By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews.com Lindsey Johnson, like so many others, had been reading all about the critical shortage of personal protective equipment facing first responders and other front-line workers helping […]
Archives for June 2020
Oregon’s nonprofit hospitals with big cash reserves but with big COVID losses rake in CARES money
By BEN BOTKIN and CHRISTIAN WIHTOL/The Lund Report Portland-based Legacy Health received about $40 million in federal aid in recent weeks for its five Oregon hospitals to help them cope […]
Newport and Lincoln City hospitals get almost $13 million in federal CARES funds
By CHRISTIAN WIHTOL/The Lund Report The federal payments to Oregon hospitals under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic totals hundreds of millions of dollars, but nailing an exact figure is […]
Oregon Health Authority’s coronavirus report for Tuesday, June 9
Oregon reports 70 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 5 new deaths PORTLAND, Ore. — COVID-19 has claimed five more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 169, the […]
Oregon DMV detours around phone logjam, gets more time for Real ID licenses
By PETER WONG/Oregon Capital Bureau Oregon Driver and Motor Vehicle Services has bad news and good news for customers stemming from the coronavirus pandemic. The bad news is that DMV’s […]
Lower traffic in Oregon because of coronavirus also means drop in state fuel taxes
By PETER WONG/Oregon Capital Bureau Oregonians have been driving less during the coronavirus pandemic — though steep drops have eased off in recent weeks — and the state, counties and […]
Lincoln County Jail will resume accepting more arrested people after COVID-19 testing
A news release Tuesday, June 9 from the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office: The Lincoln County Jail will begin accepting arrestees for more charges on June 9, 2020. Through continued community […]
Waldport Moose Lodge temporarily suspends popular meal program because of Newport’s COVID-19 outbreak
WALDPORT — A robust free meals program conducted by the Waldport Moose Lodge is on hold in the wake of the huge spike in Lincoln County COVID- 19 cases. The […]
Oregon Health Authority’s coronavirus report for Monday, June 8
As Oregon reopens, remember that COVID-19 is still in our communities Sunday’s count of people testing positive for COVID-19 marked the highest daily count since the onset of the pandemic […]
Oregon State Police/Newport activity log for June 4-8
OREGON STATE POLICE DAILY MEDIA/DESK LOG SP20149876 06/04/2020 03:39 Officer #53141 SEVERSON, SCOTT Crash – Injury Location 20, Mile post 10 10 WB, LINCOLN OR USA Narrative Summary eCrash – On 6/4/20 at approximately […]