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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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Oregon Governor Calls for Improved Services for Drug Addiction and Sharpened Focus on Climate…

Lucille McNamara Jan 14, 2025

Providing homes for the homeless, frustration with mental health and addiction treatment problems, and the urgent need to focus on climate resilience following the devastating 2024 wildfires came under the spotlight of Oregon Governor Tina…

Crime & Courts

Botched Investigation Made It Impossible to File Charges Against a Teenager for the Death of Oregon…

Lucille McNamara Jan 14, 2025

A botched investigation made it impossible for prosecutors to file charges against Ethan Asbach, who was 19 years old at the time of the death of a Portland hiker on the Walupt Lake Trail on August 20, 2022. A deputy from the Lewis…

News

Medford Casino: Coquille Tribe Emerges Triumphant

Lucille McNamara Jan 13, 2025

MEDFORD, Ore. — The Coquille Tribe has emerged triumphant after a decade-long struggle to gain permission to open a casino in Medford. The Casino Faced Strong Opposition They have been strongly opposed by three main rivals – the…

News

Providence Healthcare is Feeling the Pressure of Large-Scale Oregon Nursing Association Strike

Lucille McNamara Jan 13, 2025

The Providence group wants to return to the bargaining table because it is ‘feeling the pressure’ of the large-scale strike that began on Saturday, says spokesperson for the Oregon Nursing Association (ONA), Peter Starzynski. The…

Education

Klamath County School District Reveals Nationwide Data Breach of the PowerSchool Cloud-Based…

Lucille McNamara Jan 12, 2025

KLAMATH COUNTY, Ore. — A PowerSchool data breach affecting school districts nationwide has been announced by the Klamath County School District. PowerSchool contains information about parents and students and consists mainly of their…

Politics & Elections

Oregon Lawmakers Want to Protect Residents from Data Center Power Costs

Lucille McNamara Jan 12, 2025

Oregon lawmakers are creating legislation to protect residential consumers from the growing cost of supplying power-hungry high-tech data centers. Electricity Consumption Expected to Reach Unprecedented Levels Electricity…

News

Oregon Metro Government Slashes Homeless Services Budgets by $51 million

Lucille McNamara Jan 12, 2025

The Oregon Metro Government budget for homeless services in Multnomah, Clackamas, and Washington counties has been slashed by $51 million for the current fiscal year. The Supportive Housing Services (SHS) tax was introduced in 2020 to…

News

Medical License of a Physician Who Operated on an Oregon Man Whose Face Caught Alight Lapsed a Year…

Lucille McNamara Jan 11, 2025

The physician, who operated on John Michael Murdoch at the Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) whose face caught alight after alcohol swabbed on his face did not dry before surgery, had his medical license switched to ‘lapsed’…

Oregon Lawmakers Throw Their Weight Behind Massive Healthcare Workers Strike

Lucille McNamara Jan 11, 2025

MEDFORD, Ore. — Oregon Governor Tina Kotek and Senator Ron Wyden have thrown their weight behind the massive nurses' strike that began this morning after months of failed negotiations for better pay and working conditions at Providence…

Crime & Courts

Woman Who Smuggled Drugs in Her Bra into an Oregon Federal Prison Will Spend 30 Months Behind Bars

Lucille McNamara Jan 11, 2025

A woman who smuggled drugs into a Sheridan federal prison containing a substance 20 to 50 times more potent than morphine was sentenced yesterday to two-and-a-half years behind bars. Robynn Regina Cunningham (52) smuggled Suboxone,…

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