Latest Oregon Headlines
All the headlines from our Oregon Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oregon House Candidate Sues Massage Parlor for $450K
Aug 16 2022 // A Democratic candidate for the Oregon House of Representatives is suing the owner of a massage parlor in Woodburn, Oregon, after he says she tried to initiate sexual contact with him. Oregon Public Broadcasting reports...
Oregon Ski Area Sued over Washington Child’s Death
Aug 12 2022 // The parents of a 9-year-old child who died skiing at Mt. Bachelor ski area in central Oregon last year have filed a $49 million wrongful death lawsuit against the resort and its parent company, Powdr Corp. Angela and Brian...
Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Evergreen Insurance Managers in Oregon
Aug 11 2022 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.’s Risk Placement Services Inc. acquired Hillsboro, Oregon-based Evergreen Insurance Managers Inc. Dyan Bates, Nancy Schultz and their associates will remain in their current...
Oregon’s Wildfire Risk Map Emerges as Climate Flashpoint
Aug 8 2022 // A new map in Oregon that rated the wildfire risk of every tax lot in the state – labeling nearly 80,000 structures as high-risk – generated so much pushback from angry homeowners that officials abruptly retracted it,...
Oregon Heat Wave Puts State Workplace Safety Rules to Test
Aug 3 2022 // New state rules require access to water, shade and breaks on hot days, but workers say they’re still laboring in unsafe conditions. Skyler Fischer is forklift driver at a Fred Meyer distribution center in the town of...
Settlement in Excessive Force Suit Brought by Reporters in Oregon
Jul 22 2022 // The city of Portland has paid $55,000 to two independent journalists who alleged excessive force by Portland police during a 2020 Black Lives Matter demonstration. An investigation after their lawsuit was filed determined...
Oregon Business Groups Sue Over Heat and Smoke Worker Protections
Jul 4 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...
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...
