EDITOR’S NOTE: Tillamook County residents are doing the right things – keeping infection rates low. According to Gordon McCraw, “It takes all of us, the businesses and citizens doing the right thing,…
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AGENCIES TAKING MEASURES TO CONTROL PARKING CONGESTION, TRASH AT OREGON STATE PARKS ON NORTH COAST
Salem, Ore – Visitor traffic on Oregon’s north coast has spiked to extraordinarily high levels in August, causing problems with parking congestion and trash. The Oregon Parks and Recreation Department is working…
NEWS FROM STATE REPRESENTATIVE DAVID GOMBERG: Challenges at the E Board and Parkocalypse at the Beach
By Representative David Gomberg, House District 10 On Monday I joined a seventh Emergency Board meeting to disburse what is likely the last of 1.6 billion from federal CARES dollars intended to…
Governor Announces Updates to the County Watch List
(Salem, OR) — Governor Kate Brown today announced that two counties—Marion and Wasco—have succeeded in reducing the spread of COVID-19 sufficiently enough to be removed from the County Watch List. Meanwhile, Jackson…
Oregon reports 301 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 4 new deaths; Tillamook County adds NO new cases, total cases at 36
COVID-19 has claimed four more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 412, the Oregon Health Authority reported Thursday August 20th. OHA reported 301 new confirmed and presumptive cases of…
VIEW FROM HERE: Who will lead us through?
By Karen Olson Remember when the jigsaw puzzles were sold out? I miss the good old days of the COVID-19 pandemic, back in optimistic April, when we were just locking down and…
Oregon reports 203 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 11 new deaths; Tillamook County adds 1 new case, total count at 36
COVID-19 has claimed 11 more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 408, the Oregon Health Authority reported Wednesday August 19th. OHA reported 203 new confirmed and presumptive cases of…
$500 Emergency Relief Check Program Goes Live
From State Representative David Gomberg: This is an important announcement for anyone still waiting for unemployment benefits. If your claim has not yet been completed, or if you know someone still being…
Group of bipartisan governors call on Secretary Ross and Director Dillingham to restore October 31 deadline to Ensure Fair and Accurate Count
(Salem, OR) — Governor Kate Brown, joined by bipartisan Governors from Colorado, Washington, Michigan, Illinois, North Carolina, New York, and Vermont, today called on U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary Willbur Ross Jr. and U.S….
Learning about testing: What to do if you test positive for COVID-19
When it comes to COVID-19, one of the topics OHA receives the most questions about is testing. You can learn more about coronavirus testing on our testing websites (in English and Spanish). In the meantime,…
