Lucille McNamara

Following the tragic death last year of an elderly woman who wandered away from a care center and was found dead a day later, has resulted in legislation by Oregon lawmakers that tightens control of dementia facilities. The new…

A convicted felon, who previously committed drug trafficking crimes in the Oregon counties of Douglas, Clackamas, and Coos, has been sentenced to six years in prison after pleading guilty to one count of theft of firearms from a licensee…

The Governor of Oregon yesterday announced a funding proposal to save hundreds of Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) jobs in jeopardy, following the federal government’s cutback on financing that is crippling maintenance and project…

A Multnomah County Circuit Court judge has ruled that Merlin K. Thompson of Tillamook must repay $1.8 million in monthly installments of $50 to the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) that he admitted defrauding. He…

Drug addiction care and mental health will be improved and expanded throughout Oregon following Governor Tina Kotek’s signature on four new bills this week. The Governor worked with lawmakers during the last legislative session to…

Judicial Watch has won a lawsuit to force Oregon to update its voter rolls, asserting that the voter rolls contain a large number of inactive and old registrations. The non-partisan educational foundation, Judicial Watch, announced…

PORTLAND, Ore. — As part of a crackdown on fentanyl trafficking in downtown Portland, police officers arrested a Honduran national living illegally in Oregon who was this week sentenced to 70 months in a federal prison. Ermin…

A 34-year-old Californian has been sentenced to 14 years’ imprisonment for trafficking 11 pounds of methamphetamine in Oregon. Banuelos was the target of a drug trafficking investigation by the Central Oregon Drug Enforcement (CODE)…

A 51-year-old Salem woman who stole $101,000 Social Security benefits from her dead mother’s bank account did so to pay her bills, an Oregon U.S. District Judge was told yesterday. Judge Adrienne Nelson sentenced Donna J. Royston to…

WASHINGTON COUNTY, Ore. — A lawsuit claiming $23 million was filed in the Multnomah County Circuit Court by a Washington County sheriff’s deputy who was shot seven times, blinding him in the left eye, when he attempted to serve a tenant…