Governor’s Statement on Receiving $110 Million from FEMA to Support COVID-19 Vaccination Efforts (Salem, OR) — Governor Kate Brown today issued the following statement on FEMA’s announcement that Oregon will receive $110…
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Oregon Leaders Announce $250 Million Summer Learning and Child Care Package for Kids
OIOpublisher Makes equitable investments in educational and child care programs to help Oregon children recover from challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic (Salem, OR) — Today, Governor Kate Brown, Senate President Peter Courtney, and…
Governor Issues Statement after Receiving the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 Vaccine to Show it is Safe and Effective
(Scappoose, OR) — Governor Kate Brown today issued the following statement after receiving the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine at a nationally-recognized rural health clinic: “There have been a number of rumors…
Governor Announces Return to In-Person Instruction for Oregon Public Schools
School districts will return to full or hybrid in-person instruction on or before the weeks of March 29 for grades K-5, April 19 for grades 6-12 (Salem, OR) — Governor Kate Brown announced today she will be issuing an…
Governor Issues Statement One Year After First Confirmed Case of COVID-19 in Oregon
“Today, I want to take a moment to say: Thank you, Oregon.” (Salem, OR) — Governor Kate Brown issued the following statement today, one year after the first positive COVID-19 case in…
Governor Extends COVID-19 State of Emergency for 60 Days
(Salem, OR) — Governor Kate Brown today extended her declaration of a state of emergency for COVID-19 for 60 days, until May 2. The declaration is the legal underpinning for the Governor’s COVID-19 executive orders and…
Governor Announces 16 Counties Improve in Risk Level; Clatsop & Lincoln Counties Join Tillamook County in “Lower Risk”
Updated county risk levels take effect February 26 (Salem, OR) — Governor Kate Brown today announced that 16 counties improved in risk level, with 10 of those improving from Extreme Risk. County risk…
Oregon reports 324 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 0 new deaths; Tillamook County adds 1 more case
Health Authority reported at 12:01 a.m. today.OHA also reported 324 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19 as of 12:01 a.m. today, bringing the state total to 153,134. The new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases…
Governor Issues Statement on Return to In-Person Instruction
“Thanks to the incredible work of our superintendents, school board members, educators, parents, and community members, Oregon has more than doubled the number of students learning in-person, to 116,749.” (Salem, OR) —…
Oregon reports 555 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 13 new deaths; Tillamook County adds 2 more cases
There are 13 new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 2,044, the Oregon Health Authority reported today, February 10, 2021. OHA also reported 555 new confirmed and…