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

Education
Oregon Students Lag in Academic Acumen for the Third Successive Year
Oregon students' sluggish academic recovery from pandemic setbacks extended into a third consecutive year in 2024, disappointing expectations that they would finally…

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

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

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

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

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

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







