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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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Oregon Named One of the Riskiest States in America for Financial Cybercrime

Lucille McNamara Jul 5, 2025

Oregon is one of five states ranked as the riskiest for financial cybercrime, according to Cloudwards, an online platform that provides information, reviews, and comparisons of cloud-based technologies. Oregon ranks…

Crime & Courts

Oregon Foster Home Operator Admits Stealing Medicaid Funds While Neglecting Disabled Residents

Lucille McNamara Jul 4, 2025

MARION COUNTY, Ore. — Brian Woodring, the former operator of an adult foster home for individuals with developmental disabilities, has admitted guilt in Marion County Circuit Court to several felony offenses, including criminal mistreatment…

News

Audit Finds Oregon’s DMV Voter Errors Too Small to Sway Elections but Points to System Flaws

Lucille McNamara Jul 4, 2025

An independent audit into Oregon’s DMV program which automatically registers motor vehicle owners as voters has found that the number of potentially ineligible registered individuals is too small to affect the outcome of an election.…

News

Federal Judge Orders Release of Mexican Asylum Seeker Unlawfully Detained by ICE in Portland

Lucille McNamara Jul 3, 2025

The immediate release of a 24-year-old Mexican, arrested by masked ICE agents outside a Portland courtroom and placed in a detention center, has been ordered by a federal judge. Identified as Y-Z-L-H, the man has been detained in an…

Crime & Courts

Honduran National in Portland Faces Federal Trial Over Fatal Fentanyl Sale

Lucille McNamara Jul 3, 2025

PORTLAND, Ore. — A Honduran national living illegally in Portland appeared in federal court yesterday charged with distributing fentanyl that resulted in the death by overdose of an unnamed adult male in January 2024. Jury Trial…

News

Portland Loses Homeless Camp Cleanup Contract After State Fails to Pass Transportation Bill

Lucille McNamara Jul 3, 2025

PORTLAND, Ore. — The failure of Oregon lawmakers to pass legislation to fund the state’s rapidly declining transportation network has claimed its first victim – the $4 million contract paid to Portland City to conduct sweeps of homeless…

News

Complaints About Oregon Sanctuary Law Violations Surge as Immigrants Report Being Targeted

Lucille McNamara Jul 2, 2025

No one should have to live in fear that a public school, hospital, or local government agency will unlawfully share their information, says Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield. Neither should they fear that assistance will be given for…

News

Oregon Nursing Home Hit with $2 Million Settlement After Elderly Patients Endured Horrific Neglect

Lucille McNamara Jul 2, 2025

A $2 million civil settlement has been reached as part of the Oregon Department of Justice’s (ODJ) 2025 national healthcare fraud take-down with Riverpark Operations LLC, and its parent company Avamere, that provided grossly substandard…

Crime & Courts

DNA From Skull Found in 1997 Leads to Arrest in 41-Year-Old Oregon Cold Case

Lucille McNamara Jul 1, 2025

JOSEPHINE COUNTY, Ore. — A 72-year-old man has been arrested and charged with the murder of Teresa Peroni on the 4th of July 41 years ago, after the cold case was reopened by the Josephine County Sheriff’s Office (JCSO). Mark Sanfratello…

Politics & Elections

Blocked by Republicans, Oregon Bill to Limit National Guard Use May Live On by Executive Order

Lucille McNamara Jul 1, 2025

The chief sponsor of a bill that Republican lawmakers squashed at the end of the legislative session last Friday could still emerge the victor if the Governor heeds his plea to issue an executive order that could prevent the federal…

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