PUBLIC HEALTH ENDORSES NEW STATE, FEDERAL MASK GUIDANCE Clatsop County Public Health is asking the public to observe new state and federal recommendations to wear face masks indoors to help control the spread of COVID-19. On Tuesday the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in response to a nationwide surge in cases, issued guidelines…
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A crew of historic preservation students spent the past two weeks working on a century-old, women-owned commercial building in Astoria, Oregon. The project, funded by the TAWANI Foundation, is part of an effort to get more women involved in the preservation trades. Joanne Rideout reports. Photo: Students get a lesson in period window restoration as…
Around 1 p.m. on yesterday, Seaside Dispatch received a report of a structure fire at the Seaside Golf Course. Seaside Fire & Rescue found a utility shed there engulfed in flames. The blaze quickly escalated to a two-alarm fire with Seaside Fire receiving mutual aid from Gearhart, Cannon Beach, and Hamlet Fire Departments. Firefighters arriving…
Astoria Police investigate business breakins Astoria Police are investigating two early morning break-ins on Wednesday at local businesses. At about 3:09 AM a caller reported hearing a loud crash at Hong Kong restaurant located at 2813 Marine Dr. Officers arrived and observed that a rock had been thrown through the glass door. The witness reported…
Residents asked to conserve outdoor water use during temporary chlorine shortage An equipment failure at a chlorine plant in Longview, Washington, is causing chlorine shortages around the Pacific Northwest and California. It could take until early July to get supplies moving normally again. Communities should not have to worry about water supplies, but residents are…
COVID update for Friday June 11 Wahkiakum County Health and Human Services has confirmed two 2 additional COVID-19 cases in county residents. The individuals are in self-quarantine. This brings Wahkiakum to a cumulative total of 151 cases with 33 of those potentially active. There is a connection to the Wahkiakum School District. Thanks to ongoing…
Oregon couple fined for illegal crab sales A Hermiston, Oregon, couple has been sentenced to pay $1200 after illegally selling recreationally caught crab on the commercial market. The incident showcases the importance of consumers knowing that the fish and shellfish they buy are legally harvested and handled as a food product. Gerald and Shawna Wilson…
Beaverton man is sentenced in laser incident A Beaverton man was sentenced today for shining a high-powered green laser at a uniformed Federal Protective Service (FPS) officer providing security at the Mark O. Hatfield U.S. Courthouse during a protest in July 2020. Andrew Steven Faulkner, 25, was sentenced to three years’ federal probation to include…
Three new COVID cases in Wahkiakum County Wahkiakum County Health and Human Services has announced 3 additional COVID-19 cases in county residents. The individuals are in self-quarantine. This brings Wahkiakum to a cumulative total of 149 cases with 31 of those potentially active. There are no known connections to the Wahkiakum School District and St….
Clatsop County now in ‘Lower Risk’ category for COVID Starting today, Clatsop County is now in the Lower Risk category for COVID-19, according to statewide metrics. The county had previously been at “Moderate Risk.” The change reflects a lower local rate of new infections. The Oregon Health Authority recorded 16 new COVID-19 cases in the…
Washington COVID eviction moratorium could end June 30 A temporary moratorium on evictions in Washington state, created to assist tenants during the pandemic, is likely to expire at the end of the month. The purpose of the moratorium was to help residents stay in their homes and promote public health and safety by reducing the…
Clatsop County moves to ‘Lower Risk’ COVID-19 category Clatsop County will move from its current “Moderate Risk” designation for COVID-19 to the “Lower Risk” category, beginning Friday, June 4, based on the local rate of new infections. The Oregon Health Authority recorded 16 new COVID-19 cases in the two-week reporting period from May 16 through…
Seven new COVID cases and one death in Wahkiakum County Wahkiakum County Health and Human Services today announced seven new COVID-19 cases and the county’s first fatality from the disease. The individual who died was a female over 80. All seven patients are in self-quarantine. There is a connection to the Wahkiakum School District. Currently,…
Two new COVID-19 cases confirmed in Wahkiahum County residents Wahkiakum County Health and Human Services confirmed two new COVID-19 cases this morning. Both patients are in self-quarantine. This brings the total new case count this week for the county to eight new cases since Monday. Wahkiakum County has confirmed a cumulative total of 133 cases,…
Merkley to hold virtual Tillamook Town Hall on Thurs., June 3 Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley on Thursday, June 3, will hold a remote and telephone town hall for constituents in Tillamook County. He’ll update constituents on his work in Washington, D.C., answer questions and invite comments about how to tackle the challenges facing Oregon…
Two new COVID-19 cases in Wahkiakum County Wahkiakum County Health and Human Services confirms two additional COVID-19 cases in Wahkiakum County residents. Both are in self-quarantine. There is a connection to the Wahkiakum School District. However, thanks to ongoing close cooperation between the school and Health Department and significant protective measures in place, the school…
Fire danger is up: tips for staying safe and responsible Fire danger is up in the Pacific Northwest, along with nice weather and predicted warm temperatures, and the Oregon Department of Forestry is urging people celebrating Memorial Day weekend to be careful with fire. AAA reports that about 485,000 Oregonians plan to travel over the…
Leave young wildlife alone Message for people enjoying the woods this weekend: Young wildlife are rarely orphaned, so leave them where you find them—and keep your pets away too Memorial Day weekends marks the start of summer—and it’s also birthing season for Oregon’s elk and deer herds. Elk calves and deer fawns are born from…
COUNTY MOVES TO ‘MODERATE RISK’ COVID-19 LEVEL Clatsop County will move to the “Moderate Risk” category of state-mandated COVID-19 business and social guidelines beginning tomorrow, Thursday, May 27, based on the local rate of new infections. The Oregon Health Authority recorded 31 new COVID-19 cases in the two-week reporting period from May 9 through May…
By Joanne Rideout. Clatsop County continues to offer vaccine clinics, new venues are now offering vaccines, and the county awaits federal approval, anticipated this week, to give the Pfizer vaccine to 12 year olds and up. Last week, the county administered 1,500 first and second doses at two clinics in Astoria and Seaside. A…
Scroll down for radio story… Clatsop County Vaccine Update – May 10, 2021 Clatsop County continues to offer vaccine clinics, new venues are now offering vaccines, and county awaits federal approval, anticipated this week, to give the Pfizer vaccine to 12 year olds and up. Joanne Rideout reports. Last week, the county administered 1,500 first…
CMH will offer COVID vaccine appointments this month Columbia Memorial Hospital in Astoria will be offering one-shot Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccination scheduling this month. People age 18 and up can call CMH Primary Care Clinics and schedule an appointment. Vaccine appointments start May 17th. Call one of CMH’s three clinics for an appointment time….
By Joanne Rideout. COVID-19 vaccination efforts continue in Clatsop County, as the health department pushes toward herd immunity. Clatsop County Vaccine Task Force Incident Commander Chris Laman said that last week the county administered close to 3,000 doses of the Moderna vaccine, including almost 1,000 second doses. “Twelve thousand five hundred people have now been…
By Jacob Lewin. The Oregon Health Authority is calling it a fourth wave of covid and it may push a dozen or so counties into the extreme risk category. Clatsop will likely NOT be getting yet more restrictions, but the numbers here have also surged. Meanwhile the county is doubling down on its vaccination…
By Joanne Rideout. COVID-19 vaccines will soon be more available than ever in Clatsop County. Officials hope that will help reverse a trend toward fewer people seeking a vaccine, even though the county is still far from the herd immunity needed to stop the pandemic. At a Clatsop County Vaccine Task Force meeting on…
Over 50 people were in attendance on Wednesday when Oregon US Senator Jeff Merkley held an online Clatsop County Town Hall meeting. To begin the meeting, Merkley praised the efforts of Clatsop Economic Development Resources success in distributing pandemic relief funds and personal protective equipment to hundreds of small businesses in the county, especially in…
Town hall will be April 21, accessible by computer, mobile device, or telephone Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley on Wednesday, April 21, will hold a remote and telephone town hall for constituents in Clatsop County. He will update constituents on his work in Washington, D.C., and answer their questions and invite their suggestions about how…
Clatsop County reports six new COVID cases, 22 total for the week Clatsop County today reported six new coronavirus cases Patients include three females and three males, ranging in age from teens to 50s. All six individuals are recovering at home. This brings the week’s total of new cases to 22, more than twice last…
by Joanne Rideout. As of the end of last week, the Clatsop County Public Health Department had administered a total of 20,000 first and second doses of the COVID-19 Moderna vaccine, since the vaccination effort began. Clatsop County Vaccine Task Force Incident Commander Chris Laman estimated that about 35 percent of county residents…
By Jacob Lewin. New numbers from Clatsop Community College show a 44-percent drop in student enrollment for the current year. That’s the highest decrease of any of the state’s 17 community colleges. Enrollment at the college has dropped from more than 13-hundred fulltime equivalent pre-covid to only about 750 currently on an annualized basis: “By…