By PETER WONG/Oregon Capital Bureau The state’s Employment Department has reopened a total of 35 WorkSource Oregon centers — including offices in Newport and Lincoln City — in its push […]
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Oregon coronavirus report for Monday, Aug. 2: 2,056 new cases from the 3-day weekend, 17 in Lincoln County
Oregon reports 2,056 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 5 new deaths for three weekend days PORTLAND — There are five new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s […]
Oregon coronavirus report for Friday, July 30: 1,076 new cases, 9 in Lincoln County; new case forecast
Oregon reports 1,076 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 3 new deaths PORTLAND — There are three new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 2,858, […]
Gov. Brown mandates masks in state buildings as Oregon braces for nearly 1,200 COVID-19 cases per day
By GARY A. WARNER/Oregon Capital Bureau Gov. Kate Brown Friday ordered mandatory masking inside state buildings, an order covering workers and visitors whether vaccinated or not. The order — “effective […]
Oregon coronavirus report for Thursday, July 29: governor orders masks for schools, 1,026 new cases, 4 in Lincoln Couny
Oregon reports 1,026 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 6 new deaths PORTLAND — There are six new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 2,855, […]
Oregon governor, utilities and lawmakers celebrate new clean energy legislation
By PETER WONG/Oregon Capital Bureau Gov. Kate Brown says Oregon is the first state in the nation to require its largest utilities to generate all their power carbon-free by 2040, […]
Oregon may be facing a fifth wave of coronavirus infections as feds, state issues contradictory recommendations
By GARY A. WARNER/Oregon Capital Bureau A possible fifth wave of the COVID-19 is swelling in a pandemic-exhausted Oregon that less than a month ago seemed to be on the […]
Oregon coronavirus report for Wednesday, July 28: 804 new cases, 5 in Lincoln County
Oregon reports 804 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 6 new deaths PORTLAND — There are six new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 2,849, […]
Oregon Health Authority is now recommending mask use in all indoor, public settings
OHA recommends universal mask use for all public indoor settings In responses to a large jump in cases and hospitalizations and new national guidance calling for masking measures to prevent […]
Oregon rental aid payments are approved, but big backlog persists
By PETER WONG/Oregon Capital Bureau Community action agencies have made their first payments to landlords under the Oregon emergency rental assistance program. But according to a dashboard maintained by the […]