Diane Megaw

19 people from Portland and Gresham have been indicted on charges involving the theft of $500,000 from SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) benefits cards across the US. The group purchased baby formula and stored it in…

The Oregon Department of Justice (ODOJ) indicated earlier this week that the department has protected $1.67 billion in critical federal funding streams from executive orders (EOs) issued by President Trump and other federal actions so far…

GRANTS PASS, Ore. — A 30-year-old Grants Pass man, James Ross, a suspect in the death of 57-year-old Roy Harvey, was arrested on Sunday, April 13, 2025, at about 3:00 pm at the Robertson Bridge Boat Landing. Ross was sought for a…

On Tuesday, a former owner of the Corvallis Cannabis Club, 45-year-old Yegishe Nazaryan, was sentenced Tuesday to two years and nine months in federal prison for bank fraud of over $2.5 million that he put into his state-licensed marijuana…

MEDFORD, Ore. — Following a two-month investigation, two Eagle Point cocaine dealers, 55-year-old Ulysses Timothy Chappel III and 52-year-old Stacy Lyn Cramer, were arrested on April 3 by Medford Area Drug and Gang Enforcement team (MADGE)…

MEDFORD, Ore. — Following the 21 plaintiffs who launched lawsuits seeking $348 Million, two new lawsuits against Asante and Dani Marie Schofield, their former nurse accused of diverting fentanyl and replacing it with tap water, were filed…

Oregon labor official indicated on Friday that the state’s minimum wage will increase by 35 cents an hour from July 1. The annual increase, intended to keep pace with the Consumer Price Index,  varies as Oregon has three different…

After another patient died at the Oregon State Hospital, bringing the number to 21 since 2020, Governor Tina Kotek announced a leadership overhaul at the hospital, including a new acting superintendent. Kotek directed Kristine Kautz, the…

ROSEBURG, Ore. — The search for a Roseburg man, Terry Eugene Kruh, 63, ended on Thursday, April 10 when a friend, who was one of the searchers, found the body of Kruh and his motorcycle crashed in the 6600 block of Roberts Creek Road in…

Over 1,700 non-citizens may have been erroneously registered in Oregon to vote in the presidential election last year, but the DMV estimated on Friday that at least 13 of these individuals could and did vote in at least one election.…