Lucille McNamara

UPDATE: Providence Health Workers May Strike As No Agreement Could Be Reached After months of unsuccessful negotiations, 5,000 nurses, doctors, and other health workers have agreed to strike action at Providence hospitals and clinics…

Wells Fargo yesterday announced that it is laying off more than 700 Oregon employees. Affects Workers in Hillsboro and Salem The decision will cost the jobs of 500 employees in Hillsboro and a further 221 in Salem. The…

A 28-year-old Portland man found guilty except for insanity for the murder of his mother in October last year by a Multnomah County Judge on Monday has been committed to the Oregon State Hospital. Teresa A. Graham (59) was found dead in…

Microchip Technology said on Monday that it will close its factory in Tempe, Arizona, next year. The microchips that were made in the Tempe facility will now be produced at the company’s plants in Oregon and Colorado. The shutdown in…

Two dead dogs found by deputies of the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office on Saturday are believed to have been owned by Susan Lane-Fournier (61), whose body was found near Welches after a four-day search. Michel Fournier Court…

Three Oregon forestry companies are facing lawsuits of more than $42 million lodged by a Mexican migrant logger whose eight seasonal postings in the U.S. ended when he was severely injured by the branch of a falling tree. Joaquin…

Solving the housing shortage and homelessness, improving academic levels of achievement, and addiction challenges are the pivotal issues addressed by Oregon Governor Tina Kotek in her $39.3 billion budget released yesterday (Monday). The…

A former Clatskanie School District employee who was sentenced to 18 months of probation, fined $2,000 in restitution, and had his hunting license suspended for three years after shooting and killing a deer is now suing his former employer.…

Oregon students can earn family-supporting wages in a $200 million investment education and training program to increase diverse workforce opportunities. Known as Future Ready Oregon, the program aims to remove barriers to education and…

Salem police and the Fire Department are investigating the suspicious death of a 38-year-old man whose body was found in an apartment fire in the early hours of Saturday morning. Emergency crew arrived at the 1100 block of Chemeketa…