An employee of The Blacksmith Restaurant has tested positive for COVID-19, so the Bend restaurant will remain closed until all other workers are cleared by testing, the business announced Friday.
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COVID-19 has claimed five more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 254, along with 307 new cases, 19 of them in Central Oregon, the Oregon Health Authority reported Friday.
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — As Video Lottery retailers across Oregon work to strike an appropriate balance between business operations and public health, the Oregon Lottery this week highlighted some of the unique stresses impacting both retail staff and players — offering common-sense tips to help retailers cope. “Caring for Yourself and Your Customers During COVID,”
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Ten more residents and staff at Mt. Bachelor Memory Care in Bend have tested positive for COVID-19, raising the total cases in that outbreak to 31, Deschutes County Health Services said Friday.
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., announced Thursday that Oregon will receive more than $16 million in grants to support health care providers that have been impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. The funding will target small and rural hospitals, as well as certain acute care hospitals. The funding is being distributed by the
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Deschutes County health officials have reported the first death of a county resident due to COVID-19, a 63-year-old man who died Tuesday at St. Charles Bend, one day after being admitted with symptoms.
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Bend city councilors, by a 4-3 vote, have directed City Manager Eric King to issue a new travel advisory to discourage tourism as the area sees a rise in recent COVID-19 cases.
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COVID-19 has claimed two more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 249, along with a record 437 new cases, including 34 in Central Oregon, the Oregon Health Authority reported Thursday.
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Oregon State University–Cascades said Thursday it is planning for a fall term focused on student success and public health safety, with 80% of courses offered with elements of face-to-face instruction.
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OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Starting Monday, Washington state counties in the third phase of a four-stage coronavirus reopening plan will have to limit indoor and outdoor social gatherings to no more than 10, down from the current 50. The new restriction was announced Thursday by Gov. Jay Inslee. The restriction on gatherings for the 17
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon Gov. Kate Brown issued the following statement Thursday, following Wednesday’s meeting of the Healthy Schools Reopening Council: “As COVID-19 continues to spread across Oregon, it has become clear that school this fall will not look like a normal year. Many, if not most Oregon students are in districts that will
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The state’s top budget writers have proposed closing two Oregon prisons as lawmakers try to balance a huge budget shortfall created by the COVID-19 pandemic and business shutdowns.
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COVID-19 has claimed four more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 247, along with 282 new cases, 15 of them in Central Oregon, the Oregon Health Authority reported Wednesday.
Continue Reading After recent spikes in COVID-19 cases, restaurants in Bend are navigating how to protect both employees and customers after some employees were exposed to or tested positive for the coronavirus.
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Fred Meyer in Bend is temporarily withholding coins due to a coin shortage. The Federal Reserve said the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the normal circulation of coins. The U.S. Mint has also slowed down coin production due to staffing challenges.
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Oregon lawmakers on Tuesday approved more than $200 million in COVID-19 relief, as well as $3.5 million to address critical Warm Springs water system issues.
Continue Reading PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Portland Public Schools has set a tentative Sept. 14 start date for the 2020-21 academic year. However, The Oregonian/OregonLive reports the state’s largest district will only have students attend in-person classes two days per week, if at all. And students and families should be ready to go online beginning Sept. 2,
Continue Reading COVID-19 has claimed seven more lives in Oregon — the highest daily count in 2 1/2 months — raising the state’s death toll to 244, along with 380 new cases, the Oregon Health Authority reported Tuesday.
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Oregon’s unemployment rate fell to 11.2 percent last month as the state has now regained nearly one-third of the jobs lost when the COVID-19 pandemic impacts hit, the state Employment Department reported Tuesday.
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In a bid to halt a surge in COVID-19 cases across Oregon, Gov. Kate Brown took two major steps Monday, banning most indoor gatherings of more than 10 people and extending the face covering requirement to outdoor spaces where physical distance cannot be kept.
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