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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Health
Psychedelic Magic Mushrooms, aka Psilocybin, Provide Treatment in 27 Oregon Service Centers
Magic mushrooms, clinically known as Psilocybin, are a psychedelic used in 27 Oregon clinics to treat severe depression, PTSD, and substance disorders, and this is the…

Environment
Hundreds of Trees are Dying in a Douglas “Fir-Mageddon”
While a helicopter lifts hundreds of dead trees from the Siskiyou Mountains in southwestern Oregon, Ashland Fire and Rescue coordinates a project to thin 5,000 acres of…

Environment
Salmon Runs and Fish Native to Oregon Waterways Will Thrive Again Thanks to Federal Funding
Salmon runs and other fish native to the waterways of rural Oregon will once again thrive thanks to federal funding. Nearly $2 million has been allocated to remove dams…

News
Sheridan Prisoner Fakes Suicide to Have Urgent Medical Attention
An inmate at the Sheridan Federal Correctional Institution faked suicide in a desperate attempt to have his medical condition examined. Medical attention delays that…

News
Drug Dealer Jailed for the Death of a Teenager from Acute Fentanyl Toxicity
A Wahington County Circuit Court judge has jailed a 21-year-old for six years and three months for selling fentanyl tablets to a teenage boy who was later found dead in…

Top Stories
Cyberattacks on U.S. Water Utilities Requires Immediate Action, says the Environmental Protection Agency
Cyberattacks against water utilities nationwide are becoming more severe and more frequent. The attacks can alter chemicals to hazardous levels, interrupt water storage…

News
ONA Nurses at Medford Providence Hospital Asked to Negotiate and Not Strike
UPDATE: A New Round of Negotiations for Better Employment Conditions for Providence Medford Nurses Starts Today

Health
Vaccine Skepticism Sees Soaring Numbers of Non-Immunized Kindergarten Children in Oregon
Vaccine skepticism following the pandemic is said to have resulted in soaring numbers of Oregon kindergarten children not immunized against common childhood illnesses…







