By GARY A. WARNER Oregon Capital Bureau Feb 28, 2022 Updated 27 min ago Facebook Twitter Email Save Plummeting COVID-19 hospitalizations have moved up the day that indoor masks will no longer be mandatory to March 11, Gov. Kate Brown said Monday. Oregon, California and Washington issued simultaneous announcements on Monday morning that they would unmask […]
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Entertainment Roundup: Recap of music venues around town and beyond
By BEN OLSON/For The Herald — The internet makes it much easier to find out things, including things you didn’t intend to learn about, and, of course, it’s all true. The live music scene in the Upper Willamette Valley is woefully thin this week. So, I thought I would do a little research on […]
Read more...HB 4142 could prevent violence in emergency departments
Among the many ripple effects of the pandemic, in the last two years health care workers have reported a disturbingly prolific increase in assaults while they are providing care. According to surveys by the American College of Emergency Physicians and the Emergency Nurses Association, almost half of emergency physicians and 70% of emergency nurses […]
Read more...‘Sail away from safe harbor,’ excellent advice at any age
I have often bragged that “I never let my schooling interfere with my education,” which is patterned after a comment by the humorist Mark Twain. This statement certainly applied to my undergraduate scholastic record. I vividly recall starting to enter an English literature classroom in college, then pausing in the hallway to discuss the consequences […]
Read more...The Highway 58 Herald is celebrating its one-year anniversary and it’s all because of you, our readers
By GEORGE CUSTER/President/The Herald — Who would have thought? The Herald went live exactly one year ago on this coming Monday, February 28. Running on hope and a prayer, Oakridge’s digital news site cobbled together a staff, a board of directors, and were given a place to hang our hats. Having a couple of distinguished […]
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