Portland pediatrician’s license suspended over vaccines
The Oregon Medical Board has suspended the license of a Portland pediatrician, citing multiple cases in which he allegedly failed to adequately…
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Portland police, protesters clash after 7 trespass arrests at eviction protest
Clashes between police and protesters have erupted in Portland in rare daytime violence following the arrests of seven people at a residence that…
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Oregon reports record 36 COVID-19 deaths, total nears 1,100; 1,341 new cases
COVID-19 has claimed a record 36 more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 1,080, along with 1,341 new cases, the Oregon Health…
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Portlanders can apply for $500 virus relief cards
People in Portland struggling financially during the COVID-19 pandemic will be able to try again for a prepaid $500 VISA debit card to cover…
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Wyden, Merkley urge including county payments in year-end federal funding
Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., said Monday that the COVID-19 pandemic is one more reason that payments to counties under the Secure Rural…
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OSAA pushes Oregon prep sports schedule back to start in February
The Oregon School Activities Association Executive Board announced Monday it has revised the association’s calendar to start activities in…
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Oregon reports 12 COVID-19 deaths, 1,331 cases; St. Charles at record 49 patients
COVID-19 has claimed 12 more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 1,045, and 1,331 new cases, the Oregon Health Authority reported…
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Oregon AG announces $86 million settlement with Nationstar/’Mr. Cooper’
Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum announced Monday that mortgage servicer Nationstar will pay $86.3 million to settle allegations that the…
Continue ReadingSupreme Court rejects Oregon appeal to limit transgender students
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up an appeal from parents in Oregon who want to prevent transgender students from using locker…
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Seaside surfer bitten by shark
A surfer in Seaside was bitten by a shark and suffered non-life-threatening injuries to his lower…
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Gov. Brown orders flags to half-staff in honor of Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
Gov. Kate Brown on Sunday ordered all flags at Oregon public institutions to be flown at half-staff in honor of National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day…
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Waldport city council member slain in attempted burglary
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Authorities say a city council member in the small community of Waldport along the central Oregon coast has been killed…
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Oregon’s SAR coordinator has winter travel message: Know before you go
Winter weather is here, and Oregon Office of Emergency Management State Search Rescue Coordinator Scott Lucas says Oregon is seeing an uptick in…
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Mount Hood climber rescued after surviving 15-foot fall into volcanic fumarole
A Portland woman climbing Mount Hood survived and was rescued Friday after falling 15 feet into a fumarole – a volcanic opening that emits steam…
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Oregon Health Authority reports 24 more COVID-19 deaths, 1,847 new cases
COVID-19 has claimed 24 more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 1,027, along with 1,847 new cases, 112 of them in Central Oregon, …
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‘Our kids are the sacrifices’: Parents push schools to open
In debates nationwide about opening schools, parents who are unhappy with distance learning are taking increasingly vocal roles in calling for more…
Continue ReadingOregon anti-mask doctor’s medical license suspended
The Oregon Medical Board has suspended the license of a doctor who said he refuses to wear a mask in his clinic west of Salem and encouraged others…
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Deschutes County reports 129 new COVID-19 cases as counts surge statewide
COVID-19 has claimed a record 30 more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 1,003, along with a record 2,176 new cases, pushing that…
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Fatal shooting of Black teen over loud music roils Ashland
The killing of a young Black man last month by a white man who complained that he was playing loud music has roiled…
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Oregon may get more initial virus vaccine than first expected
Oregon health officials anticipate receiving at least three times as many initial doses of the COVID-19 vaccine as originally expected.…
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