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Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 27 April 2020

In this April 22, 2020, file photo, a nurse prepares to take a sample for a COVID-19 test during a drive-in testing outreach in the parking lot of a church in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

Western States Governors: Health outcomes and science – not politics – will guide decisions to modify stay at home orders

Details: Written by RACHEL LA CORTE Associated Press; Published: 26 April 2020

Contractors can resume work if they have a plan for personal protective equipment, sanitation and physical distancing

Details: Written by ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press; Published: 24 April 2020

This Wednesday, April 22, 2020 photo provided by the Oregon Health & Science University, showing a new ventilator created with 3D-printing technology is tested at the Oregon Health & Science University, in Portland, Ore. (Kristyna Wentz-Graff/OHSU via AP)

According to researchers, of all the states in America, Oregon should have the fewest COVID-19 deaths per capita when the peak comes here

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 24 April 2020

The money will fund rental assistance, a worker relief fund, small business assistance and domestic violence housing support.

Details: Written by Saundra Sorenson; Published: 23 April 2020

Voters will fill vacant seat in May’s special election

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 23 April 2020

Hospitals, dentists' offices and other healthcare providers can resume attending to patients for non-urgent procedures on May 1

Details: Written by ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press; Published: 20 April 2020

Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum

AG Ellen Rosenblum said today, "The Supreme Court has put Oregon in the spotlight for a law we never should have been adopted in the first place"

Details: Written by The Associated Press; Published: 19 April 2020

Three mental health court program case managers and a mental health consultant have resigned

Details: Written by The Associated Press; Published: 18 April 2020

Protesters want public health restrictions lifted⁠—just as they are showing success in limiting the coronavirus outbreak

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 17 April 2020

Jeff Heatherington, LHD (Hon), President, FamilyCare Health, President, The Heatherington Foundation of Innovation and Education in Health Care, Inc.

The organization is donating to 17 community programs equaling $1.6 million dollars. In addition, they will be contributing to four community groups in Lebanon, Ore. totaling $400,000