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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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Environment

Late Start to Wildfire Season Must Not Stop Oregonians from Fireproofing Their Properties

Lucille McNamara May 11, 2024

MEDFORD, Ore. — A wet winter has contributed to a late start to the fire season but that must not stop Oregonians from fireproofing their homes and yards. Climate changes are responsible for the late start to this year’s wildfire season…

Education

Pro-Palestinian University of Oregon Students are Given Two Days to Dismantle Campus Encampment

Lucille McNamara May 10, 2024

EUGENE, Ore. — Amid rising tensions, pro-Palestine protestors at the University of Oregon (UO) have been given two days in which to agree to a time and date to stop camping overnight and to dismantle their campus encampment. The…

Education

SOU Board of Trustees President Wants to Build Long-Term Fiscal Resilience

Lucille McNamara May 8, 2024

ASHLAND, Ore. — The President of the Southern Oregon University (SOU), Rick Bailey (Richard J. Bailey, Jr.), is on a mission to implement an entrepreneurial fiscal scheme that will pave the way for future financial resilience. SOU has…

Environment

Deconstruction of Klamath River Iron Gate Dam Begins

Lucille McNamara May 6, 2024

KLAMATH COUNTY, Ore. — The deconstruction of the Klamath River Iron Gate Dam has begun, involving the removal of one million cubic yards of rock, clay, and sand. The Iron Gate is the lowest of four aging hydroelectric dams on the Klamath…

News

Oregon Court of Appeals Upholds Warm Springs Tribe’s Appeal Against Deschutes County Master Plan for…

Lucille McNamara May 5, 2024

DESCHUTES COUNTY, Ore. — The Oregon Court of Appeals has overturned the approval of a revised master plan by Deschutes County for the Thornburgh Resort back to the state Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA). The Appeals Court found that it…

News

Gas Prices in Oregon Rise by 7c While National Prices Have Dropped

Lucille McNamara May 2, 2024

Once again, Oregon motorists must pay more for gas at local pumps than most other states in the country. Oregonians will pay 7 cents a gallon more than most other U.S. states, where prices have dropped by 1 cent. West Coast Gas…

News

Oregon Lawmakers Tour the U.S.-Mexican Border to Learn About Illegal Immigration

Lucille McNamara May 1, 2024

A group of 15 Republican Oregon lawmakers toured the United States-Mexican border earlier this week to learn more about illegal immigration, human trafficking, and drug smuggling. Oregon’s Southern Border is ‘Wide Open’ Oregon…

News

Talent Mobile Home Park is Rebuilding the Lives and Dreams of 77 Families Displaced by the 2020…

Lucille McNamara Apr 30, 2024

JACKSON COUNTY, Ore. — The hopes and dreams of 77 families whose lives were destroyed in the 2020 wildfires are being rebuilt with the reconstruction of the Talent mobile park. The families will take occupation of their newly…

Education

18 Teachers Lose Their Jobs as Medford School District Slashes Budget by $15 million

Lucille McNamara Apr 28, 2024

MEDFORD, Ore. — Medford School District (MSD) has had to make a $15 million budget cut because of inadequate funding, declining enrollment, and inflation. Eighteen full-time teachers will lose their jobs during the 2024-25 school year.…

Officials are Tight-Lipped as Investigations Continue into the Asante Fentanyl Hospital deaths in…

Lucille McNamara Apr 26, 2024

MEDFORD, Ore. — Officials remain tight-lipped about developments in the Asante Hospital fentanyl death scandal which led to a CEO of the medical group being escorted from the premises under the watchful eyes of three security guards, a fact…

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