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 […]
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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 […]
Wide gap over lifting pandemic Oregon’s restrictions in Oregon: Democrats say go slow, GOP says speed up
By GARY A. WARNER/Oregon Capital Bureau Oregonians split sharply along political lines over lifting COVID-19 pandemic restrictions, according to a statewide poll. The monthly survey by DHM Research of Portland […]
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown calls special legislative session next week with police accountability proposals at top of agenda
By PETER WONG/Oregon Capital Bureau Bills to tighten the accountability of police after the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis would lead a list of about two dozen action items […]
Oregon legislators begin budget meetings this week to review governor’s proposed cuts
By PETER WONG/Oregon Capital Bureau Oregon legislators will begin this week to review Gov. Kate Brown’s proposed spending cuts, hear what the public has to say about them, and come […]
Oregon colleges will look very different in the fall, according to new state guidelines released Friday
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 […]
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 […]