By TERESA CARSON/Oregon Capital Bureau College life will look a lot different when students return to school in the fall, with students being asked to stay 6 feet apart and […]
Archives for 2020
Eastern Oregon county representatives meet to express frustration with governor’s COVID-19 reopening plan
By STEVEN MITCHELL/Oregon Capital Bureau A group of Eastern Oregon county commissioners met unannounced Thursday in Prairie City to share common frustrations over Gov. Kate Brown’s closures amid the COVID-19 […]
Customers wearing masks in Oregon businesses is still a personal — and business — preference
By CHRISTIAN WIHTOL/The Lund Report Despite the surge in COVID-19 cases in Oregon, and a new federal recommendation urging use of face masks at big public events, the wearing of […]
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown explains Friday why she halted state’s reopening plans for a week
By BEN BOTKIN/The Lund Report Citing a rise in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations, Gov. Kate Brown ordered a one-week pause on decisions that would allow counties to advance to the […]
Oregon Supreme Court backs governor’s powers during a pandemic; overrules Baker County judge Friday
By PETER WONG/Oregon Capital Bureau Gov. Kate Brown’s stay-at-home orders during the coronavirus pandemic will stay in place until either she or the Oregon Legislature ends the state of emergency […]
Oregon State Police/Newport activity log for June 10-11
OREGON STATE POLICE DAILY MEDIA/DESK LOG SP20156315 06/10/2020 12:25 Officer #41617 ESKRIDGE, BRIAN Crash – Non-injury Location 101 HWY and SAMS CREEK RD, OR USA Narrative Summary ***E-CRASH*** On 06/10/20 at approximately 12:30 PM, […]
Coast Guard rescues mother and son from Cape Arago cliffs near Coos Bay
Coast Guard rescues mother, son from cliffs near Cape Arago, OR Editors’ Note: Click on image to download a video of rescue. COOS BAY, Ore. — The Coast Guard rescued […]
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown issues one-week pause in state’s reopening plans because of COVID spike
By the OREGON CAPITAL BUREAU Gov. Kate Brown on Thursday evening issued a one-week pause in the schedule to reopen counties closed for weeks because of the pandemic quarantine. Oregon’s […]
Oregon Health Authority’s coronavirus report for Thursday, June 11
PORTLAND — COVID-19 has claimed two more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 171, the Oregon Health Authority reported at 12:01 a.m. Thursday. Oregon Health Authority reported […]
Oregon’s minority legislators pledge to seek new laws to tighten accountability on police
By PETER WONG/Oregon Capital Bureau The nine minority-group members of the Oregon Legislature will promote bills to tighten the accountability of police after the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis […]