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Oregon Mulls Making Mask Mandate Permanent Officials in Oregon are considering making masking and social distancing requirements permanent. The requirements, first introduced last year in an attempt to slow the spread of the virus that causes COVID-19, are set to expire on May 4. Oregon’s Occupational Safety and Health Division (OSHA) is proposing rules with no end date that would require a mask or other face covering for any person entering a business or a housing facility provided by employers. The rules would also require physical distancing, or the maintaining of distance between people. “As the Governor’s Executive Order is set to expire, the public health emergency remains a substantial concern in Oregon. As a result, it is necessary to extend the provisions from the Executive Order with a permanent rule. The unique exposures created in the labor housing environment, particularly in working situations requiring large numbers of workers, make these rule ....
Letters to the editor for Saturday, Feb. 20: Vaccines, Ducks QBs and NW Natural Register-Guard Wicked games NW Natural is playing a dirty game. It s telling customers that the city wants to raise gas prices when, in actuality, the corporation is doing everything it can to increase rates and protect its Wall Street investors’ profits. The city of Eugene is negotiating a franchise agreement that would allow the city to reduce its carbon footprint. This includes levying a fee on NW Natural, which the city could use to retrofit homes with safer, low-carbon footprint, electric appliances. In the city’s proposal, this fee would come out of NW Natural’s profits the corporation would not be permitted to pass the fee onto residents. ....