Lucille McNamara

Paid Leave Oregon (PLO) has helped employers retain their workforce with payouts totaling $1 billion, providing financial security during times of need. PLO Strengthens the Economy and Stabilizes Communities The $1 billion…

SALEM, Ore. — The City of Salem has agreed to pay $850,000 to the family of a young man shot and killed by a police officer in 2021, in an out-of-court settlement. The agreement was reached as the family of Arcadio Castillo III was about…

KLAMATH COUNTY, Ore. — A 58-year-old man selling fentanyl and methamphetamine from a hotel room near a school was arrested last Wednesday and is in the Klamath Falls Jail while investigations continue. Members of the Basin Inter-Agency…

Jobs in the Oregon manufacturing industry including the computer and electronic sectors have been declining steadily for the last two years in a pattern that shows no signs of abating anytime soon. The industry cut 6,900 jobs, or –3.7% in…

The number of single-parent households in Oregon has dropped by 1% over the last four years, in line with the rest of the U.S. with decreases of 1% to 2%. Single Parents are in a Continuous Cycle of Struggle The survey,…

JACKSON COUNTY, Ore. — A 39-year-old pedestrian from Glendale, Naomi Hope Gomez, was struck and killed on Highway 140 near Blackwell Road in Jackson County early last Friday morning. The accident scene was attended by the Oregon State…

The retaliatory 25% Canadian tariff on billions of dollars of American goods is a crippling blow to the Oregon wine industry. Howard Rossbach, owner of three Oregon wine brands with Canada as his biggest market, says the tariff war…

Voter ID and verification of citizenship must be mandated nationwide for voter registration, say seven Oregon House Republicans. They have written a letter, calling on President Donald Trump to issue an executive order to that effect…

President Donald Trump’s executive order ending federal employees working remotely will stop the unofficial four-day-week many are enjoying. According to a survey by Bisnar Choice law firm, one in four of the 3,010 remote workers…

A U.S. veteran, found in possession of 48.5 pounds of methamphetamine, received a one-day jail sentence and five years of supervised probation when he appeared in the Lane County District Circuit Court on Thursday. Michael Bethel, who…