Latest Oregon Headlines
All the headlines from our Oregon Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oregon Woman Sues Airbnb Alleging Discrimination
Mar 9 2017 // A Clackamas County, Ore. woman has filed a lawsuit against vacation-rental website Airbnb, saying the site facilitates discrimination against black users. The Oregonian/OregonLive reported that Patricia Harrington has...
Space Heater Caused Oregon Fire That Killed 4 Kids, Official Says
Mar 6 2017 // A house fire in rural Oregon that killed four children and critically burned three other family members started with a portable space heater that was being used after a fireplace malfunctioned, a volunteer fire chief...
Oregon Governor Warns Trump to Keep Hands off Oregon Legal Pot Business
Mar 3 2017 // Oregon Gov. Kate Brown says the federal government should leave the state’s legal marijuana industry alone. Brown says that if the Trump administration makes a move against legalized recreational marijuana, it would...
Oregon Workers’ Comp Provider Sees Big Hike in Slip, Fall Injuries in January
Feb 23 2017 // As a result of the heavy snow and ice statewide in January, more Oregon workers suffered slips, trips and falls than in any recent January, according to SAIF data. SAIF is Oregon’s not-for-profit, state-chartered...
Oregon’s Largest City Requests $3.2M in Federal Disaster Aid For Storms
Feb 15 2017 // The Oregon city of Portland is asking for over $3.2 million in federal disaster aid to cover costs related to the city’s record-setting snow and ice storms in January. The Oregonian/OregonLive reported the city gave...
NFP Acquires Mattecheck & Associates in Oregon
Feb 7 2017 // NFP Corp. has acquired Portland, Ore.-based Mattecheck & Associates Inc. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Bill Mattecheck, principal of the firm, will become a senior director of NFP and report to John Hohman,...
Oregon Jury Sides With City in Police Dog Attack
Feb 6 2017 // An Oregon jury has ruled against a man who sued the city of Salem after he was bitten by a police dog. The Statesman Journal reported John Hillebrand sought $1 million for physical pain, emotional harm and legal...
Group in Oregon City Is Suing Its Carrier over a Fire Payout
Feb 6 2017 // The Eugene Civic Alliance in Oregon has sued its insurance carrier for more than $325,000 after the burning of Civic Stadium. The Register-Guard reported that the nonprofit group wants to build a new complex on the former...
College Fraternity in Oregon Accused of Hazing Slapped with $8M Suit
Feb 2 2017 // An $8 million lawsuit against a fraternity at a northwestern Oregon college says a hazing incident resulted in a 20-year-old man losing his right eye. KOIN-TV reports that the lawsuit alleges Kellen Johansen was coerced...
Gnarly Oregon Winter Puts Breaks on Bend Construction Boom
Feb 1 2017 // Central Oregon’s historic cold temperatures and record snowfalls this winter are hurting Bend’s booming construction sector. The Bulletin newspaper reported Sunday that many building projects – from...
President Trump Declares Disaster in Oregon from Storm
Jan 30 2017 // President Donald Trump has declared a major disaster exists in Oregon from a severe winter storm and flooding in December. The White House says Trump ordered federal aid to supplement state, tribal, and local recovery...
Judge: Oregon Must Reinstate Workers’ Comp Agency CEO
Jan 23 2017 // Oregon’s workers comp insurance agency must reinstate the chief executive it improperly fired in 2014, a judge has ruled. The ruling was a stunning victory for fired CEO John Plotkin and an embarrassing setback for...
Oregon’s New Fall Protections for Home Builders Much Stricter
Jan 23 2017 // A state regulation that took effect Jan. 1 requires Oregon construction contractors to make sure workers are protected from falls if work is done six or more feet above a surface. The Oregon Occupational Safety and Health...
University of Oregon Student Files $3M Suit over Slow Meningitis Diagnosis
Jan 17 2017 // A University of Oregon student seeks $3 million in a lawsuit against medical providers who she says failed to properly diagnose her with meningococcal disease in 2015. The Register-Guard reported that Christina...
Oregon’s New Fall Protections Now 6′ And Up for Home Builders
Jan 9 2017 // A state regulation that took effect Jan. 1 requires Oregon construction contractors to make sure workers are protected from falls if work is done six or more feet above a surface. The Oregon Occupational Safety and Health...
Oregon Bystander Lawsuit Allowed to Proceed
Dec 27 2016 // The Oregon Supreme Court has allowed a lawsuit to proceed that was filed on behalf of two boys who witnessed their younger brother hit and killed by a pickup truck five years ago. The decision was a reversal of two lower...
$3.9M Wrongful Death Suit Filed Against Oregon Tavern for Overserving
Dec 12 2016 // An Oregon man has filed a $3.9 million wrongful death lawsuit against a Eugene tavern and one of its customers. Julio Ortiz Ahumada of Springfield says the Keg Tavern served alcohol to a “visibly intoxicated”...
Oregon Backs off Testing Regulations for Pot Industry
Dec 7 2016 // The state of Oregon has temporarily eased up on testing requirements for marijuana, days after business insiders warned that new rules would cause a drop in state tax revenues, an increase in black-market sales and layoffs...
Oregon Water District, Couple Sued over Fatal 2015 Slide
Dec 7 2016 // Two sons of an Oregon woman who died when a mudslide tore through her home last winter seek nearly $10 million in a lawsuit filed against a Florence couple and a utility district. Stephen Miller and Keith Eldien allege the...
Cleanup Costs of Oregon Train Derailment Along River Pilling Up
Dec 6 2016 // Six months after a train hauling Bakken crude oil derailed along the Columbia River Gorge, Washington, Oregon and other officials are still tabulating a bill to send to Union Pacific Railroad. Union Pacific said in a...
