Latest Oregon Headlines
All the headlines from our Oregon Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oregon Ice Storm Repair Will Cost $4M-Plus
May 12 2021 // Officials in Salem, Ore., say damage from a February ice storm will cost about $4.6 million to repair. The Statesman Journal reported the money will be spend repairing infrastructure and clearing downed trees. As of April...
Man Faces Arson Charges After $1M in Damage to Oregon Storage Units
May 10 2021 // A man faces arson and criminal mischief charges after a fire at a storage facility near the Salem Municipal Airport in Oregon on Monday resulted in over $1 million in damages. Firefighters responded to a report of a large...
Businesses Challenge Virus Restrictions in Suit Against Oregon Governor
May 7 2021 // A group of businesses has filed a lawsuit against Oregon Gov. Kate Brown over her recent extension of Oregon’s state of emergency because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Brown last week extended the state of emergency by...
Sex Harassment Suit Against Oregon ‘TikTok Doc’ Settled for $585K
Apr 29 2021 // Oregon Health and Science University said it will pay $585,000 to settle a federal lawsuit filed by a social worker who accused a former anesthesiology resident of sexually assaulting her and the school of failing to...
Officials Say Fire at Oregon Textile Manufacturer Was Arson
Apr 26 2021 // A large fire that gutted a Southeast Portland, Ore., textile manufacturing last week was arson, according to fire officials. Portland Fire & Rescue said in a statement that a security camera recorded someone starting...
Fire Causes Partial Roof Collapse at Oregon Textile Factory
Apr 21 2021 // A fire caused extensive damage to a textile manufacturing facility in Portland early Monday, officials said. The first reports of the blaze came in around 3:30 a.m. Monday at a commercial building in southeast Portland,...
Oregon Considering Indefinite Mask Rules for Workers
Apr 20 2021 // As states around the country lift COVID-19 restrictions, Oregon is poised to go the opposite direction – and many residents are fuming about it. A top health official is considering indefinitely extending rules requiring...
Possible Water Crisis for Ag Operations on Oregon-California Border
Apr 19 2021 // Hundreds of farmers who rely on a massive irrigation project that spans the Oregon-California border learned Wednesday they will get a tiny fraction of the water they need amid the worst drought in decades, as federal...
Former Employee in Oregon City Intends to Sue Following Firing
Apr 13 2021 // A former Coquille city, Ore., employee has informed the city she plans to sue for whistleblower retaliation and a failure to provide due process during the course of her firing. Former city recorder Jennifer Rose filed a...
Contractor Fined $74K Over Asbestos-Tainted Debris at Oregon Site
Mar 26 2021 // A company has been fined over $74,000 for improperly sending asbestos-tainted debris to a landfill in Southern Oregon. The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality described the violations as “major magnitude...
Oregon Lawsuits Seek $1B from Pacific Power over Wildfires
Mar 22 2021 // Two new lawsuits filed in Marion County, Ore., seek more than $1 billion in damages from Pacific Power, claiming the utility’s negligence led to wildfires in the Santiam Canyon last year. The two lawsuits filed in...
Officials Say Oregon Dam Could Fail in Large Earthquake
Mar 19 2021 // The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has determined that a large earthquake, which is expected to occur again in the Pacific Northwest sooner or later, could cause the spillway gates of a dam in Oregon to buckle, resulting...
IMA Financial Group Acquires k.p.d. Insurance in Oregon
Mar 16 2021 // IMA Financial Group has acquired Oregon-based k.p.d. Insurance Inc. to expand its brokerage services to the Pacific Northwest. Terms of the deal, which is effective April 1, were not disclosed. k.p.d. will become an IMA...
Earthquake Early Warning System Launches in Oregon
Mar 16 2021 // People in Oregon will be better prepared for earthquakes – particularly important in the Pacific Northwest because experts say “the big one” is coming – as an early warning system launched Thursday, the...
Oregon Lawsuits Seek $1B From Pacific Power over Wildfires
Mar 12 2021 // Two new lawsuits filed in Marion County, Ore., seek more than $1 billion in damages from Pacific Power, claiming the utility’s negligence led to wildfires in the Santiam Canyon last year. The two lawsuits filed...
Oregon SAIF Declares $210M Dividend for Policyholders
Mar 10 2021 // Oregon’s nonprofit State Accident Insurance Fund Corp. (SAIF) on Wednesday declared a $210 million dividend for its policyholders and acknowledged the financial toll the pandemic has taken on Oregon...
Oregon Man Charged With Arson in Law Office Fire
Mar 10 2021 // A Bend man currently being held at a regional jail in The Dalles has been indicted on two first-degree arson charges in a 2019 fire that heavily damaged a downtown Madras law office. An official confirmed Monday to KTVZ...
Earthquake Warning System Rolling Out in Oregon, Washington
Mar 8 2021 // The earthquake early warning system known as ShakeAlert will be capable of delivering alerts directly to wireless devices in Oregon on March 11 and to Washington state in May, completing the West Coast rollout, the U.S....
Oregon Suit for $4.5M Filed Against Doctor Known for Dance Videos
Mar 5 2021 // A lawsuit alleges an Oregon Health & Science University doctor known for dancing in his scrubs on social media sexually harassed a coworker at Portland’s Veterans Affairs Medical Center. The Oregonian reported...
Oregon City Paid Ex-Police Officer $250K to Settle Lawsuit
Mar 2 2021 // An officer who made headlines for excessive use of force allegations and a whistleblower lawsuit resigned from the Springfield Police Department at the end of 2020. Ryan Stone and City Manager Nancy Newton signed a...
