By DICK HUGHES/Oregon Capital Bureau The envelope opener in the Clackamas County Elections Office broke on Tuesday, delaying processing of ballots. That was a fitting metaphor for Election 2020 — heck, for […]
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Oregon Health Authority’s coronavirus report for Saturday, Nov. 7; state hits highest daily count yet at 988; Lincoln County has no new cases
Oregon reports 988 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 13 new deaths PORTLAND — COVID-19 has claimed 13 more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 729, the […]
Oregon governor puts “social pause” restrictions on five counties beginning Wednesday after major COVID spike
By GARY A. WARNER/Oregon Capital Bureau Five Oregon counties must have a “social pause” for two weeks to fight a spike in COVID-19 infections that led to a record 805 […]
Oregon Health Authority’s coronavirus report for Thursday, Nov. 5; state has record number of daily cases; Lincoln County adds just 1
Oregon reports 805 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 5 new deaths PORTLAND — COVID-19 has claimed five more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 710, the […]
Oregon Health Authority’s coronavirus report for Wednesday, Nov. 4
OHA posts highest weekly case count The Oregon Health Authority released its COVID-19 Weekly Report today which showed that during the week of Monday, Oct. 26, through Sunday, Nov. 1, OHA recorded […]
Oregon Health Authority’s coronavirus report for Tuesday, Nov. 3
Oregon reports 495 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 9 new deaths PORTLAND — COVID-19 has claimed nine more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 701, the […]
Oregon voters saying ‘yes’ to ballot measures on campaign finance, tobacco taxes, psilocybin and decriminalizing some hard drugs
By NICK BUDNICK/Oregon Capital Bureau All four statewide ballot measures appeared headed for passage in the first round of ballot returns counted Tuesday night. Just past 8 p.m., early returns […]
Democrats — Fagan, Read and Rosenblum — are sweeping all three of Oregon’s statewide races
By PETER WONG/Oregon Capital Bureau Democrats appeared to be sweeping the three statewide offices up for election Tuesday in Oregon. Early returns posted shortly after 8 p.m. showed Democrat state […]
Longtime Republican legislator from Ontario wins race to replace Greg Walden in Oregon’s 2nd congressional district
By GARY A. WARNER/Oregon Capital Bureau Republican Cliff Bentz of Ontario was winning by a wide margin in the race for the open congressional seat representing Central and Eastern Oregon, […]
As election day arrives tensions and questions arise across Oregon as two of three ballots are already cast
By GARY A. WARNER/Oregon Capital Bureau Oregon was smashing records Monday for early voting even as state officials grappled with how to handle any voter intimidation in the final […]