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Start or stop subscription? 541-385-5800 PHONE HOURS 6 a.m.-noon Tuesday-Friday 7 a.m.-noon Saturday-Sunday and holidays GENERAL INFORMATION LOCAL, STATE & REGION DESCHUTES COUNTY COVID-19 data for Tuesday, May 18: Deschutes County cases: 9,235 (35 new cases) Deschutes County deaths: 75 (zero new deaths) Crook County cases: 1,144 (4 new cases) Crook County deaths: 22 (zero new deaths) Jefferson County cases: 2,227 (5 new cases) Jefferson County deaths: 37 (zero new deaths) Oregon cases: 196,390 (484 new cases) Oregon deaths: 2,594 (4 new deaths) COVID-19 patients hospitalized at St. Charles Bend on Tuesday: 43 (8 in ICU) 129 new cases 120 7-day average 110 103 new cases (April 23) 100 (Nov. 27) 90 74 new cases 80 (April 10) 50 new cases 70 60 50 (Nov. 14) (July 16) 40 *State data unavailable for Jan. 31 31 new cases (Oct. 31) 16 new cases 30 (Sept. 19) 9 new cases EMAIL 90 new cases (Jan. 1) (Feb. 17) 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.-Fri. bulletin@bendbulletin.com 130 (April 29) 108 new cases 47 new cases 28 new cases ONLINE BULLETIN GRAPHIC 125 new cases (Dec. 4) Vaccines are available. 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Box 6020 Bend, OR 97708 Phone ......................................... 541-617-7829 CORRECTIONS The Bulletin’s primary concern is that all stories are accurate. If you know of an error in a story, call us at 541-383-0367. But visitors must prove they’re fully vaccinated, state health agency says BY SARA CLINE Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND — Officials from the Oregon Health Authority released up- dated mask guidelines Tuesday, saying businesses and churches can choose to no longer require masks and distancing for fully vaccinated people, but those places must have visitors show proof of vaccination. In addition, mask requirements are no longer applied to anyone who is outdoors, although health officials rec- ommend that people continue to wear a mask in crowded areas and in large gatherings. “(Last) week’s announcement from the CDC emphasizes the point that safe and effective vaccines are the very best way to protect people from getting and spreading COVID,” said Patrick Allen, OHA director, referring to the Centers 123RF for Disease Control and Prevention. “That’s why it’s safer for life to look more like normal for people who are fully vaccinated. And why people who haven’t had a chance to get vaccinated should do so as soon as they can.” Fully vaccinated people in Oregon are no longer required to wear a face mask or physically distance whether indoors or outdoors, with some ex- ceptions, two weeks after their final COVID-19 vaccination dose. Great Falls Tribune GREAT FALLS, Mont. — A pickup truck belonging to a Great Falls woman who has been missing for nearly three years was found in the Missouri River with a body inside it last week, Cascade County Sheriff Jesse Slaughter said. The body has not been identified, Slaughter told the Great Falls Tribune. A volunteer organization based in Redmond that helps remove vehicles from bodies of water arrived in Great Falls on May 10 to help search for Tammy Goff, 59, who went missing in 2018. Goff’s pickup was located Friday by the Adventures With Purpose team, which includes Jared Leisek, Doug Bishop and Sam Ginn. The team and the sheriff’s office removed the pickup from the water. Slaughter said he would release fur- ther information Monday or Tuesday. “Finding Tammy’s truck yester- day has been a huge milestone,” her husband, Bob Goff, said in a statement to ABC Fox Montana on Saturday. “We do not have confirmation yet of the oc- cupant. Many other questions still re- main.” He thanked the community for sup- port and prayers and local law enforce- ment and landowners who allowed access to their property to conduct the search. Tammy Goff was last seen on July 12, 2018, when she left her house with her German shepherd, Sadie. The dog was found two days later and had been seen near the river. Search and rescue teams searched the river by foot, air and boat at the time. In September 2018, an Idaho team that has been recovering drowning vic- tims since 1983 searched the river and found a vehicle in the river near where Goff’s dog was found. However, it was a sport utility vehicle that had been re- ported stolen. President Joe Biden says the U.S. will share an additional 20 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines with the world in the coming six weeks as domestic demand for shots drops and global disparities in distribution have grown more evident. The doses will come from existing production of Pfizer, Moderna or John- son & Johnson vaccine stocks, marking the first time that U.S.-controlled doses of vaccines authorized for use in the country will be shared overseas. It will boost the global vaccine sharing com- mitment from the U.S. to 80 million. The announcement comes on top of a prior commitment to share about 60 million doses of the AstraZeneca vac- cine, which is not yet authorized for use in the U.S., by the end of June. — Associated Press such as grocery stores, shops, gyms and restaurants and outside where people cannot remain 6 feet apart from others — since last summer. Ryan Brennecke/ Bulletin file Jared Leisek, of Redmond, stands in his trailer full of equipment he uses when scuba div- ing during recovery missions around the country. The Bulletin interviewed Leisek for a story in March. “It comes down to being able to do something that others cannot and to give answers to families who would never receive those answers,” he said at the time. patio world • Home delivery and E-Edition ..........................$7 per week • By mail .................................$9.50 per week • E-Edition only ...................$4.50 per week TO PLACE AN AD U.S. to share vaccines Redmond group finds missing Montana woman’s vehicle TO SUBSCRIBE Call us ......................541-385-5800 To sign up for our e-Editions, visit www.bendbulletin.com to register. However, health officials say that fully vaccinated people are still required to wear a mask while on public trans- portation and in schools, hospitals and clinics, homeless shelters, correctional facilities and long-term care facilities. In addition, businesses, employers and faith institutions can choose to no longer require masks and physical distancing for fully vaccinated peo- ple. But they must require proof that the individual is fully vaccinated and implement a “policy for checking the vaccination status of customers and em- ployees.” The new guidance comes after the CDC announced last week that indi- viduals who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 could stop wearing masks and stop physical distancing in most public spaces. Oregon Gov. 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