Latest Oregon Headlines
All the headlines from our Oregon Topic Page, ordered by recency.
$698M Deal Ending Oregon’s Monsanto PCB Pollution Lawsuit
Dec 21 2022 // Bayer, the German pharmaceutical and biotechnology company, will pay Oregon $698 million to end a lawsuit over PCB pollution associated with products made by Monsanto, the agriculture giant it now owns. It’s the...
Oregon Announces $17M Settlement with Centene
Dec 13 2022 // Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum and Oregon Insurance Commissioner Andrew Stolfi jointly announced a $17 million settlement with Centene regarding pharmacy services and including allegations that the company overcharged...
Oregon Report Shows State’s Workers’ Comp Rates Among Nation’s Lowest
Dec 5 2022 // Oregon’s workers’ compensation rates remain among the lowest in the nation, according to an analysis released by the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services. The biennial study ranks all 50 states...
Oregon OSHA Fines Mattress Retailer for Exposing Workers to Vehicle Safety Hazards
Dec 2 2022 // Oregon OSHA fined Mattress Megastore in Hillsboro more than $66,000 for multiple workplace safety violations, including willfully exposing employees to serious injury or death from potential traffic accidents. The...
Oregon Hemp Plant Fire Injures 5, Town Temporarily Evacuated
Nov 23 2022 // A small town in central Oregon was evacuated and five people were hurt due to a hemp manufacturing plant fire Sunday. The Sherman County Sheriff’s Office said five employees were burned in the blaze, including one...
Oregon Report Shows State’s Workers’ Comp Rates Among Nation’s Lowest
Nov 22 2022 // Oregon’s workers’ compensation rates remain among the lowest in the nation, according to an analysis released by the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services. The biennial study ranks all 50 states...
Two Families Settle with PacifiCorp in Oregon Over Fire
Nov 7 2022 // Electric company PacifiCorp has entered a settlement with two families who were victims of the catastrophic Labor Day fires in southern Oregon in 2020, according to attorneys representing the families, the Oregonian...
Thick Smoke in Western Washington and Oregon to Soon Clear
Oct 21 2022 // A haze of smoke covering parts of western Washington and Oregon is expected to clear before the week’s end, but only after the region reached a dubious distinction: Seattle and Portland briefly topped a list of large...
Foggy Oregon Crash Involved Dozens of Vehicles, 1 Dead
Oct 21 2022 // One person was killed Wednesday morning in a multi-vehicle crash in heavy fog on Interstate 5 in Oregon. Crashes in the southbound lanes of the interstate north of Eugene involved about 60 vehicles including up to 20...
Oregon Retirement Home Fire That Killed One Was Human Caused
Oct 14 2022 // An explosion and fire last week at the Columbia Hills Retirement Center in St. Helens, Oregon, that killed one person was a human-caused accident. Columbia River Fire & Rescue officials said the explosion was caused by...
M4.4 Earthquake Confirmed in Northwest Oregon
Oct 10 2022 // A 4.4 magnitude earthquake struck northwest Oregon, the U.S. Geological Survey confirmed. No damage was reported but KOIN reports that people from Albany to the Portland metro area reported feeling the temblor on...
Injured Oregon Protester Awarded $1M in Lawsuit
Oct 6 2022 // A jury has awarded a racial justice demonstrator more than $1 million in a lawsuit she filed in 2020 against the city of Salem, Oregon, accusing officers of violating her civil rights. Eleaqia McCrae, a Black woman, sued...
Oregon Hospital Issued Workplace Safety Fines
Oct 3 2022 // The Oregon State Hospital is facing a $54,000 fine for failing to investigate workplace injuries. The citation, brought by the state’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration, alleges that from January 2021 to...
Oregon Hospital Issued Workplace Safety Fines
Sep 23 2022 // The Oregon State Hospital is facing a $54,000 fine for failing to investigate workplace injuries. The citation, brought by the state’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration, alleges that from January 2021 to...
People With Disabilities Sue Over Blocked Sidewalks in Oregon
Sep 9 2022 // A group of Portland, Oregon, residents with disabilities has filed a lawsuit against the city, accusing it of failing to keep public sidewalks accessible. The class action lawsuit filed this week in federal court accuses...
Oregon Workers’ Comp Costs to Drop for 10th Year
Sep 8 2022 // Oregon employers will pay less for workers’ compensation coverage on average next year, according to the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services. The DCBS said the decline in costs marks 10 years of...
No Indictment for Ex-Oregon Doctor Accused of Abuse, Still Faces Civil Suits
Sep 6 2022 // A Clackamas County grand jury has declined to indict a former suburban Portland, Oregon, doctor on criminal charges of sexual misconduct and abuse of patients, finding there isn’t enough evidence to prove the claims,...
Lawsuit Filed Over Man Killed in Oregon Protests Dismissed
Sep 6 2022 // A judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed against the city of Portland, Oregon, the mayor and the Multnomah County district attorney by the estate of a man who was shot and killed after a pro-Trump car rally. The suit had...
Round out a home’s protection with a new “stand-alone” earthquake option for Independent Agents in WA & OR
Sep 6 2022 // MILL CREEK, WA, September 6, 2022 — Pacific International Underwriters® (PIU) is partnering with American Modern® to offer a standalone earthquake insurance policy in Washington & Oregon. “One of the...
Column Collapses at Oregon College, Killing Student In Hammock
Sep 2 2022 // Authorities say a brick column collapsed at Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon, killing one student who was in a hammock hanging from the column. Portland Fire & Rescue said two other people were injured...
