Lucille McNamara

All indications suggest that Oregon will not escape growing national consumer apathy about the economic outlook for 2026, despite the record-breaking ‘Super Saturday’ spend by Beaver state residents. Consumer sentiment has dropped 30%…

PORTLAND, Ore. —  Following the arrest of two Portland residents on Friday night near the Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE) detention center in South Portland, the Police Bureau reminds the public that while it does not engage in…

Despite huge state incentives to attract the manufacturing sector to Oregon, the state has shed nearly 10,000 factory jobs in the last 12 months. While the semiconductor industry may not be the largest in the number of people it employs,…

Of the 372 homeless people who died in Multnomah County last year, 183 overdosed from fentanyl, more than double the 91 deaths linked to the synthetic opioid in 2022. Tidings Data Snapshot Fentanyl linked deaths : people…

The Oregon State Police are appealing to the public to help them identify a suspect following a burglary at the Oregon School for the Deaf in Salem. The incident occurred during the early hours of Thursday morning when a male suspect…

EUGENE, Ore. — A Eugene woman set her boyfriend’s house on fire when he refused to meet with her in person after their relationship ended. Forty-year-old Leticia Crystal Blue Ocean Datu-Strong, aka Rickie Potts, has been sentenced to 34…

Responding to ‘harmful’ federal immigration enforcement activities, Multnomah County is part of a growing list of Oregon cities and counties declaring immigration emergencies and sanctuary measures. Although Oregon is a statewide…

Oregon families who fell prey to scammers who stole more than $160,000 from SNAP recipients have been dealt a double blow – first the loss of their food benefits, and now they have been told that their loss cannot be reimbursed. …

Oregon’s collaboration with neighboring California and Washington to build  $102 million electric and hydrogen charging stations along key freight corridors is jeopardized by the Trump administration’s decision to freeze the funding. …

A Level 3 State of Emergency has been declared in Oregon, as an incoming atmospheric river is expected to bring heavy rainfall and potential flooding, especially in the western parts of the state, which are at an increased risk of…