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PENDLETON — Umatilla County Public Health is looking to add positions and bring its health officer under its roof.

PENDLETON — In many parts of Eastern Oregon, coronavirus infection rates have fallen to the lowest levels in months, according to state data and regional public health officials.

PENDLETON — In many parts of Eastern Oregon, coronavirus infection rates have fallen to the lowest levels in months, according to state data and regional public health officials.

The news that more than half of Oregon’s state employees will get an extra six weeks to get inoculated against COVID-19 was welcome, but the question of what happens after

SALEM — Gov. Kate Brown said Tuesday, Sept. 28, that she was "gravely concerned" about an alarming spike in COVID-19 cases across Eastern Oregon with a common factor — the

UMATILLA COUNTY — After Gov. Kate Brown’s announcement that all school staff, educators and volunteers must be vaccinated no later than Oct. 18, emotions have been mixed through the Umatilla

After declines, Oregon again sees rise in COVID-19 cases By SARA CLINE, Associated Press/Report for America Published: July 16, 2021, 3:57pm Share: PORTLAND — As the highly transmissible delta variant sweeps across the nation — fueling an increase in COVID-19 cases — Oregon is no exception. For at least 11 consecutive weeks COVID-19 cases had been decreasing in Oregon, until last week. Health experts point to the highly contagious delta variant, first detected in India, as ...

Researchers suggest others lead the charge for encouraging people to get vaccinated against COVID-19. Author: Pat Dooris Updated: 5:38 PM PDT July 15, 2021 PORTLAND, Oregon — New polling from University of Oregon researchers found Gov. Kate Brown is not the one who should be encouraging unvaccinated Oregonians to get their COVID-19 vaccine shot. Researcher Benjamin Clark, with the universitys School of Planning, Public Policy and Management, said the data shows...

PENDLETON — Dr. Deborah Woodbury is getting to know her new town by lacing on her running shoes and hitting the streets. In August, the physician moved to Oregon from Pennsylvania as COVID-19 ramped up. She would spend the next couple of months painting and installing flooring at her new North Hill home, and then start her family practitioner job at Pendleton Family Medicine in the fall. While a pandemic isn’t an ideal time to explore a new town or make friends, she enjoys the company...