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cases
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Jan. 31
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computer
maintenence
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sick people. 4. Stay home. 5. In public, stay 6 feet from others and wear a cloth
face covering or mask. 6. Cover a cough or sneeze with a tissue or cough into
your elbow. 7. Clean and disinfect frequently touched objects and surfaces.
50
new
cases
90
70
60
(Feb. 17)
50
(Nov. 14)
7-day
average
40
31 new cases
28 new cases
(Oct. 31)
30
16 new cases
(July 16)
(Sept. 19)
20
(May 20)
1st case
100
80
47 new cases
9 new cases
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130
(Dec. 4)
108 new cases
(Nov. 27)
Jefferson County cases: 1,992 (2 new cases)
Jefferson County deaths: 30 (zero new deaths)
Oregon cases: 159,788 (178 new cases)
Oregon deaths: 2,324 (2 new deaths)
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129 new cases
COVID-19 data for Monday, March 15:
Crook County cases: 786 (zero new cases)
Crook County deaths: 18 (zero new deaths)
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BY ALEX SCHWARTZ
(Klamath Falls) Herald and News
The Oregon Water Re-
sources Department an-
nounced Friday that it will
continue to enforce the Klam-
ath Tribes’ water rights until a
judge orders otherwise.
The Klamath Tribes maintain
senior water rights in the Klam-
ath Basin, which were affirmed
by the Klamath County Circuit
Court last month, but Judge
Cameron Wogan wrote in his
proposed order that those rights
need to be re-quantified.
Until the court issues a final
order to that effect this spring,
the water resources depart-
ment said it would continue
enforcing requests in accor-
dance with the the tribes’ wa-
ter rights, which grant them
instream flows in the William-
son, Sprague and Wood River
basins, all of which are tribu-
taries to Upper Klamath Lake.
The Tribes regularly make calls
on that water to support fish
during dry periods.
In a news release, the water
resources department said it
expects the court’s final order
would provide further direc-
tion on how the department
should proceed with enforcing
the tribes’ claims.
The department said tribes
made a call for water on March
1 of this year, and that the
Klamath Basin watermas-
ter determined that those in-
stream flows are currently
being met in the Wood River,
but not in the Williamson and
Sprague rivers.
“Accordingly, the watermas-
ter expects to begin issuing
regulation orders next week
requiring the shut off of ju-
nior water users in the Upper
Klamath Basin on the William-
son and Sprague river systems,”
the release read.
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Galveston Police Department via AP
Police bodycam video shows Terry Wright, 65, of Grants Pass, arguing
with an officer inside a Bank of America branch in Galveston, Texas, on
Thursday after being told she needed to leave the bank because she
was not wearing a face mask.
Warrant issued after
Oregon woman rejects
mask at Texas bank
Associated Press
GALVESTON, Texas — An
arrest warrant was issued for
an Oregon woman who re-
fused to wear a mask at a Texas
bank, saying to a police officer:
“What are you going to do, ar-
rest me?”
Police have issued a warrant
for the arrest of Terry Wright,
65, of Grants Pass . The inci-
dent on Thursday at a Bank
of America in Galveston was
captured by the officer’s body
camera. Police say they’ve ob-
tained an arrest warrant on re-
sisting arrest and criminal tres-
passing charges.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on
Wednesday ended statewide
orders requiring people to wear
face masks in public places, de-
claring that businesses should
decide for themselves what
COVID-19 precautions to
take on their properties. Many
businesses have kept their own
mask rules in place.
Police said a bank manager
called police after Wright re-
fused to wear a mask while in-
side, and then refused to leave
the building when asked.
The police department on
Friday released the officer’s
body camera video footage. In
the video, Wright can be seen
standing in the middle of the
bank’s lobby, surrounded by
other customers, all of whom
were wearing masks.
Wright told the officer she
had come to the bank to make
a withdrawal. The officer asked
her to go outside or put on a
mask. She refused.
“What are you going to do,
arrest me?” she asked.
He replied: “Yes, for intrud-
ing on premises.” And then she
said: “That’s hilarious.”
Wright then told the offi-
cer the law said she didn’t have
to wear a mask. As the officer
took out handcuffs, she pulled
away and began to walk toward
the door. The officer stopped
her and forced her to the
ground. After she was hand-
cuffed, she complained that
her foot was injured.
“Police brutality right here
people,” she said to the other
customers at the bank. Replies
of “no” and “no, it’s not” could
be heard.
Police said she suffered mi-
nor injuries during the struggle
and was taken to a hospital for
treatment.
Rebecca Boone/AP
Activist Ammon Bundy, wearing a cowboy hat, yells through the closed door at law enforcement officers
inside the Ada County Courthouse in Boise, Idaho, on Monday. Bundy was scheduled to stand trial on
charges that he trespassed and obstructed officers at the Idaho Statehouse, but he instead stood outside
with others to protest wearing face coverings, which is required in the courthouse.
Ammon Bundy arrested
after missing trial date
BY REBECCA BOONE
Associated Press
BOISE, Idaho — Anti-government activist
Ammon Bundy was arrested Monday after fail-
ing to attend his trial on charges that he tres-
passed during an Idaho legislative session last
fall. Bundy, who led the 2016 takeover of the
Malheur wildlife refuge near Burns, did not ap-
pear in the courtroom because he was protest-
ing outside the building instead, apparently an-
gry in part over mask requirements put in place
during the coronavirus pandemic.
Bundy was joined by about two dozen other
protesters on Monday morning, some holding
signs with slogans like “Ammon stands for truth”
and others yelling misinformation and conspir-
acy theories about the COVID-19 pandemic
popularized by groups like QAnon. Bundy and
followers of his “People’s Rights” organization
have frequently protested coronavirus-related
measures in southwestern Idaho since the pan-
demic began, including the protests at the State-
house in August that originally led to Bundy’s
arrest on trespassing charges.
In one of the August protests, angry un-
masked protesters forced their way into a
House gallery with limited seating, shattering
a glass door in the process. The next day, more
than 100 protesters shouted down and forced
from the room lawmakers on a committee con-
sidering a bill to shield businesses and govern-
ment agencies from coronavirus-related liabil-
ity. Bundy was arrested for trespassing when he
wouldn’t leave the room, and again the next day
when he returned to the Statehouse despite a
one-year ban.
Bundy is representing himself in his crimi-
nal case. Shortly after his August arrests, he told
Judge David Manweiler he doesn’t believe his
actions at the Idaho Statehouse were illegal, and
he claims the state doesn’t have legal standing to
charge him with a crime.
He also filed subpoenas — legal orders to
testify or turn over documents — to several by-
standers and officials who were at the Idaho
Statehouse during his arrests, including Asso-
ciated Press reporter Keith Ridler, who photo-
graphed and reported on the incidents.
The AP asked Manweiler to reject the sub-
poena for Ridler’s testimony and his report-
ing materials in part because the news agency
said the subpoena would violate the “Idaho’s
Reporter’s Privilege,” a legal balancing act that
courts take to determine if a subpoena given to
a member of the news media would chill their
First Amendment rights.
Bundy didn’t respond at all to the AP’s mo-
tion.
On Monday, Manweiler said Bundy failed
to show that the subpoena would have met the
three prongs of the reporter’s privilege test: that
there is probable cause to believe the reporter
had some information that was clearly relevant
to a specific violation of the law, that the infor-
mation can’t be found in another way, and that
there was a compelling and overriding interest in
the information that would have justified poten-
tially limiting Ridler’s First Amendment rights.
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