October 2020 - Page 8

By BILL POEHLER/Salem Statesman Journal Kurt Schrader has held Oregon’s Congressional District 5 seat since 2008, winning six terms by wide margins, usually without serious opposition. Amy Ryan Courser and Matthew Rix identify as long shots. Ryan Courser defeated two more highly funded candidates in the Republican primary and Rix, who has raised no money, has never run for any

Oregon reports 337 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 0 new deaths The state’s death toll from COVID-19 is unchanged from yesterday and remains at 599, the Oregon Health Authority reported at 12:01 a.m. Sunday. Oregon Health Authority reported 337 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19 as of 12:01 a.m. Sunday bringing the state total to 37,262. The new

Oregon reports 409 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 2 new deaths PORTLAND, Ore. — COVID-19 has claimed 2 more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 599, the Oregon Health Authority reported at 12:01 a.m. Saturday. Oregon Health Authority reported 409 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19 as of 12:01 a.m. Saturday bringing the state total to

By MICHELLE MAXWELL/Eugene Register-Guard As residents begin cleanup of their properties after the early September wildfires, one roadblock some hit was being unable to find a place to dump the ash and debris, which is considered potentially hazardous. Typically, if someone tries to take the debris or ash from a burnt property to a dump, they will be turned away. State regulations

By JAMIE GOLDBERG/The Oregonian/OregonLive Ada Gabi Gutierrez Castañeda, 18, took a job this summer at Pacific Seafood in Warrenton to help support her family after her mother’s hours at another seafood processor were cut amid the coronavirus pandemic. When the virus then infected nearly 100 workers from Pacific Seafood’s Warrenton facility, including Gutierrez, the company publicly blamed a Labor Day party some