's only going to get worse over the next
few months and years if we let it fester.
Kevin Meely is a spokesperson for
the Oregon Nurses Association.
He's not surprised by what the report found.
When you don't have enough nurses,
it means it takes longer for
you to get into the hospital.
It takes longer to get
care inside the hospital.
And it's going to take
longer to leave the hospital.
So that means worse care for
patients and more likelihood
that you're going to head back
to the hospital because your
problem wasn't able to get solved.
Now we did reach out to Providence,
OHSU, Kaiser Peace, Health and Legacy
for a response only OHSU got back to us
by our deadline and said in part quote,
OHSU takes seriously our commitment to
safety of our patients and clinical
staff and we value our partnership
with the Oregon Nurses Association.
And maintaining a safe and healthy workplace.
Miley says the Union will be presenting
new legislation in Salem that would
bring safer staffing practices for
hospitals and medical care settings,
like enforcing breaks between long
work shifts and mandated meal times.
DC Cavallero KGW news.