by OptimistPrime | Aug 23, 2022 | Eastern Oregon, Headline Feed
PENDLETON — The community level of COVID-19 in Umatilla County was medium based on cases and hospitalizations, according to the most recent update from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Aug. 18.Morrow County’s level was one of only two in...
by OptimistPrime | Jul 29, 2022 | Eastern Oregon, Headline Feed
PENDLETON — The Umatilla County Public Health Department reported two new deaths attributed to COVID-19 for Monday through Thursday, July 25-28. The total toll for the county now stands at 237 fatalities for the disease.The health department’s dashboard recorded...
by OptimistPrime | Jul 25, 2022 | Eastern Oregon, Headline Feed
PENDLETON — Morrow County on Monday, July 25 reported three new deaths from COVID-19, bringing its total to 37 and its case rate to a high 301 per 100,000 population, according to the Oregon Health Authority. The state rate was 190 and Multnomah County’s 158 on July...
by OptimistPrime | Jul 6, 2022 | Eastern Oregon, Headline Feed
PENDLETON — The U.S. Centers for Disease Control issued a coronavirus alert Tuesday, July 5, recommending indoor masking for 24 Oregon counties with “high” COVID-19 community levels. The warning applied to Eastern Oregon counties, including Umatilla and Morrow.The CDC...
by The Associated Press | Jun 24, 2022 | Headline Feed, Statewide
GRANTS PASS — Police detectives have arrested a convicted sex offender in southern Oregon after a child was sexually touched at a YMCA swimming pool, police said.The Grants Pass Police Department said in a statement Thursday that officers responded to a report of a...