All the headlines from our Oregon Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 16 2025 // The Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division fined Hillsboro-based Renner Trucking and Excavating Inc. $80,804 for repeatedly violating rules intended to protect workers from trenches caving in.Oregon OSHA issued a...
Jun 12 2025 // A wildfire in Oregon prompted officials to issue evacuation orders for hundreds of homes and to close nearly 20 miles of an interstate in the Columbia River Gorge.Gov. Tina Kotek invoked the state’s Emergency...
Jun 11 2025 // Alliant Insurance Services acquired Johnson Benefit Planning in Oregon. The Johnson Benefit Planning team will join Alliant. Johnson Benefit Planning is an employee benefits consulting firm with offices in Bend and West...
Jun 2 2025 // The Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division fined Hillsboro-based Renner Trucking and Excavating Inc. $80,804 for repeatedly violating rules intended to protect workers from trenches caving in.Oregon OSHA issued a...
May 29 2025 // Homeowners in California and Oregon in high-risk wildfire areas can earn discounts on insurance premiums through a new certification program to take mitigation steps to reduce risk.Mercury Insurance partnered with the...
May 20 2025 // Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek named Sean O’Day as acting director of the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services (DCBS).O’Day is currently the deputy director for DCBS. In his new role, he replaces Andrew...
May 8 2025 // Oregon workers’ compensation claims fell in 2023 from the previous two years, a report from the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services shows. The department received notification of 22,994 accepted...
May 6 2025 // Oregon saw a drop in worker deaths last years, according to newly released data from the state’s Department of Consumer and Business Services. But despite the overall decline, the numbers show that certain...
Mar 27 2025 // Washington, Nevada and Oregon had the biggest percentage drops in vehicle thefts in the U.S. in 2024, according to a new report that shows vehicle thefts nationally fell by 17% in 2024 from a year earlier, marking the...
Mar 24 2025 // The Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division acted within its legal authority when adopting enhanced safety and health regulations for agricultural labor housing, the Oregon Department of Justice confirmed.The...
Mar 7 2025 // A truck driver who killed seven farmworkers when he crashed into a parked van on Interstate 5 in Oregon was sentenced on Tuesday to nearly 50 years in prison.Marion County Circuit Court Judge Daniel Wren sentenced Lincoln...
Feb 25 2025 // Various media outlets have reported shots were fired into the home of the head of Oregon worker’s compensation insurer SAIF Corp.The outlets are reporting that the early-morning Feb. 21 shooting occurred at the Lake...
Feb 20 2025 // The Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services appointed Matt West as administrator of the Workers’ Compensation Division. West has more than 19 years of experience in the workers’ comp industry. He...
Feb 20 2025 // Insurance disputes led consumer advocacy cases in Oregon last year, accounting for 3,357 of the 5,445 complaints filed with Oregon Division of Financial Regulation.The division’s consumer advocates recovered nearly...
Jan 9 2025 // Oregon homeowners living in certain areas at high risk of wildfire will face stricter building codes and mandates to reduce vegetation on their properties under new “wildfire hazard maps” unveiled Tuesday.The...
Dec 30 2024 // PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon house cat died after eating pet food that tested positive for bird flu, Oregon authorities said, prompting a recall of raw frozen pet food that was sold nationwide.Northwest Naturals, a...
Dec 27 2024 // The Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division fined a Newberg contractor $135,407 for repeatedly failing to protect employees from work-related hazards.In one of the violations, View Top Construction LLC reportedly...
Dec 26 2024 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. acquired Portland, Oregon-based Durham & Bates Agencies Inc. Jeremy Andersen, Sean McCarthy, Christen Picot, Stephanie Murphy, David Hearns and their team will remain in their current...
Dec 23 2024 // Hub International Ltd. acquired the assets of Great Basin Insurance Inc. Agency Partners Dana Loreman and Bill Gilmore Jr., and the Great Basin Insurance team, will join Hub Northwest. Great Basin Insurance will be...
Dec 17 2024 // Oregon lawmakers approved $218 million in emergency wildfire funds during special session that was convened to address unpaid bills stemming from the state’s 2024 record wildfire season.As wildfires still rage in...