Oregon reports 190 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 1 new death COVID-19 has claimed 1 more life in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 190, the Oregon Health Authority reported at 12:01 a.m. today. Oregon Health Authority reported 190 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19 as of 12:01 a.m. today bringing the […]
Archives for June 2020
Oregon legislators begin special session Wednesday; here’s a Q-and-A what to expect
By DICK HUGHES/Oregon Capital Burueau Oregon’s 90 legislators are about to learn what it’s like to operate within the restrictions caused by the coronavirus pandemic. It won’t be easy, as myriad businesses and now-unemployed Oregonians have learned. Lawmakers will return to Salem on Wednesday to conduct the people’s business but without the people. The Oregon […]
Lincoln County records its second COVID-19 death this week as case counts go over 300, but daily numbers slow down
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The coronavirus pandemic claimed its second life this week in Lincoln County, a 63-year-old Newport man who died Tuesday after being hospitalized Sunday with complications from COVID-19. Salvador Magana Rojas died at Samaritan Pacific Communities Hospital. His death follows the announcement Monday that Celerino Gamez Galicia, 68, of Puebla, Mexico, had […]
Oregon Health Authority’s coronavirus report for Saturday, June 20
Oregon reports 178 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 1 new death COVID-19 has claimed one more life in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 189, the Oregon Health Authority reported at 12:01 a.m. today. Oregon Health Authority reported 178 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19 as of 12:01 a.m. today, bringing the […]
Lincoln County and seven cities begin to split on tighter coronavirus limits on social gatherings, 24-hour holds on motel rooms
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Lincoln County and some of its cities are going separate ways on how or if to continue regulating residents and visitors amid the increasing number of local COVID-19 cases. The result is a growing mish-mash of restrictions depending on where people live or visit. County commissioners and councils or representatives […]
Oregon Democrats look to build on supermajorities in Legislature while GOP hopes voter discontent focuses on Salem
By GARY A. WARNER/Oregon Capital Bureau Coronavirus pandemic, record unemployment, shuttered businesses, massive street demonstrations, armed militias on the streets — with the wildfire season still just starting. It’s still 19 weeks until the Nov. 3 election, and the run-up to the 2020 vote is playing out against one of the most bizarre backgrounds in […]
Oregon Health Authority’s coronavirus report for Friday, June 19
County-specific face covering guidance issued Today Governor Kate Brown issued official guidance regarding the use of face coverings in indoor public spaces for Multnomah, Clackamas, Washington, Marion, Polk, Hood River and Lincoln counties, effective Wednesday, June 24. The guidance applies to businesses and members of the public visiting those businesses. The guidance applies to businesses including grocery […]
Commission cool to renting vacated Yachats city offices in Commons building, says wider community discussion needed
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Members of the city’s Parks and Commons Commission on Thursday gave a cool reception to an idea to rent out much of the city’s offices to a Florence dentist when staff move to the 501 Building late this year. Mayor John Moore said he wanted to “take the temperature” of renting […]
Yachats church’s “Pastor Bob” pushed by faith and family activism, rises to new challenges during pandemic and troubled times
By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews.com A homeless man approaches Bob Barrett one misty May morning as he goes to work at Yachats Community Presbyterian Church. The man is there to see if Barrett – known throughout Yachats as “Pastor Bob” — has a line on an apartment. Barrett is friendly, open, welcoming. Moments later someone from […]
Oregon Health Authority’s coronavirus report for Thursday, June 18
Governor Brown shares additional details on face covering requirements Starting June 24, face coverings will be required in Multnomah, Washington, Clackamas, Hood River, Marion, Polk and Lincoln counties in indoor public spaces. The below graphic shares who is exempt from face covering requirements. As Governor Brown shared, we’re going to have to get used to […]