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Saturday, July 18, 2020

'We really need help': Coronavirus overwhelms rural Oregon

'We really need help': Coronavirus overwhelms rural OregonHeather Griggs presses a phone to her ear in a makeshift office in the small brick courthouse that once served as a jail in rural Pendleton, a place best known for its annual rodeo. The coronavirus has torn through the small Oregon community where farmers grow crops such as potatoes, onions and grains. In Umatilla County, where Pendleton is located, the rate of people testing positive for COVID-19 is about 16%.


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