Published April 26, 2021 at 10:29 AM PDT
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By a pair of measurements, Jackson County should be among the Oregon counties listed as at Extreme Risk for the spread of COVID-19. Only an adequate supply of hospital beds across the state keeps the county in merely the High Risk category, and those are running out.
Dr. Jim Shames is the Medical Director at
Jackson County Health and Human Services. He visits once a week to catch us up on COVID-19 issues and current concerns.
Ask your question at 800-838-3760 or JX@jeffnet.org. Our visit comes less than a week after the county opened up a high-volume vaccination clinic AND hit a daily new-case number of 93 (on April 21st).
KLAMATH COUNTY, Ore. The open burning window in Klamath County closes tomorrow at noon.
Klamath County Public Health says dry conditions influenced by drought, low humidity, and wind will make burning dangerous in the next several days.
It says all fires must be extinguished tomorrow by 12 p.m.
“We live in a basin, which means that our weather patterns can find us having inversions keeping the smoke in place, which is not healthy for us,” said PIO for Klamath Co. Public Health, Valeree Lane.
To see a map of the air quality zone, click here.
NBC5 News reporter Mariah Mills is a Medford native. She graduated from the University of Oregon with a Bachelor’s Degree in journalism. She also minored in sociology.
Klamath Falls restaurant fined almost $28K by Oregon OSHA
State regulators said that Casey s Restaurant in Klamath Falls willfully defied state COVID-19 restrictions.
Posted: Apr 23, 2021 4:30 PM
Updated: Apr 23, 2021 4:34 PM
Posted By: Jamie Parfitt
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. Casey s Restaurant in Klamath Falls faces almost $28,000 in fines from Oregon OSHA after the agency said it fell well short of workplace safety standards for coronavirus.
According to OSHA, Casey s willfully remained open for indoor dining while the county was under Extreme Risk restrictions. The agency said that this is the second time that the restaurant has been cited for a similar violation of public health orders, having been fined $8,900 after an inspection in December.
Earlier $9K fine still on appeal
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) Casey’s Restaurant in Klamath Falls continues to fall far short of workplace safety standards designed to protect employees from COVID-19, according to Oregon OSHA, which said Friday that more complaints and a public health referral have prompted a second, larger fine by Oregon OSHA of nearly $28,000.
The division said it has cited the restaurant $27,660 following an inspection that found the employer committed four violations of on-the-job safety standards. In one of the infractions, OSHA said, Casey’s Restaurant willfully continued to potentially expose workers to the virus, despite a public health order limiting the capacity of indoor dining to zero in an “Extreme Risk” county.