On Oregon’s worst day for COVID-19 deaths, state health officials offer a glimmer of hope

July 24, 2020

By GARY A. WARNER/Oregon Capital Bureau On a day when the one-day death toll from COVID-19 set a new record, Oregon health officials said Friday some long-range forecasting offers a “glimmer of hope” that the rise in infections could be ebbing. “These projections show that we’re at a real turning point,” said Dr. Dean Sidelinger, the state’s top infectious disease

Second round of OSU’s testing in Newport shows coronavirus prevalence has declined significantly

July 24, 2020

By SEAN NEALON/OSU News Service and QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews NEWPORT – Preliminary results of a second round of door-to-door sampling July 11-12 by Oregon State University in Newport suggest a significantly lower prevalence of coronavirus compared to a similar sampling three weeks earlier, OSU officials announced Friday. The latest sampling found an estimated community prevalence of six in 1,000 people.

Oregon Health Authority’s coronavirus report for Friday, July 24

July 24, 2020

Oregon reports 396 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 9 new deaths PORTLAND, Ore. — COVID-19 has claimed nine more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 282, the Oregon Health Authority reported at 12:01 a.m. Friday. Oregon Health Authority reported 396 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19 as of 12:01 a.m. Friday, bringing the state total to

Local government groups in Oregon say state is short-changing them on federal coronavirus relief funds

July 24, 2020

By GARY A. WARNER/Oregon Capital Bureau An informal coalition of local governments, civic and business groups across Oregon say they are being short-changed by state political leaders in charge of allocating about $1.6 billion in federal coronavirus relief funds. “This is disturbing to me,” said Pendleton city councilor Paul Chalmers, who backs the coalition. “If the state was following the

Oregon State Police/Newport activity log for July 22-23

July 24, 2020

OREGON STATE POLICE DAILY MEDIA/DESK LOG SP20205645 07/22/2020 20:35 Officer #53134 KOLACZ, BRYAN Crash – Non-injury Location 101 and NW ART ST, OR USA Narrative Summary E-Crash: A green 2001 Dodge Dakota was being driven southbound on US-101 near NW Art Street in Seal Rock (MP 150.8) where the vehicle had gone off into the southbound ditch crashing head-on into a tree. The driver

Neighborhood near Depoe Bay leads initiative petition that could determine fate of 600 vacation rentals in Lincoln County

July 23, 2020

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Jim Peterson and Eric Meyer’s neighborhood sits on an ancient lava shelf where Cape Foulweather plummets into the Pacific Ocean south of Depoe Bay. The views in the Miroco neighborhood are stunning. The neighborhood, serviced by a one-lane road, is usually quiet. It’s an area of 59 houses, including many new or remodeled, and oceanfront homes

Reflecting signs of the times, this year’s Yachats banner project has themes of the beach, pandemic and Black Lives Matter

July 23, 2020

By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews.com At least one Yachats tradition hasn’t been quashed by the COVID-19 pandemic — but it’s been modified to reflect health guidelines. “Yachats Patterns” is the theme of the downtown art banners in the fourth year of the community beautification project, now including a handful that urge “wash hands often” and other coronavirus precautions. “Everybody on the

COVID-19 cases beginning to overwhelm parts of eastern Oregon

July 23, 2020

By: Elon Glucklich/The Lund Report Rural Oregon.jpg The warning lights are flashing across Eastern Oregon. With the COVID-19 pandemic entering its fifth month, virus hotspots have taken a marked leap in recent weeks from Oregon’s urban centers to rural reaches of the state where health officials are scrambling to keep up. Umatilla County, home to Hermiston and Pendleton, with less

Lincoln City police arrest California man on accusations of surf shop burglary

July 23, 2020

On Wednesday, July 22, 2020, at about 11:25 PM, Lincoln City Police Officers responded to a reported suspicious person call in the southwest 3800 block of Hwy 101. It was reported that a man was walking along Hwy 101 while carrying several surf boards. Officers located the man and identified him as 29-year-old Christian M. Berry of California and Hawaii,

Oregon Health Authority’s coronavirus report for Thursday, July 23

July 23, 2020

Oregon reports 331 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 273, the Oregon Health Authority reported at 12:01 a.m. Thursday. Oregon Health Authority reported 331 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19 as of 12:01 a.m. Thursday bringing the state total to