Diane Megaw

Oregonians will be mailed checks in October through the ‘Checks Without Claims’ initiative after Oregon State Treasurer Elizabeth Steiner, MD, announced yesterday that the Treasury will be proactively returning approximately $3.5 million in…

Retaliating to Saturday's court ruling barring President Trump from deploying 200 Oregon National Guard members to Portland, which he described as "war-ravaged," Trump deployed 300 California National Guard members to Oregon. In a new…

In the latest round of layoffs, the multinational financial services company Wells Fargo laid off 50 workers from its downtown Portland office, primarily from the Financial Crimes Division. According to Wells Fargo, the company is…

Federal Judge Immergut ruled in favor of Oregon on Saturday, granting a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) against the Trump Administration, effectively stopping them from federalizing the Oregon National Guard for 14 days. Oregon…

MEDFORD, Ore. — On Wednesday, the Medford City Council approved a resolution proposing how revenue from a proposed increase to the City’s transient lodging tax (TLT) will be used, if voters approve the measure in the November 2025 special…

Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield confirmed yesterday that the coalition in the multi-state lawsuit against the Trump Administration’s illegal immigration enforcement conditions on Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) Grants won, after the U.S.…

JOSEPHINE COUNTY, Ore. — Multiple reports of telephone scams, where individuals pretend to be members of the Josephine County Sheriff's Office, have been received by law enforcement. Scammers call their victims, identifying themselves…

The Oregon Department of Education’s (ODE) 2024-25 Oregon Statewide Assessment System scores released yesterday show signs of progress in Math and English Language Arts (ELA) and Science, but remain below pre-pandemic levels. …

MEDFORD, Ore. — A suspect who recklessly fired a handgun and struck multiple houses and unoccupied vehicles in a neighborhood on North Ridge Terrace in south Medford, 24-year-old Chase Benjamin Smith of Medford, was taken into custody on…

The federal judge overseeing Oregon and Portland’s joint motion to reverse the deployment of National Guard troops to the city was reassigned on Thursday, after the Trump administration requested that he recuse himself due to his wife,…