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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 Extends Homelessness Emergency as State Now Leads Nation in Unsheltered Children

Lucille McNamara Jan 10, 2026

Oregon Governor Tina Kotek yesterday extended the state of emergency on unsheltered homelessness, spotlighting drug addiction and mental health as issues that continue to threaten public safety and economic stability. Emergency actions…

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Border Patrol IDs Portland Shooting Victims as Alleged Venezuelan Gang Members, Oregon AG Opens…

Lucille McNamara Jan 10, 2026

PORTLAND, Ore. — Homeland Security has released the names of the couple shot by a U.S. Border Patrol and Customs Protection agent in Portland on Thursday afternoon. They are Luis David Nino-Moncada and Yorlenys Betzabeth…

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NW Natural Warns Oregon Customers After Claims That ICE Agents Are Impersonating Utility Staff

Lucille McNamara Jan 9, 2026

A claim that Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents are impersonating NW Natural utility workers to gain access to private homes has resulted in the company sending its customers an urgent notice of warning. The company received…

Oregon Officials Demand Answers After Federal Agent Shoots Two People in Portland Amid Conflicting…

Lucille McNamara Jan 9, 2026

UPDATE: Border Patrol IDs Portland Shooting Victims as Alleged Venezuelan Gang Members, Oregon AG Opens Investigation PORTLAND, Ore. — The true facts surrounding yesterday’s shooting in Portland - in which a man and a woman were…

Crime & Courts

Oregon Sneaker Seller Gets 70 Months After $80 Million Fraud That Left Customers With Nothing

Lucille McNamara Jan 8, 2026

The owner of a former Oregon business that sold collectible sneakers online was sentenced on Tuesday to 70 months in federal prison for a fraud conspiracy involving more than $80 million. According to the Oregon U.S. Attorney’s Office,…

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Kotek Warns of ODOT Layoffs as Oregon Faces Massive Funding Gap and 1,000 Aging Bridges

Lucille McNamara Jan 8, 2026

Oregon Governor Tina Kotek yesterday warned that hundreds of people will be laid off this spring from the state’s Department of Transportation (ODOT) if the wrong decisions are made in the coming weeks. Addressing the annual meeting of…

Education

Oregon Didn’t Hit Its 2025 Workforce Readiness Goal but Student Enrollment Is Finally Rising

Lucille McNamara Jan 7, 2026

Enrollment at Oregon public universities and community colleges increased by 1.5% last year, raising optimism that educators will reach their goal of creating a more skilled and productive workforce to bolster state tax coffers.…

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West Coast Doctors Break From CDC, Urge Oregon Parents to Follow Full Vaccine Schedule

Lucille McNamara Jan 7, 2026

The West Coast Health Alliance (WCHA) has criticized the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) decision to significantly reduce the number of vaccinations that all American children have routinely received in recent years.…

Crime & Courts

Ashland Activist Sues City After Being Removed from Council Meeting for Calling the Police Chief a…

Lucille McNamara Jan 6, 2026

ASHLAND, Ore. — A Jackson County resident who called the Ashland Police Chief Tighe O’Meara ‘a fascist’ at a City Council meeting last September has filed a civil rights suit for violation of his First Amendment rights. Toren McKnight…

Oregon Secretary of State Gives Portland Until Month’s End to Clean Up ‘Material Weaknesses’ in Its…

Lucille McNamara Jan 5, 2026

The Oregon Secretary of State has granted the City of Portland an extension to January 31, 2026, to file a corrective Plan of Action for its 2024-25 Financial Report, after auditors uncovered “material weaknesses” in the original report.…

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