The Voice of Malheur County
Uncategorized Malheur County Health Department’s Covid contact tracing command center at Four Rivers Cultural Center on July 2. Cases of Covid spiked over the summer, and the health authority has called in dozens of extra county employees and volunteers to help track people with whom ill patients came into contact. (The[Read More…]
Uncategorized Many of Malheur County’s Spanish speakers work in agriculture and hospitality. Nonprofit organizations are working overtime to provide these groups with accurate information about Covid and support in case of illness. (The Enterprise/Rachel Parsons) One-third of the population of Malheur County is Hispanic. Thousands of people are bilingual, but many[Read More…]
Uncategorized Nursing supervisor Rebecca Stricker trains Malheur County Ambulance District Director Bob Dickinson and Jessica Alexander from the Environmental Health Department to track and advise people who have been in contact with Covid patients. (The Enterprise/Rachel Parsons) In this video Malheur County Health Department Nursing Supervisor, Rebecca Stricker, discusses whether the[Read More…]
Uncategorized Once a person tests positive for Covid, a team of contact tracers work to track down anyone that person came into significant contact with within a given period. The contacts must then quarantine for 14 days from the last time they had in-person interaction with the Covid patient, even if[Read More…]
Uncategorized Nursing supervisor Rebecca Stricker trains Malheur County Ambulance District Director Bob Dickinson to track and advise people who have been in contact with Covid patients. County employees and volunteers from a variety of departments and backgrounds are being used to expand the Health Department’s tracing team after Covid cases spiked[Read More…]
Uncategorized Once a person tests positive for Covid, a team of contact tracers work to track down anyone that person came into significant contact with within a given period. The contacts must then quarantine for 14 days from the last time they had in-person interaction with the Covid patient. (The Enterprise/Rachel[Read More…]
Uncategorized Once a person tests positive for Covid, a team of contact tracers work to track down anyone that person came into significant contact with within a given period. The contacts must then quarantine for 14 days from the last time they had in-person interaction with the Covid patient. (The Enterprise/Rachel[Read More…]
Teresa Figueroa and her children decorated their car with signs saying “Justice 4 Vanessa Guillen” in preparation for the cruise by through town. Figueroa said that it was really important for her to be out here with her family to show up in support for any marginalized community. (Kezia Setyawan/The[Read More…]
Uncategorized The festival included a vintage and antique car show, which was a fan favorite. (Rachel Parsons/The Enterprise) Nyssa’s yearly gemstone show had fewer events and social distancing rules in place. The town’s chamber of commerce worked with county environmental health authorities to set appropriate constraints. This year a rodeo and[Read More…]
Uncategorized Miss Nyssa Nite Rodeo Queen 2020, Jaeden Forrey. (The Enterprise/Rachel Parsons) Eighteen rodeos have been canceled in Oregon this year, according to the Northwest Pro Rodeo Association. That means a lot of buckaroos and fans, not to mention businesses, are missing out. But so is the rodeo royalty. One rodeo[Read More…]
