By MAX KIRKENDALL/Lincoln County News-Guard Lincoln County’s first COVID-19 patient – and the first to be hospitalized – is back home after 10 weeks of treatment and recovery. But […]
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Oregon governor issues emergency order requiring people in Lincoln County and six other counties wear masks inside public places starting June 24
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Oregon Gov. Kate Brown is requiring that people wear face coverings in Lincoln County and six other counties effective June 24 while they are inside public […]
Oregon Health Authority says it does not recommend mandatory COVID-19 testing for seafood workers
By NICOLE BALES/The Daily Astorian ASTORIA — Responding to concerns from Clatsop County, the Oregon Health Authority said the state will not recommend mandatory coronavirus testing for essential workers at […]
Union County commissioners want to return to Phase 1 coronavirus guidelines, will consider mask requirement
SABRINA THOMPSON/La Grande Observer LA GRANDE — Union County commissioners voted Wednesday morning to recommend rolling back to Phase 1 guidelines. The move comes as the county is the state’s […]
Oregon State Police/Newport activity log June 15-16
OREGON STATE POLICE DAILY MEDIA/DESK LOG SP20162576 06/15/2020 14:54 Officer #41619 FITCH, BRYAN Traffic Crimes – All Except DUII Location Narrative Summary STOPPED VEHICLE FOR TRAVELING 45 IN A 30 MPH CONSTRUCTION ZONE. […]
Oregon Supreme Court hears arguments Tuesday on challenges to legislature’s changes to PERS laws
By PETER WONG/Oregon Capital Bureau Whether lawmakers went too far last year in changing the public-pension system to reduce its future obligations is now in the hands of the Oregon […]
Oregon health officials say a Union County church that held services in April and May is center of massive COVID-19 outbreak
RONALD BOND and SABRINA THOMPSON/La Grande Observer LA GRANDE — Oregon health officials Tuesday pinned Union County’s spike of COVID-19 on one church. Union County on Tuesday added 119 confirmed […]
Governor’s office says Union County shutdown ‘on the table’ if COVID-19 cases rise because of massive outbreak at church
By GARY A. WARNER/Oregon Capital Bureau A new shutdown of Union County is possible if tracing and quarantining don’t halt a spike in the county that pushed the state to […]
Oregon Health Authority’s coronavirus report for Tuesday, June 16
Oregon reports 278 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 2 new deaths PORTLAND, Ore. — COVID-19 has claimed two more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 182, the […]
Oregon Health Authority’s coronavirus report for Monday, June 15; announces testing plant for all nursing homes
Oregon reports 184 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 4 new deaths PORTLAND — COVID-19 has claimed four more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 180, the […]