Oregon veterans’ home gets vaccine shots, 9 months after first nursing home infections in the state
Updated Dec 28, 2020;
Posted Dec 28, 2020
William Lapschies, 104, survived a coronavirus infection at the Edward C. Allworth Veterans Home in Lebanon. He got a shot of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine Dec. 26.
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Oregon was in a panic in March when two senior care residents were diagnosed with coronavirus infections, the first of thousands to be infected in the months since.
Caregivers were reusing masks, state officials were figuring out policies on the fly and protective equipment and coronavirus tests were in woefully short supply.
But in a sign of how far things have come in the last nearly 300 days, 90% of the Edward C. Allworth Veterans’ Home in Lebanon residents got the first of two Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine shots Saturday, along with 60% of the staff.
Officer kills woman who broke into house, fired gun inside, Clatsop County sheriff’s officials say
Updated Dec 28, 2020;
Posted Dec 28, 2020
Officers in Clatsop County killed a burglary suspect Monday, Dec. 28. A neighbor said this is the house where it happened.
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An officer killed a woman Monday who walked into a man’s unlocked home near Sunset Beach, barricaded herself inside a room that held several guns, then got onto the roof and waved a gun at officers, Clatsop County authorities said.
The woman died at the scene, according to a statement from the Clatsop County Sheriff’s Office. Sheriff’s officials didn’t name the woman or release details of how she died, though neighbors at the scene described hearing gunshots.
4 Portland shootings in one night leave 2 victims injured and a lot of questions
Updated Dec 27, 2020;
Blood, shell casings, bullet holes and spit were much of what was left after a spate of Saturday night shootings in Portland, each occurring within three hours and 10 miles’ drive of one another.
The shootings began around 8:30 p.m. and ended around 11:20 p.m. Police say they don’t know if the shootings are related. Two people were injured, one seriously. Now, the Portland Police Bureau is asking for help finding the perpetrators, requesting that anyone with information call the bureau.
It started around 8:30 p.m. near Northeast 82nd Avenue and Glisan Street.