All the headlines from our Oregon Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 10 2021 // Intel is suing a former Oregon employee, alleging he took trade secrets when he left for Microsoft and used the information to gain an advantage in later business negotiations with Intel.Engineer Varun Gupta worked at...
Feb 2 2021 // Oregon OSHA is proposing a permanent rule that largely maintains risk-reducing measures required by the current temporary emergency rule to help protect workers against COVID-19.It would replace the temporary rule, which...
Feb 1 2021 // The sister of an Oregon man who died of asphyxiation in a Eugene police car after wrapping a seatbelt around his neck has filed a $9 million wrongful death suit against the city and police department.The federal civil...
Jan 28 2021 // The mother of a Portland, Ore., teen who died by suicide shortly after medical staff allegedly evaluated and released him from the Unity Center for Behavioral Health has filed a $13 million lawsuit.Leila Mesch’s...
Jan 21 2021 // Alera Group has acquired CSNW Benefits in Portland, Ore.The CSNW Benefits team will continue serving clients in their existing roles. Terms of the deal were not announced.CSNW Benefits serves clients throughout the...
Jan 12 2021 // Private equity firm Huron Capital announced today that its insurance brokerage platform, High Street Insurance Partners, has acquired Premier Northwest Insurance in Oregon City, Ore.The firm has also acquired Day, Deadrick...
Jan 7 2021 // T.K. Keen has been named administrator for the Oregon Division of Financial Regulation.The division licenses and regulates banks, credit unions, investments, debt resources and insurance in the state. Keen has served as...
Dec 30 2020 // A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck about 127 miles off the Oregon coast early Tuesday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey confirmed. The earthquake struck at 4:50 a.m. west of Bandon, Oregon, the agency said. The Northwest...
Dec 28 2020 // The Oregon Department of Agriculture said among animals captured during wildlife surveillance near a mink farm that recently had a coronavirus outbreak, a mink believed to have recently escaped confinement tested positive...
Dec 18 2020 // A judge has denied a request by a former suburban Portland, Ore. doctor to put a two-year hold on a civil case filed against him by 29 patients who allege he sexually abused them.Multnomah County Circuit Judge Melvin...
Dec 15 2020 // The Environmental Protection Agency said it has completed the cleanup of household hazardous waste from properties burned in Oregon wildfires.The September fires led to an initial EPA response in Jackson County, which...
Dec 1 2020 // An Oregon mink farm has reported an outbreak of COVID-19 among animals and staff.The Statesman Journal reports the farm has been placed under quarantine, meaning no animals or animal products can leave the farm. The state...
Nov 23 2020 // An Oregon man crashed a Tesla while going about 100 mph, destroying the vehicle, a power pole and starting a fire when some of the hundreds of batteries from the vehicle broke windows and landed in residences, police said....
Nov 20 2020 // Thousands of Les Schwab Tire Centers employees in Oregon will receive $2,500 checks this month as part of a settlement over a lawsuit that said the chain hadn’t given workers enough time for lunch.The suit alleged...
Nov 12 2020 // The National Weather Service confirmed a tornado touched down north of Portland in St. Helens, Ore. The weather service confirmed the tornado at about 2 p.m. Tuesday. It touched down around 12:20 p.m., KPTV...
Nov 2 2020 // A Eugene Weekly reporter who was hit with a tear gas canister while he filmed police breaking up a protest in late May in Oregon has settled a lawsuit against the city of Eugene.Henry Houston said he and the Civil...
Nov 2 2020 // Oregon OSHA has fined a general contractor in Roseburg more than $38,000 for multiple serious job safety violations, including repeatedly failing to follow the minimum requirements to protect workers from fall hazards that...
Nov 2 2020 // A Black man who said he was prohibited from buying gas by a white gas station attendant in Oregon has filed a $350,000 racial discrimination lawsuit against the station.Dominique DeWeese said in the lawsuit that he asked...
Nov 2 2020 // Two Oregon wine grape growers have failed to convince a state judge their grapes would be marred by odors from a neighboring marijuana operation.Yamhill County Circuit Court Judge Cynthia Easterday ruled that Smera...
Oct 27 2020 // Two Oregon wine grape growers have failed to convince a state judge their grapes would be marred by odors from a neighboring marijuana operation.Yamhill County Circuit Court Judge Cynthia Easterday ruled that Smera...