All the headlines from our Oregon Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 5 2018 // Portland, Ore. is aiming to crackdown on toxic emissions by requiring developers to more thoroughly search for lead paint and asbestos before demolishing houses.The city council adopted rules that require those who seek to...
Feb 5 2018 // An Oregon bicyclist is suing for $566,000 after he hit a pair of concrete islands on his way home from the World Naked Bike Ride, causing him to crash and break his nose, arm and two fingers.The Oregonian/OregonLive...
Jan 31 2018 // A man is suing a popular tavern near the University of Oregon, claiming a freak injury at the bar has left him unable to pursue “a host of attractive, lucrative careers” in music and medicine. The...
Jan 31 2018 // An Oregon jury has declined to award any money to a 4-year-old boy who suffered profound brain damage after he contracted herpes from his mother at birth. Attorneys for Jonah Johnson had sought $46.5 million, saying...
Jan 11 2018 // Parents of an Oregon girl who slipped and fractured her back while attempting to walk into school on a snowy day have filed a $1.7 million lawsuit against the Lake Oswego School District. The Oregonian/OregonLive reported...
Jan 8 2018 // The estate of a woman has filed a $3.6 million lawsuit against Backpage.com and the owners of the Portland, Ore., hotel where she was killed by a man she’d met for sex.The suit says 25-year-old Ashley Benson had been...
Dec 29 2017 // The estate of a woman has filed a $3.6 million lawsuit against Backpage.com and the owners of the Portland, Ore., hotel where she was killed by a man she’d met for sex.The suit says 25-year-old Ashley Benson had been...
Dec 21 2017 // A former seaman has sued a fisherman who starred in Discovery Channel’s “Deadliest Catch: Dungeon Cove” show, alleging the man was negligent and caused severe injury.The Oregonian/OregonLive reported...
Dec 19 2017 // Oregon-based Hanson Insurance Group of Corvallis has acquired and will be merging Corvallis Insurance Services and Stineff Insurance Services of Monmouth into the Hanson Insurance Group name. Both independent agencies...
Dec 19 2017 // The deadly Amtrak crash in Washington state marked the railroad’s third fatal accident in as many years, putting the passenger rail operator under fresh scrutiny less than a month after safety regulators issued a...
Dec 18 2017 // The Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services has named Andrew Stolfi administrator of the division of Financial Regulation. Stolfi’s first day at DCBS will be Feb. 1. He replaces Laura Cali, who is now the...
Dec 15 2017 // An earthquake hit Oregon roughly 40 miles south of Portland near Molalla and was felt by numerous residents in the area, the U.S. Geological Survey confirmed.The USGS reported the magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck about...
Dec 8 2017 // Prospect General Insurance Agency has expanded Flood Guard, its admitted residential flood insurance product, into Oregon.Flood Guard provides residential flood coverage and is an alternative to the National Flood...
Dec 1 2017 // The lead singer of the alternative rock band Modest Mouse is being sued in a Portland, Ore. court for nearly $1 million over a traffic accident last year.Isaac Brock was cited after the Aug. 3, 2016, accident for crashing...
Nov 27 2017 // An Oregon couple has filed an $8 million lawsuit against their apartment company, claiming their 2-year-old daughter died because a heater in their unit raised the temperature in her room to a lethal level.Portland...
Oct 30 2017 // In the three years that Springfield police officer Mike Massey has been a motorcycle traffic enforcement officer, he’s seen it all when it comes to cellphone use and driving.In addition to witnessing drivers talking...
Oct 26 2017 // A 36-year-old Oregon woman has filed a $1.8 million lawsuit against medical professionals who she says mistakenly suggested she undergo a double mastectomy and a hysterectomy. The Oregonian/OregonLive reported Monday that...
Oct 17 2017 // Lightning started a forest fire one August afternoon near Sisters, an Oregon tourist town, and it was spreading fast. Residents in outlying areas evacuated as flames marched toward their homes.Just a few months earlier,...
Oct 17 2017 // Authorities say that it was a tornado that touched down south of Portland, Ore. last week overturning small airplanes, downing power lines and damaging several glass greenhouses.National Weather Service meteorologists say...
Oct 16 2017 // The family of a Portland, Ore., woman who died after a collision with a garbage truck is suing the company for $10 million. The lawsuit was filed in court in late Steptember against Republic Services Alliance Group after...