Lucille McNamara

Oregon has been named as one of the Greenest States in the country. The Beaver State was placed fourth in a study that assessed five metrics – emissions, eco-friendly vehicles, recycling, energy consumption, and landfill waste.…

After a two-day trial, Tyson Kay (47) was sentenced to 18 months in prison by a Lincoln County Circuit judge for killing Daisy, a black Labrador/Retriever owned by his neighbors. Found guilty of first-degree aggravated animal abuse and…

“Hunger cannot be used as a political weapon,” is how Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield responded to a ruling by two federal court judges instructing the Trump administration to release food aid program funds being withheld because of…

LINN COUNTY, Ore. — The body of teenager, Karandeep Singh, has been recovered after it was snagged by a fisherman on the North Santiam River near Mill City, and his death has been ruled as an accidental drowning. Several unsuccessful…

A U.S. District Judge’s temporary order barring the government from sending National Guard troops to Portland expires tomorrow (Sunday), and the Trump administration refuses to briefly extend the order to allow more time to rule on the…

Carlos Ralph Miller-Smith (31) appeared in federal court earlier this week, charged with involuntary manslaughter following a fatal shooting on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation. Miller-Smith is a resident of the reservation and has…

An Oregon student, who was permanently paralyzed when a pine tree toppled onto her on campus, is seeking a $16.3 million settlement from the University of Oregon. Olivia Rose Edwards was a junior at the university when a 50-foot-tall…

An Oregon woman from Happy Valley appeared in federal court yesterday, charged with assaulting a Federal Protective Service (FPS) officer by punching him in the face. Twenty-five-year-old Breeanne Rivas allegedly assaulted the officer on…

Oregon Governor Tina Kotek has declared a 60-day food security emergency, following President Donald Trump’s announcement that SNAP benefits will not be available in November because of the government shutdown. A lack of Supplemental…

On Tuesday, a Lincoln County Circuit Court judge sentenced Emerson Cromwell to life imprisonment, saying that he was responsible for the violent and horrible death of his 15-month-old toddler. Imposing the presumptive sentence prescribed…