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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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Crime & Courts

Fentanyl Bust in Downtown Portland Leads to Federal Charges Against Three Illegal Immigrants

Lucille McNamara Aug 27, 2025

PORTLAND, Ore. — Three Hondurans living illegally in Oregon appeared in federal court on Monday, charged with trafficking more than 83 grams of fentanyl in downtown Portland. All three defendants have been detained pending further court…

Oregon Trucking Association Backs Governor Kotek’s $6 Billion Transportation Rescue Plan

Lucille McNamara Aug 27, 2025

The Oregon Trucking Association has come out in full support of Governor Tina Kotek’s funding proposals to salvage the state’s cash-strapped Department of Transportation (ODOT). At a public hearing on Monday, the Trucking Association…

Crime & Courts

Oregon Inmate Convicted of Murdering His Wife Dies at 77 in State Custody

Lucille McNamara Aug 26, 2025

Edward Lawrence Nelson, who was imprisoned in the Snake River Correctional Institution (SRCI) for murdering his wife in a domestic violence incident in 2013, died in a hospital yesterday morning, according to the Oregon Department of…

News

Oregon Governor Signs Bills to Cut Energy Costs and Hold Big Data Centers Accountable

Lucille McNamara Aug 26, 2025

Oregon Governor Tina Kotek signed into law four bills yesterday that will assist lower-income households with the cost of energy and ensure that large consumers, like data centers, pay accordingly. $20 Million Extra to Assist…

News

Workplace Discrimination in Oregon Jumps 233 Percent Putting the State Among the Worst in the Nation

Lucille McNamara Aug 25, 2025

Workplace discriminatory bias has risen by 233% in Oregon from 2015 to 2024, placing it in fourth position of states with the highest discrimination rate in the U.S. The study by the online HR platform, Techr, shows that Oregon has…

Crime & Courts

Portland Man With Gun Climbs Onto Neighbor’s Roof as Police Deploy Drone and K-9 in Late Night Siege

Lucille McNamara Aug 25, 2025

PORTLAND, Ore. — A man firing gunshots inside a Piedmont home late on Friday night unfolded into a dramatic police operation deploying a drone, a K-9 unit, and a negotiator to the scene in the 6100 block of North Moore Street, Portland.…

News

Federal Judge Blocks Trump Administration Threat to Strip Oregon of Sanctuary Funds

Lucille McNamara Aug 24, 2025

The Trump administration’s threat of withholding federal funds from sanctuary states, counties, and cities shielding ‘illegal aliens from deportation’ has been dismissed by a federal judge. On Friday, U.S. District Judge William Orrick…

Oregon Roads at Risk as Lawmakers Reconvene Friday to Decide Fate of Transportation Department

Lucille McNamara Aug 24, 2025

Friday is D-Day for the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) when lawmakers reconvene for a special session called by the State Governor after they failed to reach consensus on a funding package for the cash-strapped agency. …

Politics & Elections

Oregon Secretary of State Refuses to Give Trump Administration Sensitive Voter Details Amid DOJ…

Lucille McNamara Aug 24, 2025

Oregon’s Secretary of State (SoS) has refused to provide President Donald Trump’s administration lawyers with personal information about state voters. Lawyers Told They Can Obtain a Copy of Public Records Available to Anyone for…

Crime & Courts

Four Suspected Drug Dealers Arrested in Portland After Bike Squad Sergeant Spots Street Deal

Lucille McNamara Aug 23, 2025

PORTLAND, Ore. — Four suspected drug dealers were arrested in Portland yesterday, and police took possession of dealer-level quantities of fentanyl, a replica firearm, an illegal knife, a stun gun, and drug packaging materials. …

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