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.
Latest from Lucille McNamara

News
Oregon Clinics Halt Gender-Affirming Surgeries for Minors as Trump Cracks Down on Trans Healthcare
Amid the threat by the U.S. Department of Justice that it will bring criminal charges against providers of gender-affirming surgeries and treatments, a hospital…

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Oregon to Spend $205 Million on Statewide Shelters as Trump Signs Order to ‘Get the Homeless Off Our Streets’
As Oregon dedicates $205 million for the launch of a statewide shelter program, President Donald Trump signs an executive order to ‘get the homeless off our streets.’

Top Stories
Kotek’s Plan Would Raise Gas Tax and DMV Fees to Keep Oregon’s Transportation Network Running
Oregonian motorists will feel the pinch if state Governor Tina Kotek’s proposals to raise funds to finance the transportation network are passed at a special legislative…

News
Oregon Sends Trained Search Dogs to Aid Texas in Ongoing Disaster Recovery Efforts
Two highly trained Human Remains Detection (HRD) K-9 teams from Oregon are assisting with ongoing disaster recovery operations in Texas.

Crime & Courts
Illegal Immigrant Using Stolen Oregon Identity for Three Decades Finally Caught in Montana
A 48-year-old man from Billings who has been living illegally in the United States under an assumed identity for 30 years was yesterday sentenced to seven months in…

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Oregon Breaks Record With $430K Geothermal Land Sale in Malheur County
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has leased more than 5,000 acres of land for geothermal exploration in Malheur County. The revenue will contribute to subsidizing the…

Politics & Government
Governor Steps In to Halt ODOT Layoffs as Oregon Faces Infrastructure Crisis
More than 400 Oregon Department of Transportation workers, laid off after legislators failed to reach consensus on a funding package for ODOT, have been thrown a…

Crime & Courts
Drone Tracks Down Gunman Who Fired at Police and Hid in the Woods Near Eagle Point
A drone deployed by Eagle Point Police Department located an armed male suspect who abandoned his car on Interstate 5, fleeing on foot down an embankment and into the…







