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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Katie Hawkinson

Oregon newspaper lays off entire staff, pauses production after ex-employee allegedly embezzled funds

AP

A newspaper in Oregon has laid off its entire staff and stopped printing after the editor says the paper discovered an ex-employee embezzled funds.

Days before Christmas, an editor at The Eugene Weekly said the paper discovered a former employee closely involved with finances paid themselves $90,000 since 2022 and the newspaper had more than $100,000 worth of unpaid bills, the Associated Press reports.

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