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Most of Oregon At ‘Extreme Risk’ Of COVID-19 Spread, State Says, But Restrictions Ease Slightly

New guidelines, to go into effect Jan. 29 through Feb. 11, will allow gyms and theaters to open to a limited number customers in places, but the easing will not apply to indoor dining, which will remain banned in counties with the highest risk level.

Jan 26, 2021

Picket line near Providence St. Vincent Medical Center on Jan. 28, 2025. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

More than 4,000 striking Providence nurses will lose health coverage on March 1

Oregon's largest hospital system cited the length of the strike in a notice to nurses who've walked out from eight hospitals. The union accused Providence of delaying after members voted down a tentative deal.

Feb 13, 2025

David Hart, former Oregon attorney general

David Hart, former Oregon Department of Justice attorney | COURTESY PHOTO

In unusual move, ex-Oregon DOJ attorney blasts Purdue deal, pushes Rayfield to reject it

A prominent state consumer protection attorney for two decades, David Hart was part of the negotiations leading to a proposed $7.4 billion multistate settlement with the notorious opioid maker. Now newly retired, he’s joined the critics who say the deal is too weak and should be rejected.

May 15, 2025

Brown Budget Closes Junction City Psychiatric Hospital, Hikes Sin Taxes

The newly elected governor’s 2017-2019 budget increases the hospital assessment tax and restores an insurance tax to offset a $1 billion reduction in federal funding to Medicaid. Oregon Project Independence would lose funding, and the General Assistance Program for the homeless would end Gov. Kate Brown boldly called on Oregon to cover all children living in Oregon, regardless of immigration status.

Dec 2, 2016

A student at Harmony Academy, a high school for teens in recovery, told The Lund Report he didn't realize he was smoking fentanyl until his parent had him tested. He thought the pills he was buying were oxycodone. | EMILY GREEN/THE LUND REPORT