Latest Oregon Headlines
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Nasburg Huggins Names Gordon Producer in Oregon
May 8 2017 // Nasburg Huggins Insurance has named Spencer Gordon as an account executive producer in its Coos Bay, Ore. office. Gordon was previously executive director of the local non-profit agency Bay Area Enterprises. He was a...
Oregon Hotel Doors Killed Woman, Lawsuit Claims
May 4 2017 // The family of an 87-year-old woman who died after she was hit by the automatic front doors of a Portland, Ore. hotel has filed a $2.7 million lawsuit against the hotel. The Oregonian/OregonLive reported that the lawsuit...
Oregon Suit Blames Security Guard for Woman’s Leap off Insurance Building
May 3 2017 // The family of a woman who jumped off a 27-story building in downtown Portland, Ore. has sued the security guard who couldn’t stop her. The lawsuit seeks $505,000, alleging the guard was at fault for unlocking the...
Father in Oregon Seeks $5M for Son’s Accidental-Overdose Death
May 1 2017 // The father of a 2-year-old Oregon boy who died of morphine poisoning seeks $5 million in a lawsuit filed against the boy’s mother, grandmother, aunt and an insurance company. Jesse deVos’ lawsuit alleges the...
Oregon Judge Dismisses $4M Suit in Family Drowning
Apr 28 2017 // A judge has dismissed a $4 million lawsuit filed by a relative of four people who drowned in a northwest Oregon lake in 2014. The Oregonian/OregonLive reported Judge Andrew Erwin dismissed the suit after Washington County...
Poor Fire Safety at Two-Thirds of Schools in Oregon’s Largest City
Apr 26 2017 // Two-thirds of schools in Oregon’s largest district lack sufficient fire safety equipment, according to records obtained by the Oregonian/OregonLive. Portland Public Schools has 60 of 89 schools lacking up-to-date...
Family Sues Mental Health Contractor in Oregon Bridge Suicide
Apr 20 2017 // The family of a woman who jumped off the Astoria Bridge in northwestern Oregon seeks nearly $1 million in a lawsuit filed against a county mental health contractor. The lawsuit filed Saturday alleges Clatsop Behavioral...
Father in Oregon Seeks $5M For Son’s Accidental-Overdose Death
Apr 17 2017 // The father of a 2-year-old Oregon boy who died of morphine poisoning seeks $5 million in a lawsuit filed against the boy’s mother, grandmother, aunt and an insurance company. Jesse deVos’ lawsuit alleges the...
Oregon, Washington Testing Early Quake Warning System
Apr 13 2017 // An early warning system for earthquakes has been expanded to Oregon and Washington, joining California in testing a prototype that could give people seconds or up to a minute of warning before strong shaking begins. The...
Representatives of Rideshare Companies Push for Oregon Regulations
Apr 7 2017 // Representatives for ridesharing companies Uber and Lyft are pushing a bill that would ensure the state of Oregon regulates them instead of individual cities. The Eugene Register-Guard reported representatives said at a...
Oregon’s 1st Recreational Marijuana Recall Issued after High Pesticide Level
Mar 24 2017 // The Oregon Liquor Control Commission issued its first recall of recreational marijuana after samples of a type of pot were found to contain a level of pesticide residue above the state limit. The Blue Magoo marijuana was...
$14M Suit Filed by Former Oregon Boy Scouts Claiming Sex Abuse
Mar 24 2017 // Two men have filed a lawsuit against the Boy Scouts of America and its local branch for $7 million each, claiming they were sexually abused by a former scout leader in Milwaukie in the 1970s. The Oregonian/OregonLive...
Former County Commissioner in Oregon Counter Sues in Marijuana Case
Mar 22 2017 // A former Jackson County commissioner accused in a lawsuit of bilking investors to finance a pot shop has filed a counterclaim. Doug Breidenthal filed the lawsuit contending his professional reputation has been damaged, the...
Oregon Bills Intend to Prevent Or Mitigate Oil-Train Disasters
Mar 15 2017 // Native Americans, environmentalists and a fishing guide spoke out this week in support of two Oregon bills that aim to prevent, or at least mitigate, an ecological disaster like an oil spill into the Columbia River. One...
Dam at Oregon Lake Being Retrofitted to Withstand Earthquake
Mar 14 2017 // The leaky dam at Hyatt Lake in Oregon is being shored up this summer as part of a $3.7 million seismic retrofit. The Mail Tribune reported the project will bring the dam east of Ashland into safety compliance after a...
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...
