State epidemiologists encourages masking
Health authorities encourage state residents to mask as COVID spreads
Transit cutting more services for lack of drivers
‘Safety has to come first and foremost,” transit company says
COVID-19 transmission rising in Oregon
24 Oregon counties now have high transmission; Yamhill County medium
Missed experiences: Last two years didn't meet expectations for Mac's Angevine
The past two years weren’t how Lucy Angevine envisioned upperclassman life at McMinnville High School. She expected to share memorable experiences with her friends and teammates during pep ...
‘It’s been rough’ Dayton’s Benji Hudson critical of COVID restrictions
DAYTON – As an all-state athlete in soccer, basketball, baseball and track and field, Dayton’s Benji Hudson didn’t appear affected by the ongoing restrictions of the COVID-19 ...
Turning her world upside down
AMITY – For an outgoing and ambitious athlete like Amity’s Haley Vanderzanden, the COVID-19 pandemic completely altered her day-to-day life. Aside from her career in volleyball and ...
FCI inmates initiate hunger strike
Eighty people incarcerated at the Federal Correctional Institution-Sheridan began protesting extensive lockdowns in their cells, inadequate meals, limited medical care and restricted access to computers ...
COVID-19 in Yamhill County - At a Glance
[Monday, May 8] Yamhill County reported 51 new cases of COVID-19 for the week of May 1 to May 8, bringing the county to a total to date of 23,194 cases and 292 deaths. Case counts are believed to ...
COVID cases see sharp increase this week
Although in mid-June Oregon Health & Science University confidently forecast that COVID-19 cases numbers in Oregon “appear to have crested,” and case numbers dropped slightly between June ...
Nelson calls COVID lockdowns 'damaging' to mental, physical health
WILLAMINA – Over a year after COVID-19 restrictions forced Willamina High School to online learning and placed a hold on athletic competitions, Spyre Nelson feels certain they placed a tremendous ...
COVID cases go back up
Oregon Health Authority officials have said they don’t really know exactly how many new cases of COVID-19 are spreading in the state, given that many people either test at home or don’t ...
COVID vaccines OK’d for young children
Babies and young children can now be vaccinated against COVID-19, after the Western States Scientific Safety Review Workgroup today completed its review of the federal process and has unanimously ...
Oregon at 1,496 new COVID cases per day
New cases of COVID-19 increased 24% in Oregon from May 16 to May 29, the Oregon Health Authority reported in its most recent update, released on June 2. The OHA reports biweekly. As of Wednesday, ...
Fewer COVID-19 cases reported over holiday weekend
New cases of COVID-19 were slightly lower over the Memorial Day holiday, with testing numbers also low. Test positivity remained high, however, at 13.1%. The Oregon Health Authority reported 1,847 new ...
Nichols: Deja flu - Lessons of the 1918 pandemic
Over the past two years, historians and analysts have compared the coronavirus to the 1918 flu pandemic. Many of the mitigation practices used to combat the spread of the coronavirus, especially before the development of the vaccines, have been the same as those used in 1918 and 1919 — masks and hygiene, social distancing, ventilation, limits on gatherings, quarantines, mandates, closure policies and more.
