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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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Crime & Courts

Oregon Man Given Five-Year Prison Sentence After Road Rage Incident at Portland’s Rose Festival

Lucille McNamara Oct 2, 2024

The road rage incident that sent spectators diving for cover at last year’s Rose Festival Grand Floral Parade in Portland ended in a five-year sentence in the Multnomah County Circuit Court yesterday (Tuesday). His Dashcam Filmed…

Oregon’s Decrepit Roads and Bridges Have Outlived Their Usefulness

Lucille McNamara Oct 2, 2024

Oregon’s interstate highway system has outlived its usefulness, and local governments in the 36 counties are struggling to keep pace with maintenance and progress demands. This is the opinion of the Legislature’s Joint Transportation…

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Oregon Governor Reaffirms Commitments to the Columbia Basin Restoration Initiative

Lucille McNamara Oct 1, 2024

Governor Tina Kotek has reaffirmed Oregon’s commitments to the Columbia Basin Restoration Initiative (CBRI) to develop clean energy and to restore salmon and steelhead to the Columbia and Snake Rivers. In an executive order, Kotek…

Crime & Courts

Craig Lazon, The Man Living Off His Murdered Wife’s Disabled Veteran Benefits Sentenced to Life…

Lucille McNamara Oct 1, 2024

UPDATE On Oct 5, 2024 Lazon Sentenced to Life Behind Bars for Murdering Albany Wife In a day of emotional testimony, Craig Lazon heard that he will spend the rest of his life behind bars for the murder of his Albany wife, whose body has…

Crime & Courts

OHA Seeks $7.4 Million From Service Provider for Pandemic Surge Staffing and Mobile Vaccination…

Lucille McNamara Oct 1, 2024

The Oregon Health Authority (OHA) that paid $375 million to a Colorado-based contractor who provided surge staffing and mobile vaccination clinics during the COVID-19 pandemic is suing for $7.4 million back for accidental overpayments.…

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Oregon’s Income Growth is the 6th Fastest in the Nation

Lucille McNamara Sep 30, 2024

Oregon average incomes are growing at a rate of the sixth-fastest in the nation and have never been higher, even after accounting for inflation, says former state economist Josh Lehner. Lehner was commenting on data released in an…

Crime & Courts

Whistleblowers Claim Oregon Aerospace Company Falsified Records of Poorly Finished Parts for F-35…

Lucille McNamara Sep 30, 2024

Two former employees at the aerospace company Selmet Inc. in Albany, Oregon, claim that records were falsified and parts poorly finished to meet production quotas and deadlines for U.S. military F35 fighter jets in a federal suit filed in…

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Oregon Mobile Manor Will Rise Like Phoenix from the Ashes

Lucille McNamara Sep 29, 2024

JACKSON COUNTY, Ore. — A portion of the City of Phoenix will rise like the ashes of the 2020 Almeda Fire with the construction of 120 homes in Royal Oak Mobile Manor, replacing dwellings gutted by flames in one of the worst-ever wildfires…

Crime & Courts

Oregon Mother and Daughter Indicted for Coercing Three Haitians to Work for No or Little Pay

Lucille McNamara Sep 29, 2024

An Oregon mother and daughter are facing a seven-count indictment for conspiring to coerce three people to work for no or little compensation at an adult foster care home in Tigard, Washington state. Charged with Conspiring to…

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For the First Time in Seven Years it Will Cost More to Visit Oregon Parks and Recreation Facilities

Lucille McNamara Sep 29, 2024

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…

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