County: 25 new cases of COVID over weekend
Yamhill County announced 25 new cases of COVID-19 for the three days from Saturday to Monday, bringing the county to a total to date of 4,040. There have been 74 deaths in the county. The Oregon Health ...
County enters ‘caution’ period as case counts rise
Yamhill County was placed on notice the week of April 5 that it is now entering a two-week “caution period,” because its case numbers for COVID-19 have reverted to Moderate risk levels. ...
Case counts trend upward
Yamhill County has been preparing for a greatly increased allocation of vaccine doses from the state, starting in either late March or early April, but was disappointed again this week, with an ...
Examiner: Rumors of vaccine death untrue
Yamhill County Medical Examiner Dr. Bruce Williams delivered an absolute denial this week to reported social media rumors suggesting a local person died due to a COVID-19 vaccination. “There have ...
UK variant of COVID found in McMinnville
A more transmissible and dangerous variant of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 has been discovered in wastewater sampling from McMinnville, as well as Grants Pass and possibly two other cities in Oregon, ...
No surge in vaccines for county this week
Yamhill County did not receive a hoped-for major increase in the number of vaccine doses this week, according to the Oregon Health Authority. The OHA said the county will receive 1,300 initial doses of ...
County moves to a lower risk level, expands vaccinations
Yamhill County is being moved to a “lower risk” category starting today, which will loosen some business and social restrictions slightly. In addition, the county has been approved to start ...
County says residents will need to re-register with state
Many people who have previously registered with Yamhill County for vaccination availability notices will need to re-register with the Oregon Health Authority, the county has announced. Yamhill County ...
Many must re-register for COVID-19 vaccination appointments
Many local people must re-register for COVID-19 vaccination appointments through Yamhill County, as YC Health and Human Services this week adopts the Get Vaccinated Oregon (GVO) tool for registrations ...
More volunteers needed as more vaccines expected
With an increase in weekly vaccine doses expected soon, Yamhill County Public Health is seeking more volunteers to help staff vaccine clinics. Volunteers need not be medical professionals, said Health ...
Our pandemic year: 'Normal' may not look the same as before
When schools, restaurants, exercise facilities and other places closed in mid-March 2020, no one realized how much the coronavirus pandemic was changing life as they knew it, or how permanent some of those ...
For younger students, it’s back to the classroom
Large yellow buses rolled through McMinnville and Lafayette Monday as elementary students returned to classrooms in the McMinnville School District. It was the first day of in-person classes in ...
County preparing for increase of vaccine doses
Yamhill County expected to receive 1,500 doses this week, with hopes that number will increase to around 6,200 doses per week as early as April 1, the county’s health department announced Monday, ...
1918 flu epidemic: Echoes from the past
Pandemics have been a recurring feature in human history, but often occur at intervals far enough apart for the descendants of those affected to have had time to forget, according to historians. Although ...
Our pandemic year: A lesson in adapting and moving forward
One year ago, the world changed as the coronavirus pandemic took hold. Schools closed as of March 13, 2020. Restaurants shuttered their dining rooms to the public the next week as the governor ordered ...
