Latest Oregon Headlines
All the headlines from our Oregon Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Helmets Now Commonplace on Oregon Slopes
Nov 14 2014 // They come in nearly every color scheme imaginable, from camouflage to bright pink. Most skiers and snowboarders on the slopes are wearing them, and if you’re not, well, you are not just reckless, you are . GASP!...
Monsanto Settles Farmer Suits Over Oregon Experimental GMO Wheat
Nov 13 2014 // Monsanto Co. said on Wednesday it reached a settlement with U.S. wheat farmers who sued the seed company over market disruption after unapproved genetically engineered wheat was discovered growing without oversight in...
Ekstrom Joins Woodruff-Sawyer in Oregon
Nov 10 2014 // Woodruff-Sawyer & Co. has named Justine Ekstrom senior benefits consultant in its Portland, Ore. office. Ekstrom will assist employers in designing and managing benefit programs. She will drive planning, manage...
Bauer Joins Integro’s Casualty Practice in Oregon
Oct 31 2014 // Insurance brokerage and risk management firm Integro has named Kate Bauer as vice president in its casualty practice. Bauer will be based in Portland, Ore. and she will work with Integro clients to develop and deliver...
Oregon Lawmakers Told By Oracle Lawsuit is a Waste Of Money
Oct 31 2014 // Oracle Corp. is appealing to Oregon legislative leaders in the legal fight over the failed Cover Oregon health insurance website. In a letter sent last week to Senate President Peter Courtney and House Speaker Tina Kotek,...
Oregon City Threatens to Fine Uber
Oct 31 2014 // The city of Eugene, Ore. has ordered the Uber ridesharing company to cease operations or be fined. The Register-Guard reported Uber has refused to apply for a taxi license since its drivers began operating in Eugene last...
Uber Drivers Pass by Oregon City’s Taxi Regulations
Oct 29 2014 // Salem, Ore. urban planning administrator Glen Gross says Uber continues to operate outside taxi regulations, despite a warning letter from the city and negotiations with the ridesharing company. Gross says it will be up to...
Oregon Worker Severs Fingers At Potato Plant: Safety Division
Oct 22 2014 // Oregon’s Occupational Safety and Health Division is investigating after a female employee severed four fingers on her right hand in a workplace accident at a potato plant in Boardman. The East Oregonian reported that...
Landslide Cleanup Deal Reached in Oregon, Insurers to Pay
Oct 22 2014 // A legal path has been cleared for hundreds of tons of debris to be removed from a waterway south of Coos Bay, Ore. that’s home to federally protected coho salmon and green sturgeon. In April 2012, a massive...
California Costliest State for Workers’ Comp, Report Shows
Oct 20 2014 // A state-by-state ranking of workers’ compensation premiums, one that states reportedly use as a motivational call to improve their systems, seems to call for even more reform of California’s recently reformed...
California’s Industrial Director Challenges Workers’ Comp Report
Oct 13 2014 // California’s Department of Industrial Relations Director it taking a bit of umbrage with a study released last week that showed the state was ranked as the costliest for workers’ compensation. Despite major...
California Costliest State for Workers’ Comp, Report Shows
Oct 9 2014 // A state-by-state ranking of workers’ compensation premiums, one that states reportedly use as a motivational call to improve their systems, seems to call for more reform of California’s recently reformed...
Oregon Hospital Settles With Patients Abused By Doctor
Oct 7 2014 // A hospital in The Dalles, Ore. and two administrators have settled a lawsuit brought by four female patients molested by an anesthesiologist while they were under sedation. The Dalles Chronicle reported that the amount of...
Oregon Judge Tosses Pimp’s Sneaker Warning Suit
Oct 3 2014 // An Oregon judge needed less than a half hour to dismiss a $100 million lawsuit filed by an imprisoned pimp who contended Nike should have included a consumer warning on the sneakers the man used to beat a...
Oregon Commish Says ‘Sharing Economy’ Creates Insurance Challenges
Sep 24 2014 // Typical insurance policies won’t cover people participating in the “sharing economy” by renting out their home or using their car for a driving service, Oregon’s insurance commissioner is...
100 Homes Destroyed by Northern California Wildfire
Sep 16 2014 // A wind-driven fire cut through a small California town near the Oregon border on Monday damaging or destroying 100 homes and prompting evacuation orders for at least 1,500 people, authorities said. The town near the base...
Wildfire Spending In Oregon Triggers Lloyd’s Insurance Policy
Sep 5 2014 // Oregon’s tough wildfire season has pushed spending to the point the state Department of Forest is tapping its special insurance policy for the second year in a row. The Bulletin reported that state wildfire costs...
Crestbrook Insurance Expands into Oregon, Washington
Aug 22 2014 // Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Crestbrook Insurance Co., an affluent market personal lines carrier, is expanding into Oregon and Washington. Independent insurance agents and brokers appointed with Crestbrook in both states are...
Oregon Family of DUI Victim Settles with Driver, Restaurants
Aug 18 2014 // A settlement agreement in a Lane County, Ore., drunk driving lawsuit appears to award slightly more than $180,000 to the victim’s heirs. The mother and two children of a Cottage Grove woman killed by a drunken driver...
Oregon Family of DUI Victim Settles with Driver, Restaurants
Aug 18 2014 // A settlement agreement in a Lane County, Ore., drunk driving lawsuit appears to award slightly more than $180,000 to the victim’s heirs. The mother and two children of a Cottage Grove woman killed by a drunken driver...
