Health care workers and hospitals disagree on supplies of personal protective equipment

May 26, 2020

NICK BUDNICK/Portland Tribune Hospitals claim they have enough personal protective equipment but health care workers disagree. Citing unsafe conditions, health care workers in Oregon for weeks have been pushing for greater transparency around how much personal protective equipment hospitals have on hand. But those demands haven’t been satisfied, and it’s unclear if they ever will. Records obtained by the Portland Tribune show

Yachats’ Celtic festival organizers looking for public interest in November event

May 26, 2020

Facing the global uncertainty over COVID-19, organizers of the popular Yachats Celtic Music Festival are taking the temperature of public interest in the annual November event. With an email to yachatsmusic@peak.org, anyone can express their plans — “definitely” want to attend, ”unsure”, or “absolutely not.” “So far, the ones who say ‘Yes, we’re coming,’ far outnumber the others,” said music

Oregon Health Authority’s coronavirus report for Tuesday, May 26

May 26, 2020

Oregon reports 18 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, 1 new presumptive case, 0 new deaths PORTLAND, Ore. — The state’s death toll from COVID-19 is unchanged from yesterday and remains at 148, the Oregon Health Authority reported at 12:01 a.m. today. Oregon Health Authority reported 18 new confirmed cases and one new presumptive case of COVID-19 as of 12:01 a.m. today bringing

Oregon Health Authority’s coronavirus report for Monday, May 25

May 25, 2020

Oregon reports 19 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, 4 new presumptive cases, 0 new deaths PORTLAND — The state’s death toll from COVID-19 is unchanged from yesterday and remains at 148, the Oregon Health Authority reported at 12:01 a.m. Monday. Oregon Health Authority reported 19 new confirmed cases and 4 new presumptive cases of COVID-19 as of 12:01 a.m. Monday bringing

Lincoln County announces ninth COVID-19 case Sunday

May 24, 2020

Lincoln County Public Health on Sunday announced that a ninth county resident has tested positive for COVID-19, the first such case in eight days. The county said the person is in their 40s and has not had contact with a person confirmed to have COVID-19, so the case is considered “community acquired.” The person is not hospitalized and is self-isolating

Oregon Health Authority’s coronavirus report for Sunday, May 24; Lincoln County records 9th case

May 24, 2020

Oregon reports 43 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, 3 new presumptive cases, 1 new death COVID-19 has claimed one more life in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 148 as of 12:01 a.m. Sunday, the Oregon Health Authority reported. Oregon Health Authority reported 43 new confirmed cases and 3 new presumptive cases of COVID-19 as of 12:01 a.m. Sunday, bringing

Oregon Health Authority’s coronavirus report for Saturday, May 23

May 23, 2020

Oregon reports 28 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, 7 new presumptive cases, 0 new deaths PORTLAND, Ore. — The state’s death toll from COVID-19 is unchanged and remains at 147 as of 12:01 a.m. Saturday, the Oregon Health Authority reported today. Oregon Health Authority reported 28 new confirmed cases and seven new presumptive cases of COVID-19 as of 12:01 a.m. Saturday, bringing

Oregon legislators hear warnings from medical community that reopening the state will create issues

May 23, 2020

By GARY A. WARNER/Oregon Capital Bureau Oregon is moving into the third stage of the COVID-19 pandemic crisis, but still has a long way to go until it is over, the House Interim Committee on Health Care heard Thursday. Lawmakers met via a videoconference, with Rep. Andrea Salinas, D-Lake Oswego, the committee chair, joking she had found a rubber mallet

Oregon Health Authority’s coronavirus report for Friday, May 22

May 22, 2020

Oregon reports 45 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, 3 new presumptive cases, 2 new deaths PORTLAND — COVID-19 has claimed two more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 147, the Oregon Health Authority reported at 8 a.m. Friday. Oregon Health Authority reported 45 new confirmed cases and three new presumptive cases of COVID-19 as of 8 a.m. Friday

Lincoln County Sheriff’s deputies arrest Waldport man after a long night of destruction and 9-1-1 calls

May 22, 2020

WALDPORT – The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office has some advice: Don’t get drunk and go trashing someone’s house. After a sheriff deputy takes you home, don’t call him for a ride back to the house to get your cigarettes. And, then don’t go calling 9-1-1 more than 20 times making false reports. That’s what landed Timothy R. Swander, 39, of