All the headlines from our Oregon Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 28 2017 // A judge has dismissed a $4 million lawsuit filed by a relative of four people who drowned in a northwest Oregon lake in 2014.The Oregonian/OregonLive reported Judge Andrew Erwin dismissed the suit after Washington County...
Apr 26 2017 // Two-thirds of schools in Oregon’s largest district lack sufficient fire safety equipment, according to records obtained by the Oregonian/OregonLive.Portland Public Schools has 60 of 89 schools lacking up-to-date...
Apr 20 2017 // The family of a woman who jumped off the Astoria Bridge in northwestern Oregon seeks nearly $1 million in a lawsuit filed against a county mental health contractor.The lawsuit filed Saturday alleges Clatsop Behavioral...
Apr 17 2017 // The father of a 2-year-old Oregon boy who died of morphine poisoning seeks $5 million in a lawsuit filed against the boy’s mother, grandmother, aunt and an insurance company.Jesse deVos’ lawsuit alleges the...
Apr 13 2017 // An early warning system for earthquakes has been expanded to Oregon and Washington, joining California in testing a prototype that could give people seconds or up to a minute of warning before strong shaking begins.The...
Apr 7 2017 // Representatives for ridesharing companies Uber and Lyft are pushing a bill that would ensure the state of Oregon regulates them instead of individual cities.The Eugene Register-Guard reported representatives said at a...
Mar 24 2017 // The Oregon Liquor Control Commission issued its first recall of recreational marijuana after samples of a type of pot were found to contain a level of pesticide residue above the state limit.The Blue Magoo marijuana was...
Mar 24 2017 // Two men have filed a lawsuit against the Boy Scouts of America and its local branch for $7 million each, claiming they were sexually abused by a former scout leader in Milwaukie in the 1970s.The Oregonian/OregonLive...
Mar 22 2017 // A former Jackson County commissioner accused in a lawsuit of bilking investors to finance a pot shop has filed a counterclaim.Doug Breidenthal filed the lawsuit contending his professional reputation has been damaged, the...
Mar 15 2017 // Native Americans, environmentalists and a fishing guide spoke out this week in support of two Oregon bills that aim to prevent, or at least mitigate, an ecological disaster like an oil spill into the Columbia River.One...
Mar 14 2017 // The leaky dam at Hyatt Lake in Oregon is being shored up this summer as part of a $3.7 million seismic retrofit.The Mail Tribune reported the project will bring the dam east of Ashland into safety compliance after a...
Mar 9 2017 // A Clackamas County, Ore. woman has filed a lawsuit against vacation-rental website Airbnb, saying the site facilitates discrimination against black users.The Oregonian/OregonLive reported that Patricia Harrington has filed...
Mar 6 2017 // A house fire in rural Oregon that killed four children and critically burned three other family members started with a portable space heater that was being used after a fireplace malfunctioned, a volunteer fire chief...
Mar 3 2017 // Oregon Gov. Kate Brown says the federal government should leave the state’s legal marijuana industry alone. Brown says that if the Trump administration makes a move against legalized recreational marijuana, it would...
Feb 23 2017 // As a result of the heavy snow and ice statewide in January, more Oregon workers suffered slips, trips and falls than in any recent January, according to SAIF data.SAIF is Oregon’s not-for-profit, state-chartered...
Feb 15 2017 // The Oregon city of Portland is asking for over $3.2 million in federal disaster aid to cover costs related to the city’s record-setting snow and ice storms in January.The Oregonian/OregonLive reported the city gave...
Feb 7 2017 // NFP Corp. has acquired Portland, Ore.-based Mattecheck & Associates Inc.Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Bill Mattecheck, principal of the firm, will become a senior director of NFP and report to John Hohman,...
Feb 6 2017 // An Oregon jury has ruled against a man who sued the city of Salem after he was bitten by a police dog.The Statesman Journal reported John Hillebrand sought $1 million for physical pain, emotional harm and legal fees....
Feb 6 2017 // The Eugene Civic Alliance in Oregon has sued its insurance carrier for more than $325,000 after the burning of Civic Stadium. The Register-Guard reported that the nonprofit group wants to build a new complex on the former...
Feb 2 2017 // An $8 million lawsuit against a fraternity at a northwestern Oregon college says a hazing incident resulted in a 20-year-old man losing his right eye. KOIN-TV reports that the lawsuit alleges Kellen Johansen was coerced...