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Oregon asks vaccine providers to stop using Johnson & Johnson vaccine

The Oregon Health Authority (OHA) has asked all of the state’s vaccine providers to immediately stop administering the…

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COVID case affects Early Learning Center

A student at the Baker School District’s Baker Early Learning Center, which has preschool and kindergarten classrooms, has…

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State fixes vaccination reporting error; Baker below average in vaccination rate

The Oregon Health Authority (OHA) has fixed an error in its system for reporting county-level COVID-19 vaccination numbers,…

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Sumpter’s three flea markets planned

One of Baker County’s major summer events — three of them, actually — are slated to return in…

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13th COVID-19-related death reported in Baker County

A 75-year-old Baker City man who died on April 3 is the 13th county resident to die after…

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Fourth Brooklyn Primary employee tests positive for COVID-19

A fourth employee at Brooklyn Primary School has tested positive for COVID-19, the Baker School District reported this…

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Baker School District makes it official: Middle school and high school students will return to full in-person classes April 12

The Baker School District on Wednesday, April 7 confirmed what it had had been planning, and expected to…

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School workers positive for COVID

One employee and two substitute teachers at Brooklyn Primary School tested positive for COVID-19, and all three contracted…

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Baker County COVID cases have nearly tripled

A recent change to Oregon’s COVID-19 risk level system should allow Baker County to remain at the lowest…

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Baker County’s vaccination count overstated

The Oregon Health Authority (OHA) estimates that its website had recently exaggerated by about 50% the number of…

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