November 2021 - Page 7

Oregon reports 1,033 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 75 new deaths PORTLAND — There are 75 new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 4,730, Oregon Health Authority reported at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday. Oregon Health Authority (OHA) reported 1,033 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19 as of 12:01 a.m. Wednesday, bringing the state total

 Dozens of households and businesses in Cave Junction got high-speed internet, thanks to money from the CARES Act. (Illinois Valley Data Center) By LYNNE TERRY/Oregon Capital Chronicle Oregon will reap at least $100 million to expand broadband services to homes and businesses throughout the state from the new infrastructure bill passed by Congress. The money has many people’s attention, including

By MEERAH POWELL/Oregon Public Broadcasting Oregon’s biggest university continues to get bigger. Oregon State University announced Tuesday it has a record number of students enrolled this fall. That means it continues to be the state’s largest university, with 34,108 students enrolled this fall — a more than 2% increase from last year. The record enrollment includes students at OSU’s main

By Nigel Jaquiss/Willamette Week Oregon’s nine Indigenous tribes are watching history repeat itself. The tribes oppose a proposal for 225 betting terminals at the Flying Lark, a destination resort that the founder of Dutch Bros. Coffee proposes to build at a Grants Pass horse track. The tribes say the terminals would violate Oregon law. “If approved, I absolutely would consider it

By SOPHIA PRINCE/Jefferson Public Radio Booking photos are no longer being released to the public in Oregon, in an effort to protect the privacy and safety of people who have not been convicted of a crime. The new law that went into effect last week prohibits the release of mugshots except in specific circumstances, such as to other law enforcement

By GARY A. WARNER/Oregon Capital Bureau The 2022 election campaign received a jolt of political adrenaline on Monday as former New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof reported over $1 million in contributions for his bid for Oregon governor. The report filed exactly one year before the Nov. 8, 2022 general election catapulted Kristof to the front of the race for

 A Multnomah County election worker sorts ballots on Oct. 22, 2020. (Motoya Nakamura/Multnomah County) By JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle A week before this November’s Linn County special election over a tax increase to fund law enforcement, a man walked into the election office and asked to see the county clerk. Steve Druckenmiller walked over and asked how he could help,