The Malheur County Health Department, which reported two more Covid-related deaths this week, is urging people to get vaccinated and seeking testing if they experience symptoms. (The Enterprise/File). The Malheur County Health Department has reported two more Covid-related deaths, bringing the county’s total to 77 since the start of the[Read More…]

The promise of help for Malheur County came last July as Gov. Kate Brown put the community on her state watch list. The listing meant state officials were alarmed by how fast the coronavirus was spreading in Malheur County and that the source for too many infections was a mystery.[Read More…]

Workers in masks leave the Kraft Heinz Ontario facility on July 14. (Rachel Parsons/The Enterprise) A recent Covid outbreak at the Kraft Heinz food processing plant was far worse than state officials indicated, with four times as many employees testing positive for the coronavirus as disclosed and leading to a[Read More…]

The White House has placed Malheur County and Ontario in a Covid “red zone,” recommending the closure of bars and gyms among other stricter guidelines, according to a document made public this week. The recommendation is more stringent than those imposed by Gov. Kate Brown or the county limits on[Read More…]

Amber Harriman of Fruitland, Idaho, has her nose swabbed by county health care worker MaryLue Galligar at the Ontario Covid testing site on July 1. Harriman works in Ontario. (The Enterprise/Rachel Parsons) ONTARIO – Malheur County will head into the holiday weekend under the eye of state officials worried that[Read More…]

Gov. Kate Brown was in no holiday mood Wednesday, telling Oregonians to get masks on or risk seeing businesses closed and, now, possibly schools remaining shut. Brown told reporters in a news conference that the numbers in Oregon related to Covid were headed the wrong way – too many infections[Read More…]