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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CSI Inflation Index Paints Miserable Picture for Oregon Households
The recently published Oregon Inflation Misery Index highlights how much more income Oregonians need to spend to uphold their standard of living under conditions of…

News
Stolen Labrador-Pitbull Puppy Returned Safely to Oregon Humane Society
The theft and safe return of a nine-week-old cross Labrador-Pitbull puppy from the Oregon Humane Society on Monday night led to police intervention and dozens of tips…

Crime & Courts
Portland City to Discuss Half-a-Million-Dollar Settlement with Couple Mauled by Police Dog
A Happy Valley couple mauled by an off-duty police dog while out for a brisk walk is due to discuss a half-million-dollar settlement with the City of Portland today…

Crime & Courts
Oregon Man Jailed for 15 Years After Gunning Down Mother’s Unarmed Boyfriend
After being sentenced to 15 years behind bars for gunning down and killing his mother’s unarmed boyfriend, Issac W. Henderson (20) from Portland told the judge: ‘I’d do…

Crime & Courts
Prisoner Wins an Appeal Against Oregon Governor for Revoking His Commuted Sentence
An inmate of an Oregon state prison has won an appeal against his incarceration ordered by Oregon Governor, Tina Kotek, who had revoked his commuted prison sentence.

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Oregon Governor Instructs DMV to Pause Data Transfers Following Erroneous Entries of Non-Citizens on the Voter’s Roll
Oregon Governor Tina Kotek called for an immediate pause on further data transfers and an independent external audit of the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) following…

Crime & Courts
Chinese National in Custody for Allegedly Scamming Elderly Oregon Couple of More Than $3 Million
A 93-year-old Portland man and his 86-year-old wife reported to the FBI last week that they had been scammed of more than $3 million in gold bars at the direction of a…

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Get ‘Creeped Out’ This Halloween at the Wolf Creek Inn near Medford
A rocking chair in the corner of a hotel bedroom is a chilling reminder of Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho, an image promoted at the Wolf Creek Inn that is transformed into…







