Tag: COVID-19

This week the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) reported a 10.4% test positivity rate for COVID-19, which indicates ongoing high community transmission in Oregon, based on data...

By Alex Baumhardt/Oregon Capital Chronicle Oregon students appear to be making some progress, but state and local education leaders are concerned about high absentee rates...

The Umatilla Board of Commissioners at its Oct. 4 meeting reauthorized a portion of a Community Development Block Grant so the Eastern Oregon Mission’s...

The Umatilla Electric Cooperative’s Business Resource Center announced there is still COVID-19 relief money available to those small businesses affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Eligible...

By Lynne Terry Oregon is sending $170 million in extra food aid to children in low-income families statewide. The Department of Human Services will start issuing...

By Ben Botkin The Oregon Health Authority will no longer require workers, patients and visitors in health care settings to wear masks starting April 3,...

The Umatilla Electric Cooperative Business Resource Center announced that grants are available for small businesses that have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. A total...

You may know someone – or multiple people – who haven’t gotten COVID-19 yet, even if they were exposed. You might know people who...

Oregon Human Development Corporation in Hermiston is hosting a Harvest Family Resource event this Sunday, Nov. 20. The event goes from 11 a.m. to 3...

By Lynne Terry Oregonians at risk for a severe COVID infection now have access to free online health care visits thanks to a new state...

By Lynne Terry Covid-19 cases could start going up within a month, marking a fall and winter surge of the virus along with an expected...

Oregon Human Development Corporation, 955 S.E. Fourth St., Suite A in Hermiston, will host a family resource event on Sunday, Sept. 25. The free event...

Business Oregon is distributing federal funds to help businesses that support live events and were impacted by the COVID-19 public health emergency. The Live Event...

OHSU released a new COVID-19 forecast on Thursday showing a rise in COVID-19 cases and related hospitalizations and deaths in the next few weeks...

In a little over four weeks the Carnegie Library building that houses the Pendleton Center for the Arts (PCA) will be overtaken by a...

The Hermiston High School Class of 2022 has been through a lot in the past four years - a nearly two-year pandemic, face masks...

While it’s still important that the public continue to protect itself against COVID-19, the Oregon Health Authority says it’s also a good time to...

Umatilla County Public Health has received reports of 79 active COVID-19 cases in the last week - the largest weekly case count in Umatilla...

By Lynne Terry Covid continues to sicken hundreds of people every day in Oregon, though fewer people need intensive care, according to the Oregon Health...

A free COVID-19 vaccine and testing clinic will be held in Hermiston on Sunday, May 29 from noon to 4 p.m. The event takes place...