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BAKER CITY — An investigator for the Oregon Government Ethics Commission found a “preponderance of evidence” that Baker County Commission Chairman Bill Harvey tried to use his position to benefit himself, his son and his son’s business and that he failed to disclose conflicts of interest last year. In a report, investigator Susan Myers recommends that the Ethics Commission make a preliminary finding that Harvey committed eight violations of state ethics laws. The Ethics Commission was initially scheduled to review Myers’ report during its meeting Friday, April 30, but...

While COVID-19 hospitalizations in New Hampshire dropped slightly Wednesday, there is concern about the general upward trend of hospitalizations, nearly doubling in less than a month.

Updated: 11:15 PM EDT Apr 14, 2021 Jean Mackin News Anchor/Reporter Gov. Chris Sununu says the mask mandate in New Hampshire will be ending soon, despite hospitals reporting a rise in younger patients. The statewide mask mandate is set to expire on Friday but it's unclear if the governor will renew it. During a virtual event with the Greater Portsmouth Chamber on Wednesday, Sununu cited New Hampshire as having one of the lowest death rates and fastest vaccine distributions in the nation. "The mask mandate will be ending very, very, very, very soon, Sununu said. "I...

BAKER CITY — A former guard at the Powder River Correctional Facility, who has spent nearly a year behind bars at the Baker County Jail, will spend the next 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to child pornography charges on Tuesday, March 9, in Baker County Circuit Court. Judge Matt Shirtcliff sided with District Attorney Greg Baxter in taking the harsher end of a plea agreement that ranged from five years to 15 years in prison in sentencing David Leon Cernazanu. As part of the agreement, Cernazanu, 49, pleaded guilty to three counts of second-degree encouraging child sexual abuse,...

After brutal months, health care workers see light Dr. Dawn Barclay of Portsmouth Regional Hospital. —Courtesy Published: 2/16/2021 4:31:57 PM Before COVID-19 emerged last year, the 18-bed ICU at Portsmouth Regional Hospital was already a busy place, full of post-surgery patients and emergency admissions: people suffering from heart attacks, strokes and pneumonia. There, Dr. Dawn Barclay and her staff put their decades of experience, and centuries of medical knowledge, to use every day to guide treatment.  But in this pandemic, there’s just no precedent to turn to. “COVID is different,...