Unemployment claims hit 76,500 in mid-March

State Employment Department hired new people and shifted staff to deal with expected massive increase in claims.

Providers, insurers brace for virus financial fallout

State asked insurance companies to evaluate how the pandemic might affect their finances and operations.

State police: Stay-at-home order isn’t martial law

Police won't stop you from driving, but popular destinations ask visitors to stay away until pandemic has passed.

Coronavirus could kill many Oregon ballot initiative campaigns

Initiatives dealing with gun control, clean energy and highway tolls appear increasingly unlikely to make the ballot.

Religious and faith communities continue services amid coronavirus outbreak

'This is exactly the time when people need their religious communities and the faith and the strength and the support and the connection.'