Lucille McNamara

After a seven-year fee reprieve, it will cost more to visit Oregon parks and recreation facilities in 2025. The increases apply to camping, parking, and reservation fees. This is the first increase since 2017 and follows the rising cost…

Alec Baldridge (26) was sentenced to life in prison for second-degree murder after making ‘a conscious and cold-blooded decision’ to kill his former friend, according to Senior Deputy District Attorney Todd Jackson in the Multnomah County…

More than 75,000 birds have died in wildlife sanctuaries on the Oregon-California border this month from a rare combination of avian flu and botulism, bringing to more than 80,000 the number of birds recorded dead in the last two-and-a-half…

The Portland-based Pacific Seafood Company is disputing a claim in a $2.25 million lawsuit that it falsified the weight of catches bought from shrimp boats, illegally pocketing between an additional $10-to-$20 million. The lawsuit was…

JACKSON COUNTY, Ore — Bullets through the door of a business, slashed tires and broken fences are some of the increasing acts of vandalism frustrating residents of Talent and Phoenix, Oregon. A Talent police spokesman said his department…

The partner of a 40-year-old woman who was killed when a police officer’s car smashed into her vehicle during a high-speed chase is claiming $17 million from the City of Gresham and the police officer, Jonathan Buck. Six People…

A study reveals that the state’s affordable housing providers and tenants are under increasing financial pressure now that the pandemic ban on overdue rentals and evictions has expired. Yi Wang, co-author of a report entitled Eviction in…

GRANTS PASS, Ore. — The public is asked to respect ‘Trail Closed’ signs on Dollar Mountain where construction of five miles of new trails on the eastern side of Highlen Loop started earlier this month. Construction will continue until early…

A 52-year-old janitor who was severely shocked and injured when he touched an electric fence protecting a business property that he had been cleaning has filed a $20 million lawsuit against the business and the manufacturer of the fence.…

Paul Kurt Mitchell (41) pleaded not guilty to a charge involving the shooting of an AK-47 assault rifle into a unit occupied by a family below his North Portland apartment when he appeared in the Portland District Court yesterday…