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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

Rental Scam Resurfaces in Eugene as Tenants Lose Deposits on Fake Listings

Lucille McNamara Jul 11, 2025

EUGENE, Ore. — Prospective tenants in the Eugene area are once again being scammed by bogus property managers and owners who demand a deposit, and on occasion one month’s rent up-front, before the gullible victims discover that the property…

News

Pharma Giants Pay Up as Oregon Nets $10 Million in Opioid Accountability Deal

Lucille McNamara Jul 11, 2025

Oregon will receive $10.1 million as part of a $720 million settlement reached by Attorneys General from nine states with eight pharmaceutical companies accused of fueling the opioid crisis. The settlement, announced by Oregon Attorney…

Crime & Courts

Drone and License Plate Tech Lead Eugene SWAT to Wisconsin Fugitive Lying Low in Oregon

Lucille McNamara Jul 11, 2025

EUGENE, Ore. — A Eugene SWAT team arrested a murder suspect from Wisconsin in a vehicle stop in the area of W 18th Avenue and Lincoln Street on Wednesday. The local police department was asked to assist the Milwaukee police, who stated…

News

Portland Risks Losing $100 Million in Federal Funds Over Refusal to Drop DEI Programs

Lucille McNamara Jul 10, 2025

PORTLAND, Ore. — Portland could lose $100 million in annual federal funding if it fails to eliminate some of its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) policies and programs demanded by the Trump Administration. The City Cannot…

Politics & Elections

Sanctuary Cities Like Portland Targeted as ICE Plans Sweeping Deportation Surge

Lucille McNamara Jul 10, 2025

PORTLAND, Ore. — Making the country ‘safe’ could come at a terrible price for sanctuary states such as Oregon. This is the grim picture painted by President Donald Trump’s border czar, Tom Homan. He Warns That ICE Activities Will…

News

Federal Lawsuit From Oregon Athletes Seeks to Bar Transgender Competitors From Girls’ Sports

Lucille McNamara Jul 9, 2025

Three Oregon high school track and field athletes have filed a federal lawsuit calling for transgender students to be banned from all future girls’ events in the state, and to strip them of all sports records previously earned in girls’…

Crime & Courts

Medford Police Shooting of Knife-Wielding Man Sparks Grand Jury Review and Public Debate

Lucille McNamara Jul 9, 2025

MEDFORD, Ore. — Jackson County Sheriff’s Office (JCSO) has released the name of the man shot by a Medford Police Department (MPD) officer during an officer-involved confrontation in Hawthorne Park last Friday. He is 55-year-old Salvador…

Environment

Eugene Wood-Treatment Plant Becomes One of Oregon’s Most Toxic Chemical Leak Sites

Lucille McNamara Jul 8, 2025

The J.H. Baxter chemical wood treating plant in Eugene, which released hazardous substances into the soil and groundwater during decades of operations, has been added to the Superfund National Priorities List (NPL). Poses a…

Oregon Begins Major Transportation Layoffs as Road Funding Bill Falls Through

Lucille McNamara Jul 8, 2025

The first 483 of an estimated 700 Oregon Department of Transportation ODOT) employees were retrenched yesterday following the legislature’s failure to pass a funding package to maintain and upgrade a dilapidated road and bridge network…

News

Medford Builds the Region’s Largest Pickleball Complex in a $1.8 Million Sports Expansion

Lucille McNamara Jul 7, 2025

MEDFORD, Ore. — As the game of pickleball gains in popularity throughout the U.S., the City of Medford will be home to 19 state-of-the-art lighted pickleball courts expected to attract national and regional tournaments. As part of an…

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