Oregon Gov. extends coronavirus emergency proclamation
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon Gov. Kate Brown has extended the COVID-19 state of emergency for 60 days. She said as of Tuesday there have been over 8,600 coronavirus cases in the state, with over a ...
Governor extends mask mandate statewide starting Wednesday
Face coverings will be required statewide in indoor public spaces, including many businesses, as of Wednesday, Gov. Kate Brown announced Monday.The new regulation is an effort to prevent Fourth of July ...
Brown: Second special session in July or August
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Gov. Kate Brown said she would call a second special legislative session this summer to fix a state budget wrecked by the economic fallout from the COVID-19 crisis and wants to ...
Yamhill County sees biggest one day COVID increase to date
Yamhill County recorded its largest one-day increase in COVID-19 cases Thursday. The seven new cases brought the county’s total to 109. County Commissioners extended the county’s emergency ...
In McMinnville, students can play, practice while keeping apart
Students may be practicing football or soccer, taking part in cheerleading or engaging in other activities on McMinnville school campuses starting in July. There won’t be any tackling, though, ...
YCAP program houses dozens of families with COVID-19 prevention funds
Joe had been camping between Newberg and Lafayette for several weeks. He was without a home and staying in the woods, trying to avoid contact with people amid the COVID-19 pandemic. On a day he went into ...
Third Street dining moves into the street on July 3
Most of McMinnville’s Historic Third Street restaurants and bars will extend into the street for al fresco dining starting Friday, July 3, exchanging cars for canopies each weekend through Labor ...
Yamhill County manufacturing takes a hit
Marcus Straw, CEO of Applied Physics Technologies in McMinnville, knew the coronavirus pandemic would change his company both financially and organizationally. Fortunately, his group of employees, which ...
Oregon lawmakers plow through COVID, police bills
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The Capitol doors may be closed to the public during Oregon's special legislative session, but there was no shortage of public comment — via phone and computer — about ...
Audit: Disabled students in Oregon lack enough funding
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — An audit by the Oregon Secretary of State found that disabled students aren’t receiving adequate support because of limited funding and rising caseloads. The audit of the ...
Police brutality, coronavirus on agenda for Oregon lawmakers as special session begins today
[Updated 11:15 a.m. with session starting] By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon lawmakers, most wearing masks and trying to maintain social distance, began a special session ...
Record numbers of Yamhill County residents struggling to pay for basics
The COVID-19 pandemic struck as a record number of working families in Yamhill County already were struggling to afford housing, child care and other basics, according to a new study by the United ...
Positive COVID-19 testing rate increasing in state; cases increase slowly in Yamhill County
When Oregon began testing residents for COVID-19 in March, weekly rates of positive test results ranged for several weeks between 5.5% and 4.5%. The state shut down in late March, in an effort to slow ...
Parents speak up about school reopening
Hundreds of parents and some students offered suggestions about September’s school reopening at a series of Zoom meetings with McMinnville School District teachers and administrators last week. The ...
COVID-19 spreads in 'close social networks' as Oregon reopens
By SARA CLINE Associated Press/Report for America SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon's coronavirus case numbers increased by 514 people during the weekend and Monday, officials reported. A quarter ...
