By PETER WONG/Oregon Capital Bureau Terri Davie will become the first woman to lead the Oregon State Police as superintendent. Gov. Kate Brown named Davie to succeed Travis Hampton upon […]
Local officials across Oregon got a verbal spanking from the governor last week. It didn’t sit well. County leaders responded by saying the governor and the state should do their […]
By COURTNEY VAUGHN/Pamplin Media Oregon’s COVID-19 case rate seems to be in decline, but state health officials are nervous about a potential uptick in cases, following the upcoming Labor Day […]
Oregon Capital Bureau The $500 Emergency Relief Check Program has exhausted its 70,000 available payments in just three days and ended Friday. The $35 million in money from the federal […]
By NICK BUDNICK/Pamplin Media Group At the current rate of transmission officials say it could be seven months or more before in-person schooling can resume, and Gov. Kate Brown on […]
By the Oregon Capital Bureau More than half of the available funds for a new $500 relief check program have been used up in the first two days of the […]
By GARY A. WARNER/Oregon Capital Bureau The Oregon Legislature’s most powerful panel approved a plan to use federal funds to buy $105 million of personal protective equipment, despite objections from […]
By TERESA CARSON/Pamplin Media Group New state guidelines are expected to ease capacity restrictions and require more masks at child care facilities and early education centers during the COVID-19 pandemic. […]
By ELON GLUCKLICH/The Lund Report In early May, two weeks before Oregon counties started reopening their economies from COVID-19 lockdowns, Gov. Kate Brown outlined the state’s planned response to mitigate […]
By JACKSON HOGAN/Oregon Capital Bureau The bar has been lowered for reopening smaller schools this fall as Oregon continues to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic. The Oregon Department of Education […]
