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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, June 8: Deschutes County cases: 9,785 (8 new cases) Deschutes County deaths: 80 (1 new death) Crook County cases: 1,241 (4 new cases) Crook County deaths: 22 (zero new deaths) Jefferson County cases: 2,341 (3 new cases) Jefferson County deaths: 38 (zero new deaths) Oregon cases: 203,671 (307 new cases) Oregon deaths: 2,670 (6 new deaths) COVID-19 patients hospitalized at St. Charles Bend on Tuesday: 22 (4 in ICU) New COVID-19 cases per day 129 new cases 110 103 new cases 7-day average (April 23) 100 90 74 new cases 48 new cases (April 10) 50 new cases (July 16) 60 50 40 *State data unavailable for Jan. 31 31 new cases (Oct. 31) 16 new cases 30 (Sept. 19) 20 10 (March 11) March 2020 70 (May 25) (May 20) 1st case 80 (Nov. 14) 9 new cases EMAIL 120 (May 8) (Feb. 17) 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.-Fri. bulletin@bendbulletin.com (Jan. 1) (Nov. 27) 130 115 new cases 47 new cases 28 new cases ONLINE (April 29) 108 new cases 90 new cases BULLETIN GRAPHIC 125 new cases (Dec. 4) Vaccines are available. Find a list of vaccination sites and other information about the COVID-19 vaccines online: centraloregoncovidvaccine.com If you have questions, call 541-382-4321. 541-382-1811 www.bendbulletin.com SOURCES: OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY, DESCHUTES COUNTY HEALTH SERVICES April May June July August September October November December January 2021 February March April May June AFTER HOURS Newsroom ................................541-383-0348 Circulation ................................541-385-5800 NEWSROOM EMAIL Business ........business@bendbulletin.com City Desk .............news@bendbulletin.com Features.................................................................. communitylife@bendbulletin.com Sports ................. sports@bendbulletin.com NEWSROOM FAX 541-385-5804 OUR ADDRESS Street .............. 320 SW Upper Terrace Drive Suite 200 Bend, OR 97702 Mailing ........... P.O. Box 6020 Bend, OR 97708 B ADMINISTRATION Publisher Heidi Wright ..............................541-383-0341 Editor Gerry O’Brien .............................541-633-2166 DEPARTMENT HEADS Advertising Steve Rosen ................................541-383-0370 Circulation/Operations Jeremy Feldman ......................541-617-7830 Finance Anthony Georger ....................541-383-0324 Human Resources ................541-383-0340 TALK TO AN EDITOR City Julie Johnson ...................541-383-0367 Business, Features, GO! Magazine Jody Lawrence-Turner ............541-383-0308 Editorials Richard Coe ...........541-383-0353 News Tim Doran .......................541-383-0360 Photos .........................................541-383-0366 Sports ..........................................541-383-0359 OREGON HOUSE | Lawmakers face sanctions Panel to probe Nearman’s role in state Capitol breach Majority Leader Barbara Smith Warner, D-Portland, took A special committee of the place Tuesday. Oregon House is now empow- Kotek, a Democrat from ered to carry out its investi- Portland, also introduced a gation of Rep. Mike resolution that would Nearman in aiding expel Nearman on anti-lockdown pro- grounds of “disruptive testers to breach the behavior” under the closed Capitol during Oregon Constitution. a Dec. 21 special ses- A two-thirds majority, sion — and consider a 40 members, of the recommendation for full House is required his expulsion from the Nearman for expulsion, which House. has never happened The House voted 43-16, with in Oregon’s 162 years of state- Nearman the only member hood. excused, to give authority to A recommendation by the the special committee named special committee would put by House Speaker Tina Kotek. the resolution directly to a vote The action was required be- of the House. The committee cause most committees have had not yet scheduled a meet- been deactivated as the 2021 ing. Legislature nears its scheduled All 37 Democrats were June 27 adjournment. joined by six Republicans on The vote on the motion by the vote . BY PETER WONG Oregon Capital Bureau Kotek, Smith Warner and nine representatives of color — all Democrats — already had urged Nearman to resign. Twenty-two Republicans, in a letter released Monday, also called on Nearman to resign. They did so after the disclosure last weekend of video footage, during which he gives out his cellphone number to would-be protesters days before the planned special session and says “someone” might enable them to enter the Capitol from a specific door if a text message is sent. Nearman, 57, is a retired software engineer who lives outside Independence. Criminal charges Nearman is already under indictment in Marion County Circuit Court on one count of first-degree official misconduct Security video obtained by The Oregonian Security video shows state Rep. Mike Nearman, R-Independence, open two doors to the Capitol during a Dec. 21 special legislative session, allowing violent demonstrators who were protesting immediately out- side the door to illegally enter the building. and one count of second-de- gree criminal trespass in con- nection with his opening a door and allowing anti-lock- down protesters to enter the Capitol. Both are misdemeanor charges, maximum penalties for which are one year in jail and a fine of $6,250. Misde- meanor convictions, unlike felonies, do not result in auto- matic expulsion from the Leg- islature. 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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. Speaker removes Witt from committees after deadlock Removal was related to text messages sent to Rep. Vikki Breese Iverson of Prineville BY PETER WONG Oregon Capital Bureau State Rep. Brad Witt has been removed from three Or- egon House committees on which he had common mem- bership with state Rep. Vikki Breese Iverson after she filed a complaint about text messages between them. House Speaker Tina Kotek, D-Portland, announced the ac- tion Monday after the House Committee on Conduct dead- locked on proposed disci- plinary actions against Witt. The committee, split between two Democrats and two Re- publicans, concluded last week that Witt violated a legislative rule against creating a hostile work environment with the text messages. 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They may not be reproduced without explicit prior approval. Lottery results can now be found on the second page of Sports. 46, was initially ap- pointed in 2019 to the District 55 seat vacated by Mike Mc- Lane, who became a circuit judge. She was elected to a full term Witt in 2020. She owns a real estate business in Prineville. District 55 covers Crook County, plus parts of Deschutes, Jackson, Klamath and Lake counties. Witt already had yielded his leadership of the House Agri- culture and Natural Resources Committee after Breese Iver- son filed her complaint. Rep. Zach Hudson, a first-term Democrat from Troutdale, now leads the committee. A pedestrian was hit by a ve- hicle and killed Monday night in Bend. Police have not released much information about the fatal incident, which took place around 11:22 p.m. near NE Third Street and Mervin Sam- ples Road. More will released later, Bend Police said in a statement. — Bulletin staff report Hope Starts Here Donate Today Child Abuse Prevention mtstar.org | 541-322-6828 Kotek removed Witt from that com- mittee, plus the Business and Labor Committee and the Water Committee. She appointed him to the Economic Re- covery and Prosper- ity Committee and the Gen- eral Government Committee; Breese Iverson sits on neither panel. As a practical matter, with the 2021 Legislature scheduled to end its session on June 27, most committees are no lon- ger hearing bills or acting on them. pwong@pamplinmedia.com