All the headlines from our Oregon Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 2 2022 // Oregon OSHA fined Mattress Megastore in Hillsboro more than $66,000 for multiple workplace safety violations, including willfully exposing employees to serious injury or death from potential traffic accidents.The penalties...
Nov 23 2022 // A small town in central Oregon was evacuated and five people were hurt due to a hemp manufacturing plant fire Sunday.The Sherman County Sheriff’s Office said five employees were burned in the blaze, including one who...
Nov 22 2022 // Oregon’s workers’ compensation rates remain among the lowest in the nation, according to an analysis released by the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services.The biennial study ranks all 50 states...
Nov 7 2022 // Electric company PacifiCorp has entered a settlement with two families who were victims of the catastrophic Labor Day fires in southern Oregon in 2020, according to attorneys representing the families, the Oregonian...
Oct 21 2022 // A haze of smoke covering parts of western Washington and Oregon is expected to clear before the week’s end, but only after the region reached a dubious distinction: Seattle and Portland briefly topped a list of large...
Oct 21 2022 // One person was killed Wednesday morning in a multi-vehicle crash in heavy fog on Interstate 5 in Oregon.Crashes in the southbound lanes of the interstate north of Eugene involved about 60 vehicles including up to 20...
Oct 14 2022 // An explosion and fire last week at the Columbia Hills Retirement Center in St. Helens, Oregon, that killed one person was a human-caused accident.Columbia River Fire & Rescue officials said the explosion was caused by...
Oct 10 2022 // A 4.4 magnitude earthquake struck northwest Oregon, the U.S. Geological Survey confirmed. No damage was reported but KOIN reports that people from Albany to the Portland metro area reported feeling the temblor on...
Oct 6 2022 // A jury has awarded a racial justice demonstrator more than $1 million in a lawsuit she filed in 2020 against the city of Salem, Oregon, accusing officers of violating her civil rights.Eleaqia McCrae, a Black woman, sued...
Oct 3 2022 // The Oregon State Hospital is facing a $54,000 fine for failing to investigate workplace injuries.The citation, brought by the state’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration, alleges that from January 2021 to...
Sep 23 2022 // The Oregon State Hospital is facing a $54,000 fine for failing to investigate workplace injuries.The citation, brought by the state’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration, alleges that from January 2021 to...
Sep 9 2022 // A group of Portland, Oregon, residents with disabilities has filed a lawsuit against the city, accusing it of failing to keep public sidewalks accessible.The class action lawsuit filed this week in federal court accuses...
Sep 8 2022 // Oregon employers will pay less for workers’ compensation coverage on average next year, according to the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services.The DCBS said the decline in costs marks 10 years of...
Sep 6 2022 // A Clackamas County grand jury has declined to indict a former suburban Portland, Oregon, doctor on criminal charges of sexual misconduct and abuse of patients, finding there isn’t enough evidence to prove the claims,...
Sep 6 2022 // A judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed against the city of Portland, Oregon, the mayor and the Multnomah County district attorney by the estate of a man who was shot and killed after a pro-Trump car rally.The suit had...
Sep 6 2022 // MILL CREEK, WA, September 6, 2022 — Pacific International Underwriters® (PIU) is partnering with American Modern® to offer a standalone earthquake insurance policy in Washington & Oregon.“One of the...
Sep 2 2022 // Authorities say a brick column collapsed at Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon, killing one student who was in a hammock hanging from the column.Portland Fire & Rescue said two other people were injured...
Aug 31 2022 // The Rum Creek Fire in remote southwest Oregon has burned nearly 18.75 square miles is threatening thousands of homes and is only about 1% contained.As of Tuesday morning, the Northwest Interagency Coordination Center said...
Aug 25 2022 // A Multnomah County grand jury has ordered Walmart to pay $4.4 million in damages to a man who sued the store, saying he was racially profiled and harassed by a Walmart employee at a Portland, Oregon, area store in...
Aug 22 2022 // MILL CREEK, WA, August 22, 2022 — Pacific International Underwriters® (PIU) is partnering with American Modern® to offer a standalone earthquake insurance policy in Washington & Oregon.“One of the advantages...