The planned updates to 2020-21 school year guidance include more flexibility for rural and remote schools to offer in-person instruction, protocols for COVID-19 outbreaks in schools, supports for special populations, athletics, and…
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Now is the time to get children caught up on vaccines; Updates to Ready Schools, Safe Learners; Tillamook County COVID-19 Case Count remains at 34
OIOpublisher Parents are understandably nervous about taking their children and teens to their doctors’ offices right now. As a result, children in Oregon are falling behind on their childhood vaccinations. August is…
OHA Releases Weekly Testing Summary; Staying safe while shopping
OHA released its Weekly Testing Summary which showed that the week of Aug. 2 – Aug. 8, 25,744 tests were reported. Of those tests, 1,380 or 5.4 percent were positive, down from the…
All Tillamook County Schools to be on Distant Learning for Start of 2020-21 School Year
EDITOR’S NOTE: All three Tillamook County school districts – Nestucca and Neah-Kah-Nie – have announced starting the school year with distant learning. Here is Tillamook School District’s letter to families; see end…
Oregon reports 263 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 1 new death
PORTLAND, Ore. — COVID-19 has claimed one more life in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 356, the Oregon Health Authority reported at today August 9th. Oregon Health Authority reported 263 new…
New modeling report shows slow spread of COVID-19 in Oregon
On Friday August 7th, OHA released new modeling about the spread of COVID-19 in Oregon. Here’s what the situation looks like in Oregon now, according to State Health Officer Dr. Dean Sidelinger:…
Governor Announces Updates to the County Watch List
(Salem, OR) — On Thursday August 6th, Governor Kate Brown announced that Lake County has succeeded in reducing the spread of COVID-19 sufficiently enough to be removed from the County Watch List….
Oregon businesses largely in compliance with face covering, physical distancing requirements; Oregon reports over 20,000 cases of COVID-19
Governor Kate Brown announced the results of spot checks of Oregon businesses conducted by the Oregon Liquor Control Commission (OLCC) and Oregon OSHA. They found the vast majority of businesses to be…
Creative alternatives to in-person gatherings; OHA Weekly Report; Outbreaks of 20 or more cases; Tillamook County at 34 cases
Oregon reports 299 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 5 new deaths COVID-19 has claimed five more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 338, the Oregon Health Authority reported…
Tillamook County at 34 cases of COVID-19 – Update from Gordon McCraw; OHA Reported 342 news cases, 5 deaths; Increased Food Benefits;
COVID-19 Corrections – from Gordon McCraw, Tillamook County Emergency Director and COVID-19 Incident Commander Just to clear things up due to the Oregon Health Authority COVID errors (in the daily reports)….