SCIO — Oregon Connections Academy announced that the online public school celebrated its 2024 graduates during a commencement ceremony on June 8 at Scio High School. Domenic Mccoy, of Hermiston,
The legally blind son of a janitor, he wrote a program that allowed people to buy and sell stocks on their home computers and co-founded the company that became E Trade.
Another Linn County resident has died from COVID-19 and cases of the virus continue to crop up at mid-valley schools, according to data released Wednesday by the Oregon Health Authority.
The latest local victim was a 93-year-old woman who tested positive on May 6 and died on Tuesday, OHA reported. It has not yet been determined if she had any underlying health conditions.
The Linn County woman was one of seven fatalities announced on Wednesday by OHA, bringing the stateâs death toll to 2,601 since the start of the pandemic. Their names were not released.
Tuesday marks the 41st anniversary of the deadly Mount St. Helens eruption. Since then, scientists have taken big steps in monitoring volcanoes.