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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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Education

U.S. Department of Education Opens Civil Rights Probe Into Portland Public Schools’ Center for Black…

Lucille McNamara Feb 20, 2026

The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights is investigating alleged violations of federal civil rights law by Portland Public Schools (PPS) that is offering certain programs exclusively to Black students. Tidings Data…

Crime & Courts

Oregon Man Sentenced to Six Years in Federal Prison for Supplying More Than a Ton of Marijuana to…

Lucille McNamara Feb 20, 2026

Oregon man, Robert Fiels (38) of City Falls, was sentenced yesterday to five years and 10 months in federal prison for supplying more than 1,000 kilograms of marijuana and marijuana products for distribution across Western New York.…

News

Oregon Challenges Trump Administration Cuts That Threaten the State’s Zero-Emission Deadlines and…

Lucille McNamara Feb 19, 2026

Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield and a coalition of 12 other state AGs yesterday filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump Administration for terminating billions of dollars in energy and infrastructure funding nationwide. In a news…

Crime & Courts

Oregon Woman Sentenced to Prison After IRS Says She Used Employee Tax Withholdings to Buy Luxury…

Lucille McNamara Feb 19, 2026

The owner of a tree removal and landscaping business in Happy Valley, Oregon, 47-year-old Joyce Leard, was sentenced yesterday to 15 months in federal prison for willfully failing to pay owner employment business taxes to the IRS amounting…

News

Oregon Moves to Block Hospice Fraud Before It Starts as Lawmakers React to Hundreds of License…

Lucille McNamara Feb 18, 2026

Oregon lawmakers hope to prevent corrupt hospice operators from gaining a foothold in the state before widespread acts of fraud are committed, as has been experienced elsewhere in the U.S. The Senate Committee on Health Care has referred…

News

WATCH: Tigard Video Shows Truck Suddenly Go Airborne Before Slamming Into a Home at 3 A.M.

Lucille McNamara Feb 18, 2026

TIGARD, Ore. — A video of a truck that plowed into a house in Tigard at 3 a.m. on February 13 was recorded by a neighbor and later shared by Tigard Police on social media, including X and Facebook. Taken by a neighbor, the video shows…

Crime & Courts

Sutherlin Police Search for Two Men Who Posed as Officers to Rob the Offyce Bar Early Sunday Morning

Lucille McNamara Feb 17, 2026

DOUGLAS COUNTY, Ore. — Sutherlin Police are hunting for two suspects who posed as law enforcement officers to rob the Offyce Bar at 208 W. Central Avenue during the early morning on Sunday. Tidings Context In Oregon, using a uniform or…

Politics & Elections

Oregon Scraps Several Trump Backed Tax Breaks and Approves New Credits for More Than 200,000 Low…

Lucille McNamara Feb 17, 2026

Tax exemptions contained in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) signed into law by President Donald Trump on July 4, 2025, have been eliminated by Oregon lawmakers who yesterday (Monday) passed Senate Bill 1507, which will instead funnel…

News

Ashland’s Historic Butler-Perozzi Fountain Will Be Recreated by Two Local Sculptors Using Vermont…

Lucille McNamara Feb 16, 2026

ASHLAND, Ore. — Thanks to generous community support, the Ashland Parks Foundation has raised $800,000 to recreate the historic Butler-Perozzi Fountain in Lithia Park. The fountain was originally carved from marble in Italy for the 1915…

News

Beaverton Debates City Code Change That Would Allow Officers to Investigate Misconduct by ICE Agents

Lucille McNamara Feb 16, 2026

BEAVERTON, Ore. — Mounting public pressure to investigate alleged acts of violence and reckless driving by federal immigration agents is being considered by the Beaverton City Council. The council is investigating the possibility of…

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