Lucille McNamara

SALEM, Ore. — A high-drama kidnapping and hostage-taking in Salem on Saturday ended after a two-and-a-half-hour search involving K-9s, drones, and officers from four agencies. Officers learned that at 3 a.m. that morning, a suspect…

A man on the run from deputies surrendered when he became stuck in mud and high water in a Beaverton marsh in the early hours of Saturday morning. Lamarcus Thomas (31) was sought by Washington County Sheriff’s Office deputies for an…

Oregon will have to build nearly half a million new homes over the next two decades to keep pace with population growth and changing demographic expectations. This is revealed in the newly published Oregon Housing Needs Analysis report…

DOUGLAS COUNTY, Ore. — Facebook friends have reacted with shock to the death of two adults found inside their Yoncalla home by the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office late on Friday night. Holly Brooks, who says she lived two doors from them…

The long-awaited trial by jury of hundreds of Northern California investors claiming that Umpqua Bank closed its eyes to a Ponzi scheme begins in a San Jose federal courtroom tomorrow (Monday). Investors Allege Bank Chose to…

Enthusiasm at the biannual Oregon state officials' visit to the Capitol earlier this week was dampened by the announcement that the Trump administration will cut funding immediately to cities reliant on the money. Nevertheless, officials…

Husan Muldrew (38) of Portland will appear in court on Tuesday (4 February) after his dog, Knox, was said to have died of ‘chronic starvation.’ The animal ‘suffered unnecessarily for weeks to months.' The Dog Lost Nearly 100…

Gender-affirming care for transgender people in Oregon is not expected to be affected despite President Donald Trump's executive order to restrict funding for children and teenagers under 19. The Oregon Health and Science University…

Three people in their early 20s are in custody in Portland following the suspected death by fentanyl overdosing of a Hillsboro woman on 13 December. Police found powdered fentanyl, methamphetamine, and fentanyl-laced blue counterfeit…

The body of a woman who died from a gunshot wound was inside a vehicle that had rolled in the 10000 block of Corvallis Rd in Independence, Polk County. The driver, Tyler Andrew Holman (39) of Salem, was injured in the accident and…