By GARY A. WARNER/Oregon Capital Bureau The likely arrival of the new omicron variant and questions about its strength and speed are clouding an otherwise cautiously optimistic outlook of the […]
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Canadian energy company abandons its controversial plan for Jordan Cove natural gas terminal in Coos County
ANDREW SELSKY/The Associated Press SALEM — A Canadian energy company called it quits Wednesday on a controversial natural gas pipeline and marine export terminal on the southern Oregon coast after failing […]
Oregon Congressman Peter DeFazio will retire next year, creating an open seat in newly formed district that now includes Lincoln County
By DIRK VANDERHART/Oregon Public Broadcasting Oregon Congressman Peter DeFazio is retiring. After more than three decades as a mainstay in Oregon politics, the state’s longest-tenured U.S. House member announced Wednesday […]
480 health care providers in Oregon, including Samaritan Health Services, getting $120 million in covid relief money
By LYNNE TERRY/Oregon Capital Chronicle The Biden administration has started to distribute $7.5 billion in American Rescue Plan funds to more than 40,000 health care providers in each state and in […]
Oregon plans to offer voluntary digital vaccine card in the spring
By LYNNE TERRY/Oregon Capital Chronicle The Oregon Health Authority plans to offer a digital vaccine card to Oregonians next spring. It is not a passport: The technology is designed as […]
Oregon’s new congressional map is now final, as GOP officials don’t appeal boundaries
By DIRK VANDERHART/Oregon Public Broadcasting Oregon’s bruising fight over new political maps is now over. Winner: Democrats. A group of former Republican elected officials challenging new congressional districts has elected […]
Oregon governor calls special legislative session Dec. 13 on rental aid, protection for tenants
By PETER WONG/Oregon Capital Bureau Gov. Kate Brown has called a special session of the Oregon Legislature to extend temporary protections against eviction for tenants awaiting rental assistance. She also […]
New COVID-19 variant raises concerns — but mostly questions from Oregon health officials — as delta spike fades
By GARY A. WARNER/Oregon Capital Bureau The newly discovered omicron variant of COVID-19 is raising concerns just as Oregon hit two key markers in its recovery from the deadly delta […]
Oregon coronavirus report for Monday, Nov 29: 2,598 cases over five days; 35 in Lincoln County; 27 new deaths
Oregon reports 2,598 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 27 new deaths PORTLAND — There are 27 new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 5,142, […]
Kristof’s “red-letter” givers fuel his early bid in outsider run for Oregon governor
By GARY A. WARNER/Oregon Capital Bureau Nicholas Kristof’s relationships formed over decades as a journalist are showing up in a strong wave of “red letter” giving to his campaign for […]