Diane Megaw

A 45-year-old Reedsport, Oregon, man and his dog were rescued from the water at the bottom of a 100-foot embankment off USFS 1107, approximately the 8-mile marker in Curry County, on Tuesday, after a passerby reported hearing screams for…

Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield issued a consumer alert yesterday after 41 Coos Bay residents reported that their SNAP benefits had been stolen and fraudulently spent outside Oregon since November 8. Suspects install a small device…

PORTLAND, Ore. — A Multnomah County Grand Jury declined to charge three Portland police officers for the death of 52-year-old Damon Lamarr Johnson after being held in a prone position for four minutes. Responding to reports from security…

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested sixteen immigrants, including farmworkers, in Salem on Tuesday. Advocates said this is the highest one-day total of immigration arrests in the city for many years. Advocates for…

After a two-day Jackson County Circuit Court bench trial on November 4 and 5, 58-year-old Cheryl Ann King was found guilty of soliciting a hitman to murder her husband. She was sentenced to five years in prison. During the bench trial —…

PORTLAND, Ore. — The family of Manuel C. Garza IV, who was fatally shot in a parking lot in Southwest Portland on May 8 filed a wrongful death lawsuit against security guard  Eric Salisbury who, despite discharging his weapon during the…

U.S. District Judge Ann Aiken set December 12 as the hearing date in the lawsuit filed by Oregon immigration rights attorneys around the detention rights of people held at the Southwest Portland Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)…

MEDFORD, Ore. — The Medford City Council is seeking community input on design alternatives for Main Street that cater to bicycle access. The City received significant public feedback and concerns after implementing a new Main Street…

MEDFORD, Ore. — Medford Police officers, including K9 officer Bruno, arrested three suspects- two men and a teenager- Saturday after an armed menacing incident near Crater Lake Avenue and Delta Waters Road, and the vehicle pursuit that…

Because a recent review ranked Oregon, where 18.1% of the population receives Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, as the US State with the second-highest Food Stamps, it is one of the states where people are more at…