According to OHA’s Weekly Testing Summary, 38,179 COVID-19 test results were reported last week, of which 4.8 percent were positive. This represents the first weekly decline in percent positivity since it began…
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Felony DUII Hit and Run Cape Kiawanda Dr., Pacific City on Sunday July 26th
Pacific City, OR – On Sunday, July 26, at approximately 3:29 PM on Cape Kiawanda Dr near Ridge Rd. in Pacific City, an older 22 ft RV was southbound on Cape Kiwanda…
Portland Political Elites Overrule Local Union Endorsement
(Provided by Suzanne Weber for State Representative campaign) Fewer than twenty-four hours after the Astoria-based North Coast Labor Federation (NCLF) endorsed Suzanne Weber’s campaign for the Oregon Legislature, Portland political leaders from…
Oregon reports 277 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 3 new deaths; Tillamook County case count at 24
PORTLAND, Ore. — COVID-19 has claimed three more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 289, the Oregon Health Authority reported at Sunday, July 26th. Oregon Health Authority reported 277…
Coronavirus Update- New Statewide Rules Go Into Effect, New Test Site Locator
July 22, 2020 New Statewide Rules Go into Effect Today, Governor Kate Brown announced several new measures to help suppress COVID-19 in Oregon and drive transmission rates back down, effective Friday, July…
Coronavirus- Daily/ Weekly Update
Weekly Testing Summary released OHA released its Weekly Testing Summary [ https://www.oregon.gov/oha/PH/DISEASESCONDITIONS/DISEASESAZ/Documents/Oregon-COVID-19-Testing-Summary-2020-07-20.pdf ] today showing 39,301 tests were performed July 13-18.* Of those tests, 2,292 were reported positive, for a percent positivity rate of…
ODFW Hosting Virtual Meetings for Public Input on Bottomfish/ Halibut Season
NEWPORT, Ore – ODFW is hosting virtual meetings July 28 and 29 to gather public input on the 2021 sport bottomfish and halibut season and the 2021 directed commercial halibut fishery. At…
Oregon State Police Fish and Wildlife Troopers Ask for Public Assistance in Buck Deer Poaching Case
SALEM, Ore.– Deer and elk carcasses left to waste where they were shot mark a poaching hot spot in Columbia County. Law enforcement requests the public’s assistance for information to solve the…
Face coverings work: CDC investigation of Missouri salon shows efficacy of masks
We continue to learn more about how wearing face coverings help prevent the spread of COVID-19. The growing evidence about face coverings, combined with our rise in cases since reopening show why…
KN95 face masks available to Tillamook County Small Businesses, Place Online Order by Mon. July 20th, Pickup Masks at Local Libraries Wed. July 22nd
Lieutenant Gordon McCraw, the Tillamook County Emergency Manager and the County’s COVID-19 response Incident Commander recently received 5,000 KN95 masks via Oregon Emergency Management, through an initiative with Business Oregon. These masks…