Tag: Gov. Kate Brown

Gov. Kate Brown yesterday declared a state of emergency due to the imminent threat of wildfire across Oregon. On the heels of record-breaking high temperatures, much of...

Gov. Kate Brown announced on Friday that after more than 15 months battling the pandemic, Oregon was nearing the 70 percent statewide vaccination threshold and that...

Oregon is just more than 76,000 people away from reaching the statewide goal of 70 percent vaccination rate. The Oregon Health Authority reported that to...

Gov. Kate Brown announced this week updates to county risk levels under the state's public health framework to reduce transmission and protect Oregonians from...

On Thursday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued new guidance, which no longer requires that fully vaccinated people wear a mask or...

Two Blue Mountain Community College (BMCC) students are among the 45 students statewide selected to the 2020-2021 All-Oregon Academic Team (AOAT). BMCC students Tonya Evans...

Correction: This story has been corrected to indicate Umatilla County has been moved from Moderate Risk to High Risk. Beginning today, Umatilla County has been...

Gov. Kate Brown on Tuesday announced that people in Oregon who are 16 and older will be eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine starting April...

Gov. Kate Brown on Friday announced Oregon is expanding COVID-19 vaccine eligibility to include all household family members of frontline workers. She also announced that...

Umatilla County will remain in the High Risk category for COVID-19 spread and Morrow County will remain in the Moderate Risk category after the...

Morrow County today moves from the “Moderate Risk” category for COVID spread to Lower Risk after Gov. Kate Brown announced updates to the county...

Umatilla County will move from the Extreme Risk category for COVID-19 spread to High Risk beginning Friday. Gov. Kate Brown announced Tuesday that 16 counties...

The city of Umatilla has established a new grant program to assist restaurant operators located within Umatilla city limits who have been impacted by...

A Umatilla County infant died from COVID-19, county health officials reported today. Umatilla County Health said today that an infant was diagonosed with COVID-19 on...

Vaccination sites across the state are now keeping up with Gov. Kate Brown’s goal of administering 12,000 vaccinations per day, according to the Oregon Health Authority (OHA). Oregon first...

Two weeks after being moved from Extreme Risk to High Risk for COVID-19 spread, Morrow County will move back to the Extreme Risk category...

Morrow County is one of five Oregon counties that will move from Extreme Risk to High Risk based on recent COVID-19 spread. Umatilla County is...

The Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue was awarded the Search and Rescue Command Council Program of the Year Award. The award was given...

Everyone can fish, clam and crab for free in Oregon beginning today and continuing through Saturday. No fishing licenses or tags (including a Combined Angling...

Umatilla County is one of 21 other counties designated to be placed on the “Extreme Risk” category of counties outlined by the state. Earlier this...