Lucille McNamara

Oregonians will no longer have medical debt reflected on credit reports if Senate Bill 605 gets the nod from the House. Senate voted 18-10 in favor of the bill on Wednesday, prohibiting debt-collecting agencies and medical providers from…

A former star high school basketball player, 33-year-old Mitchell Beckwith of Portland, has been convicted of first-degree rape and other sex crimes involving four women in the Multnomah County Circuit Court. Beckwith was sentenced to 20…

SPRINGFIELD, Ore. — Harvey and Price, a mechanical contracting company in Springfield, was allegedly embezzled of hundreds of thousands of dollars by ‘a trusted employee’ during her six years working for the company. Melisa Jaragosky…

A $1.5 million penalty has been imposed on two companies linked to the J.H. Baxter wood treatment plant in Eugene, along with their president, for breaching the Clean Air Act. Company President Gets Jail Time The court also…

President Donald Trump’s vision of expanding American timber production is breathing renewed life into Oregon’s lagging industry with a cash injection of $27.7 million to 18 western counties. Oregon Timber Revenues Have Been on…

PORTLAND, Ore. — Drug raids organized by the Portland Police Bureau (PPB) in a multi-agency sting operation helped disrupt the flow of dangerous substances by Honduran drug trafficking organizations that work with the Sinaloa Cartel.…

While large data centers have been encouraged to operate in Oregon with attractive incentives like tax reductions, residents and small businesses have helped foot the bill for the huge amounts of electricity these operations consume.…

After allegedly shooting a neighbor’s window and entering the property without permission during the early hours of Saturday morning, Paul McKiddy (42) was taken into custody by Coos County deputies. The incident occurred at a residence…

EUGENE, Ore. — Eugene Police want information on a man who shot a female cat trapped inside a carrier, abandoned her on a hilly outcrop, and then fled the scene in a dark-colored sedan. Police were alerted to the sound of gunshots at…

Banning any laboratory experiment that is painful to cats and dogs and funded by public money won the hearts of a 24-3 majority of Oregon lawmakers who passed Senate Bill 181 last week. The Senate Bill that prohibits experiments on…