Lucille McNamara

The surge in enrollment in Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs at Oregon colleges highlights the growing need for hands-on training in high-demand skilled professions. CTE programs equip students with the skills needed for…

A serial drug dealer was sentenced to seven-and-a-half years in prison on Thursday in the Multnomah Circuit County Court on trafficking charges involving fentanyl and other drugs. William Sanchez Stevenson Had Never Spent More…

More than 20% of Americans living in the Lower 48 states – including 800,000 Oregonians – could be using contaminated groundwater containing “forever chemicals” for drinking supplies, according to a federal study by the U.S. Geological…

Five counties have been selected to receive $5 million in funding from Oregon Housing and Community Services (OHCS) to fight homelessness among young people and their families. The OHCS, via its Youth Emergency Housing Assistance Program…

ASHLAND, Ore. — Ashlanders have until Tuesday (November 19) to sign up to become one of 18 households powered by solar energy. The Ashland Solar Cooperative, a nonprofit increasing access to solar energy, has teamed with True South Solar…

The first human in Oregon to contract avian ‘flu has been confirmed by the state’s Health Authority (OHA). This brings the national total of humans infected with avian ‘flu to 52, according to the Centers for Disease Control. The highest…

The Oregon Department of Human Services (DHS) is not financially responsible for a toddler who was beaten so badly by his mother’s boyfriend that he was left quadriplegic. The Two-Year-old Will Never be Able to Live a Normal Life…

Oregon has been allocated more than $5 million in federal funding to prevent increasingly frequent and severe wildfires that threaten homes, businesses, and “our way of life,” Senator Jeff Merkley announced yesterday (Thursday). The…

A Mexican, who came to the U.S. five years ago to make a better life for himself, was yesterday (Thursday) sentenced to two years and nine months in federal prison for transporting a ‘massive’ haul of drugs. Misael Cruz-Barrales (23) was…

A 12-year-old girl who was drugged after drinking a fruit smoothie at a sleepover is suing her friend’s father for $2.4 million. He was convicted and jailed for the crime. Identified only by her initials, the girl, together with her…