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.
Latest from Lucille McNamara

Education
Oregon Legislators Push to Scrap School Funding Model After Years of Declining Performance and Enrollment
Oregon lawmakers are being asked to consider proposed new legislation to abolish the existing 27-year-old school district funding model in an effort to improve the…

Crime & Courts
Portland Man With Violent Criminal History Charged With Bias Crime After Assaulting Transgender Woman on PSU Campus
A transgender woman was attacked and repeatedly punched by a man with a long criminal record of violent crime at a MAX stop at Portland State University last Sunday.

Crime & Courts
Mexican National Previously Deported in 2018 Arrested at Portland Airport on Illegal Reentry
A Mexican national, who was returned to his country of origin in June 2018, appeared in federal court in Portland last Thursday, charged with illegal reentry into the…

News
Oregon Initiative to Protect LGBTQ+ Rights Ends After Falling Far Short of Signature Requirements
The Equal Rights for All campaign has been abandoned after failing by a large margin to obtain the required signatures to ensure its passage onto the November ballot.

Sports
Oregon Lawmakers Introduce Plan to Renovate the Moda Center and Keep the Blazers in Portland Without New Taxes
Oregon political leaders yesterday announced that they have crafted Senate Bill 1501 to renovate the Moda Center without creating a tax burden for Oregonians.

Crime & Courts
Oregon Teen Accused of Plotting Attacks on ICE Agents and Making Destructive Devices
According to court documents, 18-year-old Rayden Tanner Coleman allegedly told roommates that he would cut off the heads of ICE agents in Portland and show the severed…

Public Safety
Two Hikers Rescued Near Green Lakes Trailhead After Losing Their Way in Winter Conditions
Two young hikers were rescued on Saturday night after becoming lost near the Green Lakes Trailhead.

News
Oregon Considers Delaying Gun Control Law Measure 114 as Legislature Proposes Higher Permit Fees
Oregon lawmakers are considering a bill that will delay the implementation of the state’s stalled gun control law, Measure 114, and increase permit and fee requirements…







