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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 Lawmakers Push Food for All Program as Hunger Hits Great Depression Levels and 62,000 Lose…

Lucille McNamara Apr 2, 2025

In the face of new information from the Oregon Food Bank that shows hunger in the state is at its worst level since the Great Depression, a group of lawmakers want to establish a Food for All Oregonians program. More Than 62,000…

Politics & Elections

Oregon AG Joins Effort to Block Trump’s SAVE Act as New Voter Rules Risk Minority Rights and Decades…

Lucille McNamara Apr 2, 2025

Despite studies that show that only 0.0001% of votes cast in areas with high immigration populations are by non-citizens, the Trump administration is changing the SAVE Act which will pose onerous burdens on voters to prove their…

Crime & Courts

Oregon Woman Accused of Setting Boyfriend’s Home on Fire and Stealing Witness’s Debit Card

Lucille McNamara Apr 1, 2025

A woman accused of setting fire to the Crescent Meadows home of her boyfriend’s parents in Eugene last summer, then allegedly stole a debit card from a witness to the arson. She was on Bail and Wearing an Ankle Monitor Jasmine…

Politics & Elections

Oregon Voters Overwhelmingly Oppose Bill to Restrict Mail-In Voting and Add ID Verification

Lucille McNamara Apr 1, 2025

A public hearing by the Senate Committee on Rules held on Monday to discuss a Bill that will revert Oregon to in-person voting was opposed by 81% of respondents who submitted written testimony, according to information obtained by a news…

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Oregon Immigrant Students Without Legal Status Will Not be Allowed to Receive Federal Education…

Lucille McNamara Apr 1, 2025

Oregon college and university students without permanent legal status will no longer be allowed access to some federally funded programs that help disadvantaged students earn degrees. U.S. Department of Education Describes…

Crime & Courts

Van Driver’s Fatal Lane Switch Sends Woodburn Mother and Son Crashing into Ditch Near Canby

Lucille McNamara Mar 31, 2025

CLACKAMAS COUNTY, Ore. — Van driver Tyler Ryan Sahnow of Beaverton died in an accident when his van collided head-on with a Suburban in Clackamas County late last Friday afternoon. A Woodburn woman and her six-year-old son survived after…

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Hit-And-Run Driver Smashes into Second Vehicle While Attempting to Escape from Milwaukie Police

Lucille McNamara Mar 31, 2025

CLACKAMAS COUNTY, Ore. — After slamming head-on into an oncoming vehicle, the driver fled the scene in his badly damaged vehicle before crashing into a stationary car and surrendering to Milwaukie law enforcement officers. Victim…

Crime & Courts

Venezuelan Who Escaped from a Washington Immigration Detention Center Arrested in Oregon

Lucille McNamara Mar 31, 2025

Alvaro Flores-Barboza (24) of Venezuela will appear in the Portland Magistrate’s Court today after escaping from a federal immigration detention center in Tacoma, Washington, and traveling 150 miles north to Oregon. He was arrested in…

Crime & Courts

Police Ignored Oregon Man Hallucinating on Mushrooms Who Severed Fingers and Suffered Severe Burns,…

Lucille McNamara Mar 30, 2025

The West Linn Police Department (WLPD) is facing a federal negligence lawsuit following a ruling by U.S. District Court Judge Michael H. Simon. The Lawsuit alleges that WLPD officers should have entered the home of Michael A. Relloque…

Crime & Courts

Salem Traffic Stop Uncovers Drugs and Gun, Lands Two in Jail After Early Morning Bust

Lucille McNamara Mar 30, 2025

SALEM, Ore. — The action of a police officer, who stopped a vehicle with three occupants in north Salem during the early hours of Sunday morning, led to the seizure of drugs, and a firearm. The incident occurred at 2.30 a.m., when a…

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