Latest Oregon Headlines
All the headlines from our Oregon Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oregon Wildfire Threatening over 7,000 Structures
Aug 31 2022 // The Rum Creek Fire in remote southwest Oregon has burned nearly 18.75 square miles is threatening thousands of homes and is only about 1% contained. As of Tuesday morning, the Northwest Interagency Coordination Center said...
Walmart Ordered to Pay Oregon Man $4.4M for Racial Profiling
Aug 25 2022 // A Multnomah County grand jury has ordered Walmart to pay $4.4 million in damages to a man who sued the store, saying he was racially profiled and harassed by a Walmart employee at a Portland, Oregon, area store in...
Round out a home’s protection with a new “stand-alone” earthquake option for Independent Agents in WA & OR
Aug 22 2022 // MILL CREEK, WA, August 22, 2022 — Pacific International Underwriters® (PIU) is partnering with American Modern® to offer a standalone earthquake insurance policy in Washington & Oregon. “One of the advantages...
Eastern Oregon Historic Flour Mill Destroyed in Fire
Aug 17 2022 // A historic flour mill in northeast Oregon was destroyed in a fire. According to the Pendleton Police Department, the fire at the Grain Craft Flour Mill in Pendleton started around 2:55 p.m. Tuesday, KHQ reported. The...
Two Radiation Incidents Investigated at Oregon Hospital
Aug 16 2022 // The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued two “event notifications” for incidents involving Salem Hospital’s radiation oncology department earlier this year. One incident involved hospital...
Oregon House Candidate Sues Massage Parlor for $450K
Aug 16 2022 // A Democratic candidate for the Oregon House of Representatives is suing the owner of a massage parlor in Woodburn, Oregon, after he says she tried to initiate sexual contact with him. Oregon Public Broadcasting reports...
Oregon Ski Area Sued over Washington Child’s Death
Aug 12 2022 // The parents of a 9-year-old child who died skiing at Mt. Bachelor ski area in central Oregon last year have filed a $49 million wrongful death lawsuit against the resort and its parent company, Powdr Corp. Angela and Brian...
Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Evergreen Insurance Managers in Oregon
Aug 11 2022 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.’s Risk Placement Services Inc. acquired Hillsboro, Oregon-based Evergreen Insurance Managers Inc. Dyan Bates, Nancy Schultz and their associates will remain in their current...
Oregon’s Wildfire Risk Map Emerges as Climate Flashpoint
Aug 8 2022 // A new map in Oregon that rated the wildfire risk of every tax lot in the state – labeling nearly 80,000 structures as high-risk – generated so much pushback from angry homeowners that officials abruptly retracted it,...
Oregon Heat Wave Puts State Workplace Safety Rules to Test
Aug 3 2022 // New state rules require access to water, shade and breaks on hot days, but workers say they’re still laboring in unsafe conditions. Skyler Fischer is forklift driver at a Fred Meyer distribution center in the town of...
Settlement in Excessive Force Suit Brought by Reporters in Oregon
Jul 22 2022 // The city of Portland has paid $55,000 to two independent journalists who alleged excessive force by Portland police during a 2020 Black Lives Matter demonstration. An investigation after their lawsuit was filed determined...
Oregon Business Groups Sue Over Heat and Smoke Worker Protections
Jul 4 2022 // Some Oregon business groups are suing over the state’s new job site rules mandating that employers take steps to protect workers from extreme heat and wildfire smoke. Regulations adopted by the Oregon Occupational...
Oregon Business Groups Sue Over Heat and Smoke Worker Protections
Jun 23 2022 // Some Oregon business groups are suing over the state’s new job site rules mandating that employers take steps to protect workers from extreme heat and wildfire smoke. Regulations adopted by the Oregon Occupational...
Life Sentence for Oregon Author in Spouse Death for Insurance Money
Jun 14 2022 // A self-published romance novelist who once wrote an online essay called “How to Murder Your Husband” was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole for murdering her husband at his workplace in...
Deaf Job Applicant in Oregon Wins $225K Settlement for Discrimination
Jun 10 2022 // A Portland, Oregon, software company and its staffing agency will each pay $112,500 to a deaf job applicant who said they refused to hire him because he requested a sign-language interpreter at a group job...
Oregon Care Center Sued for $4.7M After Patient Leaves, Drowns
Jun 8 2022 // A woman is suing a memory care center outside Portland, Oregon, after her husband left the facility unknown to staff and drowned in a creek. Toufik “Tom” Tanous, 79, suffered from severe memory loss and had...
Former Captain Sues Sheriff in Oregon for Retaliation
May 31 2022 // A nearly 30-year veteran of the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office in Bend, Oregon, has filed a $2.5 million federal lawsuit against the county, the sheriff, and two private investigators for alleged civil rights...
Oregon Officials Warn of Difficult Wildfire Season
May 19 2022 // Oregon remains poised to see a potentially “challenging” wildfire season this summer, despite a wet and cool spring in much of western Oregon, one of the state’s top fire watchers said Monday. The rain...
Native American Man Files Suit in Oregon Alleging Bogus Detention
May 18 2022 // A lawsuit alleges a Salem, Oregon, police officer accused a Native American man of stealing a car he was working on, grabbed him, shoved him onto the hood of his police car and handcuffed him with no justification for...
$11.4M Jury Award Prompts Oregon Resort to Change Bike Policy
May 11 2022 // Mt. Hood Skibowl in Oregon will keep cyclists off its forested trails this summer after losing a lawsuit from a man who said he slammed into a signpost and was paralyzed from the waist down. A Multnomah County jury awarded...
