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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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Oregonians Could Pay More at the Pump and DMV as Kotek Tries to Save State Transportation Jobs

Lucille McNamara Aug 8, 2025

The Governor of Oregon yesterday announced a funding proposal to save hundreds of Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) jobs in jeopardy, following the federal government’s cutback on financing that is crippling maintenance and project…

Crime & Courts

Oregon Man Fakes EV Project and Walks Away With $1.8 Million in Carbon Credit Cash

Lucille McNamara Aug 7, 2025

A Multnomah County Circuit Court judge has ruled that Merlin K. Thompson of Tillamook must repay $1.8 million in monthly installments of $50 to the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) that he admitted defrauding. He…

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Oregon Launches $65 Million Overhaul of Mental Health and Addiction Treatment

Lucille McNamara Aug 7, 2025

Drug addiction care and mental health will be improved and expanded throughout Oregon following Governor Tina Kotek’s signature on four new bills this week. The Governor worked with lawmakers during the last legislative session to…

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Federal Court Finds Oregon Violated Voter Law Amid Inactive Registration Surge

Lucille McNamara Aug 7, 2025

Judicial Watch has won a lawsuit to force Oregon to update its voter rolls, asserting that the voter rolls contain a large number of inactive and old registrations. The non-partisan educational foundation, Judicial Watch, announced…

Crime & Courts

Honduran Fentanyl Dealer Caught With 6,000 Pills in Downtown Portland Gets 70 Months in Prison

Lucille McNamara Aug 6, 2025

PORTLAND, Ore. — As part of a crackdown on fentanyl trafficking in downtown Portland, police officers arrested a Honduran national living illegally in Oregon who was this week sentenced to 70 months in a federal prison. Ermin…

Crime & Courts

Feds Give 14-Year Sentence to California Man Who Delivered Meth to Oregon Customers

Lucille McNamara Aug 6, 2025

A 34-year-old Californian has been sentenced to 14 years’ imprisonment for trafficking 11 pounds of methamphetamine in Oregon. Banuelos was the target of a drug trafficking investigation by the Central Oregon Drug Enforcement (CODE)…

Crime & Courts

Oregon Woman Spent Seven Years Taking Dead Mother’s Social Security Checks to Pay Her Bills

Lucille McNamara Aug 6, 2025

A 51-year-old Salem woman who stole $101,000 Social Security benefits from her dead mother’s bank account did so to pay her bills, an Oregon U.S. District Judge was told yesterday. Judge Adrienne Nelson sentenced Donna J. Royston to…

Crime & Courts

Blinded Oregon Deputy Shot in Eviction Gone Wrong Sues Property Owners for $23 Million

Lucille McNamara Aug 5, 2025

WASHINGTON COUNTY, Ore. — A lawsuit claiming $23 million was filed in the Multnomah County Circuit Court by a Washington County sheriff’s deputy who was shot seven times, blinding him in the left eye, when he attempted to serve a tenant…

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Oregon Nurse Busted After Stealing Elderly Patients’ Bank Cards for Shopping Spree Across Two…

Lucille McNamara Aug 5, 2025

A certified Oregon nursing assistant has been charged with stealing the bank cards of two elderly people in her care to go on a spending spree in Washington and Columbia Counties. Jeanette Lynn Collins (58) of Lafayette was taken into…

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Despite Strong EV Infrastructure, Portland Lags in Electric Vehicle Adoption

Lucille McNamara Aug 4, 2025

PORTLAND, Ore. — Portland is named as one of the best American cities for electric car owners in a study undertaken by Texas Electricity Ratings. Portland city offers 35 fuel stations and 101 charging stations per 100,000 residents.…

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