Some Oregon bar, restaurant owners have been calling for to-go cocktails
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) Throughout this challenging year, bars and restaurants across the state have had to adapt to the ever-changing COVID-19 pandemic rules. And a new wrinkle that some say could help is being proposed: to-go cocktails.
Next Monday, at a scheduled one-day special session, state lawmakers will discuss the possibility of giving liquor license-holders the option to serve to-go cocktails.
For Richard Whittemore, the owner of M & J Tavern in Bend there are a lot of questions.
“How are the cocktails served, is it a to-go cup? Whittemore asked Friday. Do you just drive up and get a to-go cup and drive off?”
Seniors to receive next COVID vaccinations in Oregon and Washington
Long-term care facilities will receive the vaccine first, followed by assisted living then retirement communities. More vulnerable populations are first in line. Author: Galen Ettlin Updated: 8:03 PM PST December 16, 2020
PORTLAND, Ore. Senior communities in Oregon and Washington are next in line after health care workers to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.
Consonus is one of seven non-retail pharmacies in the nation approved by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to provide the COVID vaccine. Starting Monday, it will be among the first in Oregon and Washington to distribute the Pfizer vaccine to senior care facilities.