Oregon Governor Kate Brown is providing daily updates on Oregon’s response to coronavirus. Beth Nakamura/Oregonian/Oregonlive Coronavirus resources: CDC on the coronavirus, Oregon Health Authority resources, Washington County resources, Oregonian reporting on the coronavirus, OPB glossary of coronavirus terms, NYTimes free reporting on the coronavirus. This article was originally published by the Oregonian/OregonLive, one of more than[Read More…]
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Oregon Gov. Kate Brown weighs curfew on restaurants and bars; decision expected Monday
Pool tables at Banks Billiards. Photo: Chas Hundley Coronavirus resources: CDC on the coronavirus, Oregon Health Authority resources, Washington County resources, Oregonian reporting on the coronavirus, OPB glossary of coronavirus terms, NYTimes free reporting on the coronavirus. This article was originally published by the Oregonian/OregonLive, one of more than a dozen news organizations throughout the state[Read More…]
Oregonian dies from COVID-19
This illustration, created at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), reveals ultrastructural morphology exhibited by coronaviruses. Credit: Alissa Eckert, MS; Dan Higgins, MAM Coronavirus resources: CDC on the coronavirus, Oregon Health Authority resources, Washington County resources, Oregonian reporting on the coronavirus, OPB glossary of coronavirus terms, NYTimes free reporting on the coronavirus. SALEM –[Read More…]
Ban on flavored nicotine-based vape products halted by Oregon Court of Appeals
Photo of a vaping device that can be used for nicotine or cannabis from reader Kylee Rayne Reichow OREGON – Two days after Oregon Gov. Kate Brown’s flavored vape ban executive order went into effect on October 15, the Oregon Court of Appeals temporarily stayed part of the order after[Read More…]
Gov. Brown issues temporary ban on flavored vape products
Photo of a vaping device that can be used for nicotine or cannabis from reader Kylee Rayne Reichow OREGON – In the wake of at least eight illnesses and two deaths statewide that the Oregon Health Authority says is linked to vaping, Governor Kate Brown issued an executive order Friday,[Read More…]
Oregon Health Authority: Stop vaping, now
Photo of a vaping device that can be used for nicotine or cannabis from reader Kylee Rayne Reichow OREGON – The companies who sold vaping products touted their devices as an effective and safe way to cut down on smoking cigarettes. Now, government agencies — including Washington County and the[Read More…]
Travelers will crowd Oregon’s roads in record-breaking numbers for Independence Day
A truck heads toward Tillamook on Highway 6 – a route that will be clogged with traffic this holiday weekend if past experiences hold true. Photo: Brenda Schaffer OREGON – The Continental Congress declared freedom from a tyrannical British government on July 2, 1776, and fully adopted the document known[Read More…]
Studded tire season ends March 31
A studded tire. Photo: Chas Hundley OREGON – Drivers cruising along in an automobile or stopped in a busy parking lot often hear a clackety-clack from tires on nearby cars. It’s not difficult to hear when a car owner continues using studded tires, swerving around Oregon law, by continuing to[Read More…]
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