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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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Medford City Boosts Annual Income by $1.7 Million

Lucille McNamara Nov 9, 2024

MEDFORD, Ore. — Medford City Council will increase several fees to boost its income by more than $1.7 million. The increased rates will become effective on January 1, 2025. The decision was approved at its monthly meeting on Thursday by…

News

Oregon Mother and Daughter Face Felony Charges for Falsifying a Will in a $2 Million Estate

Lucille McNamara Nov 9, 2024

KLAMATH COUNTY, Ore. — Klamath County prosecutors say felony charges have been brought against a mother and daughter who allegedly falsified a will to collect an estate worth $2 million. Daughter of the Deceased Woman Fights…

Crime & Courts

Prosecutor Pleads for Custody Order of a Chinese National Involved in Gold Bar Transactions with…

Lucille McNamara Nov 9, 2024

A public prosecutor this week urgently requested a federal judge to issue a custody order for Biao Lin who is a suspect in a case involving an unsuspecting elderly Portland couple in the exchange of gold bars worth more than $3 million.…

News

Oregon Wildland Urban Interface Property Owners Will Have 60 Days to Lodge Appeals

Lucille McNamara Nov 8, 2024

Oregonians who own property in the wildland-urban interface (WUI) zones will soon receive notifications about precautionary measures from the Department of Forestry (ODF). They will then be given 60 days to lodge appeals. The ODF began…

Tension Mounts as Oregon Waits for News of its Selection to House a Semiconductor Research Hub

Lucille McNamara Nov 8, 2024

If Oregon is not selected as the last of three semiconductor research hubs, the state will lose hundreds of millions of federal investment dollars and suffer a major setback as an anchor state of the high-tech industry. On October 31 and…

Crime & Courts

Oregon Man Who Tried to Smuggle Drugs into a Detention Center Jailed for 10 Years

Lucille McNamara Nov 7, 2024

A 30-year-old Portland man, Levi Denison, was sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment on Tuesday on a string of charges including attempted drug smuggling into the Multnomah County Detention Center. Other charges against him included…

Business

Trump’s Planned Increased Tariffs is Impacting Two Major Oregon Sportswear Companies

Lucille McNamara Nov 7, 2024

Donald Trump’s plan to increase tariffs by more than 60% on goods imported from China is already impacting two of Oregon’s major sportswear corporations, Nike and Columbia, the North American headquarters of Adidas. The incumbent…

Politics & Elections

Oregon’s Attempt to Introduce Ranked-Choice Voting With Measure 117 Takes a Dive at the Polls

Lucille McNamara Nov 6, 2024

Ranked-choice voting dived the polls despite the strong support of Tribal leaders who believed Measure 117 to be fairer and more equitable. The final tally was 59.6% to 40.4%. Voters Would Have Ranked Candidates in Order of…

Politics & Elections

Fierce Opposition to Oregon Measure 118 at the Polls Defeats Attempts to Establish a Basic Income…

Lucille McNamara Nov 6, 2024

Oregonians have fiercely opposed Measure 118 which would have taxed corporate sales over $25 million by a minimum of 3% and funneled the revenue to residents who live in the state for at least 200 days every year. Residents Would…

Crime & Courts

Elderly Oregon Cyclist Billed for Using an Ambulance that Struck and Injured Him

Lucille McNamara Nov 6, 2024

Columbia River Fire and Rescue billed an elderly cyclist $1,862 for transporting him to hospital after one of its ambulances had struck him, crushing his bicycle under its front wheel. William Hoesch Files a $997,000 Lawsuit…

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