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Lucille McNamara

Lucille McNamara is a Daily Tidings reporter with 27 years of journalism experience, covering Oregon public safety, crime and courts, plus statewide policy and community impact stories including housing, education, health, and immigration. She previously worked at The Star.
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NW Natural Warns Oregon Customers After Claims That ICE Agents Are Impersonating Utility Staff

Lucille McNamara Jan 9, 2026

A claim that Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents are impersonating NW Natural utility workers to gain access to private homes has resulted in the company sending its customers an urgent notice of warning. The company received…

Oregon Officials Demand Answers After Federal Agent Shoots Two People in Portland Amid Conflicting…

Lucille McNamara Jan 9, 2026

PORTLAND, Ore. — The true facts surrounding yesterday’s shooting in Portland - in which a man and a woman were injured and whose conditions are still unknown - remain unclear as updates have yet to be released by the Federal Bureau of…

Crime & Courts

Oregon Sneaker Seller Gets 70 Months After $80 Million Fraud That Left Customers With Nothing

Lucille McNamara Jan 8, 2026

The owner of a former Oregon business that sold collectible sneakers online was sentenced on Tuesday to 70 months in federal prison for a fraud conspiracy involving more than $80 million. According to the Oregon U.S. Attorney’s Office,…

News

Kotek Warns of ODOT Layoffs as Oregon Faces Massive Funding Gap and 1,000 Aging Bridges

Lucille McNamara Jan 8, 2026

Oregon Governor Tina Kotek yesterday warned that hundreds of people will be laid off this spring from the state’s Department of Transportation (ODOT) if the wrong decisions are made in the coming weeks. Addressing the annual meeting of…

Education

Oregon Didn’t Hit Its 2025 Workforce Readiness Goal but Student Enrollment Is Finally Rising

Lucille McNamara Jan 7, 2026

Enrollment at Oregon public universities and community colleges increased by 1.5% last year, raising optimism that educators will reach their goal of creating a more skilled and productive workforce to bolster state tax coffers.…

News

West Coast Doctors Break From CDC, Urge Oregon Parents to Follow Full Vaccine Schedule

Lucille McNamara Jan 7, 2026

The West Coast Health Alliance (WCHA) has criticized the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) decision to significantly reduce the number of vaccinations that all American children have routinely received in recent years.…

Crime & Courts

Ashland Activist Sues City After Being Removed from Council Meeting for Calling the Police Chief a…

Lucille McNamara Jan 6, 2026

ASHLAND, Ore. — A Jackson County resident who called the Ashland Police Chief Tighe O’Meara ‘a fascist’ at a City Council meeting last September has filed a civil rights suit for violation of his First Amendment rights. Toren McKnight…

Oregon Secretary of State Gives Portland Until Month’s End to Clean Up ‘Material Weaknesses’ in Its…

Lucille McNamara Jan 5, 2026

The Oregon Secretary of State has granted the City of Portland an extension to January 31, 2026, to file a corrective Plan of Action for its 2024-25 Financial Report, after auditors uncovered “material weaknesses” in the original report.…

Crime & Courts

Portland Police Pursuit Ends With Driver Found Dead After High-Speed Crash in Beaverton

Lucille McNamara Jan 4, 2026

PORTLAND, Ore. — A driver was found dead inside a vehicle that crashed when Portland Police officers tried to stop him for reckless driving. The incident began in the Old Town during the early hours of Saturday morning when the police…

Big Pharma to Hike Prices on 350 Drugs in 2026 as Oregon’s Transparency Law Shows What’s Driving the…

Lucille McNamara Jan 4, 2026

As ‘Big Pharma’ hikes the price of hundreds of medications for 2026, Oregon has reinstated its drug transparency law, so that the reasons for big increases and high-cost drugs must be reported and fully explained. By leveraging a paper…

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