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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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2200 Ashland St. Must be Opened as a Homeless Shelter this Winter

Lucille McNamara Oct 5, 2024

ASHLAND, Ore. — Southern Oregon Housing for All (SOHFA) - a coalition of community advocates and tenants who fight for everyone to have a place to call home - is pressing Ashland City to release 2200 Ashland St. as a homeless shelter now…

Education

Oregon Students Lag in Academic Acumen for the Third Successive Year

Lucille McNamara Oct 4, 2024

Oregon students' sluggish academic recovery from pandemic setbacks extended into a third consecutive year in 2024, disappointing expectations that they would finally make notable strides in math and English. The latest data, drawn from…

Crime & Courts

Court Finds Oregon Woman Guilty of Criminally Negligent Homicide in an Accident that Killed Her…

Lucille McNamara Oct 4, 2024

Incessant comments about the Russo-Ukrainian War could have upset and affected the thinking and decision-making of Oksana Yuriyevna Titarenko while driving drunk and above the speed limit before crashing her vehicle in an accident that…

News

Grants Pass City Council Will Replace Homeless Campsite in a Smaller Location

Lucille McNamara Oct 4, 2024

GRANTS PASS, Ore. — Despite public outcries, the Grants Pass City Council has voted to close a campsite for homeless people and replace it with a site that is 40% smaller. The new campsite will be at 712 NE 7th Street to replace the 6th…

Crime & Courts

Oregon Man Sentenced to Life Imprisonment for Murder More than 44 Years After the Crime

Lucille McNamara Oct 4, 2024

More than 44 years after murdering a 19-year-old Mt. Hood Community College business major, Robert Plympton (61) was sentenced to life in prison by a Multnomah Circuit Court judge yesterday. On the evening of January 15, 1980, Gresham…

News

Oregon Wine Grabs First Place as the Best $20 Option by Wine Enthusiastic Editors

Lucille McNamara Oct 3, 2024

The 2022 ‘Inscription’ Pinot Noir by Oregon’s King Estate Winery in Eugene has been ranked as the best under $20 option by Wine Enthusiastic editors after reviewing more than 23,000 different wines during the last year. Inscription also…

Crime & Courts

Jury Finds Oregon Man Guilty of Setting Fire to Historic Building, Risking Lives and Killing Pets

Lucille McNamara Oct 3, 2024

It took a jury three hours to find Garret Repp guilty on 55 of the 56 counts involving a fire that gutted the historic 1910 May Apartment block in Southwest Portland. He was found guilty of destroying the apartment block, risking the lives…

News

ODF Has Collected $86,000 of the $24 million Spent Fighting Oregon Wildfires Over the Last Two…

Lucille McNamara Oct 3, 2024

Since 2004, the Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) has spent at least $24 million responding to 36 major wildfires that were caused by malicious or negligent acts, but to date has collected a mere $86,000 in restitution and settlements for…

Environment

Less than 1% of Oregon Households will Benefit from Rebates for Energy Saving Appliances

Lucille McNamara Oct 3, 2024

Less than 1 percent of the 1.7 million households in Oregon will benefit from federal government rebates for heat pumps and other energy-saving electric appliances. At the beginning of this month, the Oregon Department of Energy received…

Business

Nike Shares Dropped 5% in After-Hours Trading Following Biggest Quarterly Sales Drop in a Decade

Lucille McNamara Oct 2, 2024

Nike saw its shares drop 5% in after-hours trading yesterday after the announcement that the company experienced its largest quarterly sales drop in at least a decade, excluding a brief decline during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nike also…

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