Latest Oregon Headlines
All the headlines from our Oregon Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Forecast Calls for High Risk of Wildfires in Central Oregon
May 10 2022 // As summer approaches forecasters say Central Oregon has the highest fire risk of anywhere in the state. Oregon Public Broadcasting reports the latest fire season outlook, released this week by the National Interagency Fire...
Hub Acquires Assets of Oregon-Based Hanson Insurance Group
May 3 2022 // Hub International Ltd. acquired the assets of BDTAB LLC and Corvallis Insurance LLC, collectively doing business as Hanson Insurance Group, in Corvallis, Oregon. Brad Hanson, CEO of Hanson Insurance Group, Trent Hanson,...
Ex-Legislative Equity Officer Files Oregon Suit for $1.2M
Apr 21 2022 // A man who was tasked with fielding complaints of harassment at the Oregon Capitol is suing, saying he was pushed out of the job after reporting serious problems in his office and in the upper ranks of legislative...
12,000 Gallons of Petroleum Products Spilled in Oregon Fire
Apr 19 2022 // Environmental cleanup is underway following a fire at a gas station in Medford, Oregon. The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality said that over 12,000 gallons of various petroleum products, mostly lube oil, were...
Contractor, Agency Face $10M Lawsuit in Oregon for Construction Work
Apr 7 2022 // TriMet is facing a $10 million lawsuit from the city of Portland, Oregon, for alleged deeply flawed work on a streetcar track, leaving it with major structural defects that could cost the city millions in repairs. Oregon...
5th Oregon County Declares Drought Emergency
Mar 30 2022 // Low water storage and snowpack levels in southern Oregon have prompted a fifth Oregon county to declare a drought emergency. Oregon Public Broadcasting reports Jackson County commissioners made the drought declaration,...
Businesses Challenging Oregon’s New Climate Program
Mar 25 2022 // A coalition of businesses wants a court to block Oregon’s plan to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Oregon Public Broadcasting reports the state’s new Climate Action Plan administrative rules,...
Oregon Man Sues for $43.5M over Brain Surgery Paralysis
Mar 16 2022 // A La Pine, Oregon, man is suing St. Charles Health System in Bend for $43.5 million after complications from brain surgery left him paralyzed. Jackie Dale Yeley filed the lawsuit in Deschutes County Circuit Court, through...
Hub Acquires Niedermeyer Risk Management in Oregon
Mar 10 2022 // Hub International Ltd. acquired the assets of Niedermeyer Risk Management LLC in Beaverton, Oregon. Jon Niedermeyer, CEO & managing partner of Niedermeyer Risk Management, and the Niedermeyer Risk Management team will...
Oregon Governor Declares Emergency in County as Drought Worsens
Mar 9 2022 // Oregon Gov. Kate Brown has declared a state of emergency in Klamath County as southern Oregon remains in an ongoing drought that shows no sign of letting up. This week’s declaration directs state agencies, including...
People & Places
Mar 7 2022 // National Insurer Beazley added Russ Cohen and Bala Larson to its global Cyber Services team. Cohen has been appointed head of U.S. Cyber Services, and Larson has been promoted to head of Client Experience. Cohen will...
Explosion Causes Fire at Oregon Potato Chip Plant
Feb 24 2022 // A boiler explosion at a potato chip plant south of Hermiston, Oregon, sparked a dramatic fire Tuesday afternoon. The Tri-City Herald reports Umatilla County Fire District 1 and the Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office...
