Latest Oregon Headlines
All the headlines from our Oregon Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oregon Gas Station Sued for Allegedly Denying Service
Nov 2 2020 // A Black man who said he was prohibited from buying gas by a white gas station attendant in Oregon has filed a $350,000 racial discrimination lawsuit against the station. Dominique DeWeese said in the lawsuit that he asked...
Oregon Vineyards Lose Lawsuit Against Nearby Cannabis Operation
Nov 2 2020 // Two Oregon wine grape growers have failed to convince a state judge their grapes would be marred by odors from a neighboring marijuana operation. Yamhill County Circuit Court Judge Cynthia Easterday ruled that Smera...
Oregon Vineyards Lose Lawsuit Against Nearby Cannabis Operation
Oct 27 2020 // Two Oregon wine grape growers have failed to convince a state judge their grapes would be marred by odors from a neighboring marijuana operation. Yamhill County Circuit Court Judge Cynthia Easterday ruled that Smera...
Oregon Contractor Fined for Multiple Job Safety Violations
Oct 26 2020 // Oregon OSHA has fined a general contractor in Roseburg more than $38,000 for multiple serious job safety violations, including repeatedly failing to follow the minimum requirements to protect workers from fall hazards that...
Oregon Audit Finds Insufficient Oversight of Harassment Investigations
Oct 22 2020 // An Oregon Secretary of State audit has found the Department of Administrative Services does not provide sufficient oversight of investigations into workplace discrimination and harassment throughout state government. The...
Oregon Issues Wildfire Emergency Order and Bulletin for Insurers
Oct 19 2020 // The Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services’ Division of Financial Regulation has issued a new wildfire emergency order. The order took effect after the current emergency order expired on Oct. 18. The...
Oregon Gas Station Sued for Allegedly Denying Service
Oct 19 2020 // A Black man who said he was prohibited from buying gas by a white gas station attendant in Oregon has filed a $350,000 racial discrimination lawsuit against the station. Dominique DeWeese said in the lawsuit filed...
Northwest Windstorm Kills 1, Thousands Lose Power
Oct 15 2020 // One person died after a tree fell on them and thousands of people in western Washington were without power as high winds blew into the region Tuesday. According to Anne Nesbit with Key Peninsula Fire, a tree fell on a...
Judge Tosses $30M Lawsuit Brought by Wounded Oregon Trooper
Oct 13 2020 // A federal judge has dismissed a $30 million lawsuit filed by an Oregon State Police trooper who was shot 12 times in December 2016. Nic Cederberg and his wife sued Legacy Meridian Park Hospital claiming the suspect, James...
Oregon Easing Some Asbestos Rules to Speed Wildfire Cleanup
Oct 12 2020 // Oregon officials are relaxing some requirements for handling ash and debris containing asbestos to speed work in removing debris from homes and buildings destroyed by wildfires. The Oregon Environmental Quality Commission...
Oregon Insurance Division Issues Amended Wildfire Emergency Order
Sep 28 2020 // The Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services’ Division of Financial Regulation has issued an amended wildfire emergency order. The amended order means that insurance companies must immediately take steps...
Western Wildfires Taint Vineyards With Taste Of Smoke
Sep 25 2020 // Smoke from the West Coast wildfires has tainted grapes in some of the nation’s most celebrated wine regions with an ashy flavor that could spell disaster for the 2020 vintage. Wineries in California, Oregon and...
Oregon Businesses Threatening to Sue Over Virus Restrictions
Sep 24 2020 // Several Oregon businesses have threatened a class action lawsuit against the state over COVID-19 restrictions implemented by Gov. Kate Brown to slow the pandemic. A lawyer representing the businesses argues that Oregon...
Oregon Issues Insurance Emergency Order for Wildfire Victims
Sep 23 2020 // The Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services’ Division of Financial Regulation has issued an insurance emergency order for people affected by the state’s wildfires. Insurance companies must...
Fire Weather May Improve for Pacific Northwest, No Such Luck for Tinderbox California
Sep 18 2020 // Rains may bring some reprieve to those suffering from massive blazes in the Pacific Northwest in the next few weeks, but forecasters don’t expect any help for wildfire-plagued California anytime soon. That’s...
Moody’s Says Property/Casualty Insurers Face Significant Losses from Western Wildfires
Sep 17 2020 // Dozens of wildfires raging in California, Oregon, Washington and other Western states have resulted in loss of life, damaged or destroyed about 9,657 homes and commercial structures and burned more than 5 million acres,...
Bad Air From Western Wildfires Just Won’t Ease up
Sep 15 2020 // Relief from putrid, dangerous air spewing from massive wildfires across the West won’t come until later in the week or beyond, scientists and forecasters say, and the hazy and gunk-filled skies might stick around for...
Oregon Employers Urged to Protect Workers by Avoiding Outdoor Work
Sep 14 2020 // Oregon workplace and public health officials are urging employers to stop or delay outdoor work activity where they can and take other reasonable steps to protect workers when air quality reaches the...
Wildfires Grow in Oregon as 500K Evacuated, Death Toll Rises
Sep 11 2020 // Around half a million people in Oregon evacuated as dozens of extreme, wind-driven wildfires scorched U.S. West Coast states on Friday, destroying thousands of homes and killing at least 16 people, state and local...
Oregon Workers’ Comp Costs Dropping for 8th Straight Year
Sep 9 2020 // Oregon employers on average will pay less for workers’ compensation coverage in 2021, the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services announced today. The decline in costs marks eight years of average...
