Lucille McNamara

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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Latest from Lucille McNamara

  1. 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…

  2. 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…

  3. 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…

  4. 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.

  5. 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…

  6. 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…

  7. 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…

  8. 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…