Ansu Drammeh, R.N., a cardiovascular intensive care nurse at OHSU, is given the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine on Wednesday, December 16 by Ryan Thrower, D.M.D., who, according to OHSU, is the first dental resident in the United States to administer a COVID-19 vaccine. Staff members at several Oregon hospitals have been vaccinated[Read More…]
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Gov. Brown calls for emergency legislative session
The Oregon Capitol building in Salem. Photo: Chas Hundley Governor Kate Brown announced she will convene a special session of the Oregon Legislature at 8:00 a.m. on Monday, December 21 to ask lawmakers to provide $800 million in financial relief for Oregonians who are suffering through the COVID-19 pandemic, and for[Read More…]
First vaccine doses arrive in Oregon
Face masks. Photo: Chas Hundley The Oregon Health Authority announced that the first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine made by Pfizer and BioNTech arrived in Oregon Monday morning, with deliveries of 975 doses each made around 7 a.m. to two Legacy Health locations, one in Portland and one in Tualatin. [Read More…]
Oregon’s reported coronavirus deaths surpass 1,000 as cases climb
Face masks. Photo: Chas Hundley More than 1,000 Oregonians have died in Oregon after contracting the novel coronavirus, the Oregon Health Authority announced Friday, December 4. The total deaths attributed to COVID-19 number 1,003 as of Friday. Friday’s report said that 30 more Oregonian’s had died, the fourth day in[Read More…]
Executive order issued for statewide ‘freeze’ to combat COVID-19
Face masks. Photo: Chas Hundley Oregon’s “freeze” period to combat the rising cases of the coronavirus begins tomorrow, Wednesday November 18, and will last through Wednesday, December 2, a period of 15 days unless the order is extended. Under Governor Kate Brown’s Executive Order 20-65, released Tuesday afternoon, a number[Read More…]
“Pause” replaced with “Freeze” as Oregon enters another COVID-19 shutdown
Face masks. Photo: Chas Hundley A number of new measures will begin on Wednesday, November 18 aimed at controlling the spread of COVID-19, in an effort to slow the spread of COVID-19 before Oregon’s hospital system becomes overwhelmed. Governor Kate Brown is calling the latest measures a “Two-Week Freeze” and[Read More…]
Last Free Fishing Weekend of 2020 is Thanksgiving Weekend
Dorman Pond in Gales Creek. Photo: Chas Hundley Free Fishing Weekend will return to Oregon on Friday & Saturday, November 27 & 28, the weekend after Thanksgiving Day. It will be the last of four free fishing dates in 2020. On those days, fishing, crabbing, and clamming is free to[Read More…]
Oregon Air National Guard’s 142nd Wing plans Veterans Day flyovers
Photo: 142nd Wing A flyover in support of various Veterans Day ceremonies by the Oregon Air National Guard’s 142nd Wing will be held Wednesday, November 11, including over North Plains at 11:25 a.m. and over Tillamook at 11:30 a.m., so keep your eye to the sky, as they may be[Read More…]
Oregon’s ‘Exploding Whale’ legend turns 50
A mother sperm whale and her calf off the coast of Mauritius. The calf has remoras attached to its body. Gabriel Barathieu – https://www.flickr.com/photos/barathieu/7277953560/, CC BY-SA 2.0, November 9, 1970. The sperm whale, washed up on Heceta Beach near Florence, Oregon, was dead, and the plan was to blow it[Read More…]
Suzanne Weber wins House District 32 race
Suzanne Weber. Photo courtesy of the Suzanne Weber campaign Republican Suzanne Weber has pulled ahead in the race for House District 32. The initial batch of results after 8 p.m. showed that her Democratic opponent Debbie Boothe-Schmidt was ahead by 98 votes, but as more results were counted, Weber quickly[Read More…]