Latest Oregon Headlines
All the headlines from our Oregon Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Washington, Oregon Ending Health Care Settings Mask Mandate
Mar 9 2023 // Washington and Oregon will soon drop mask requirements in health care settings, state health officials said, moving to lift the last major masking requirements meant to curb the spread of COVID-19. Mandates in both states...
Oregon Getting $420K From Nexo Securities Settlement
Mar 8 2023 // Oregon is set to receive more than $420,000 from a settlement with Nexo securities. The North American Securities Administrators Association and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission recently announced that a...
Former Oregon State University Dean Wins $600K Whistleblower Lawsuit
Mar 1 2023 // A jury has awarded over $600,000 to a former Oregon State University dean who sued the school for whistleblower retaliation. University officials disagree with the verdict issued earlier this month and plan to appeal,...
Oregon City to Phase Out Gas Use in New Homes
Feb 9 2023 // The city of Eugene, Oregon, will join other local governments throughout the country in phasing out gas appliances in some types of new construction in an effort to cut climate pollution. The Eugene City Council passed the...
Deaths, Flooding as Storm Hit Oregon And Washington State
Jan 3 2023 // A winter storm that brought powerful wind gusts to Oregon on last week was found to have caused at least two fatal car accidents that left four people dead, preliminary police investigations have found. Weather conditions...
$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...
