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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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News

Oregon’s Coquille Tribe and Veterans Affairs Forge Historic Partnership to Appoint First…

Lucille McNamara May 30, 2025

A Memorandum of Understanding between the Oregon Department of Veterans Affairs (ODVA) and the Coquille Tribe was signed at a ceremony on Tribal land in North Bend. This is the fifth Memorandum of Understanding between the ODVA and…

Education

Oregon Advances Record $11.36 Billion Education Budget with New Accountability Measures Targeting…

Lucille McNamara May 30, 2025

The Oregon Joint Ways and Means Subcommittee on Education has voted to advance a bill that will give the State School Fund a record-breaking $11.36 billion - $1.2 billion more than what was allocated in the 2023-25 biennium. The…

Crime & Courts

FBI Manhunt Ends with Oregon Drug Trafficker Sentenced to Nine Years After Seizure of Narcotics and…

Lucille McNamara May 30, 2025

An Oregon man who missed his sentencing last year was yesterday handed a nine-year federal prison term for trafficking drugs. Authorities say the case involved more than 40 pounds of fentanyl, heroin, and methamphetamine. FBI…

News

Oregon Lawmakers Push Bill to Boost Rideshare Driver Pay and Protections Despite Uber Backlash

Lucille McNamara May 29, 2025

Oregon lawmakers are on the brink of introducing legislation that will increase earnings and improve the working conditions of rideshare drivers who work for companies like Uber and Lyft. Senate Bill 1166 requires transportation network…

Crime & Courts

Jealous Man Attacks Couple With Hammer for Talking to His Girlfriend Outside Roseburg Motel

Lucille McNamara May 29, 2025

ROSEBURG, Ore. — Herculano Gonzales-Lopez of Winchester is facing multiple charges following an attack with a hammer on guests at a motel in Roseburg late at night on 23 May. According to the Roseburg Police Department, Gonzales-Lopez…

News

Lawsuit Led by Oregon Halts Trump’s Tariff Hike on Chinese and EU Imports

Lucille McNamara May 29, 2025

A lawsuit led by the Oregon Attorney General has upended President Donald Trump’s tariff increases, including the 145% imposed on Chinese imports and the 50% on imports from the European Union. U.S. Court of International Trade…

News

Trump-Era HUD Cuts Force Fair Housing Council to Abandon Vulnerable Tenants in Eleven Oregon…

Lucille McNamara May 28, 2025

The Fair Housing Council nonprofit that protects vulnerable tenants from discrimination by landlords will be withdrawing from nine Oregon cities and two counties following the Trump administration’s decision to cut funding of nearly $1…

Crime & Courts

Oregon Prison Guard Sentenced for Sexual Misconduct with Inmate with Psychiatric Disability

Lucille McNamara May 28, 2025

A former correctional officer at the Coffee Creek Women’s Prison in Wilsonville, Oregon, Levi David Gray, has been sentenced to 20 months in prison on two counts of first-degree custodial sexual misconduct involving a female inmate. Gray…

Crime & Courts

Million-Dollar Drug Bust at Oregon Wildlife Park Uncovers Guns, Meth, and a Machine Gun

Lucille McNamara May 28, 2025

A joint law enforcement operation involving several search warrants at the West Coast Game Park resulted in officers seizing $1.6 million in cash, firearms including a machine gun, drugs, and cashier’s bonds, checks, and certificates.…

News

Oregon’s Senate Bill Shields School Library Books on Gender, LGBTQ+ Issues, and Race from…

Lucille McNamara May 26, 2025

A Senate bill that will make it illegal to remove or to refuse to carry books in school libraries based on subjects protected from discrimination has one more hurdle to negotiate before becoming an effective Oregon law. Although Senate…

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