2020 in Oregon

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The year 2020 in Oregon involved several major events.

Politics and government

Incumbents

Elections

Events

The smoke from the 2020 wildfires turned the sky red or orange in much of the state. (Oregon State Capitol, September 2020)

Ongoing

February

March

April

  • April 13 – COVID-19 pandemic: Oregon joins Washington and California in creating the Western States Pact, an agreement to ease back each state's COVID-19 restrictions.[7]
  • April 29
    • COVID-19 pandemic: The state reports its 100th death from COVID-19.[8]
    • A man is struck and killed by an Amtrak train in Salem.[9]

May

  • May 5 – COVID-19 pandemic: Cycle Oregon cancels all events for the year.[10]
  • May 7 – COVID-19 pandemic: Governor Kate Brown announces a ban on large gatherings, expected to last until at least September.[11] The Oregon State Fair is canceled almost immediately.[12]
  • May 13 – Organizers announce that the 2020 Hood to Coast is cancelled due to COVID-19 restrictions.[13]
  • May 19 – Oregon marks the end of primary voting for the Democratic and Republican parties.[14]
  • May 20 – A kitten with two faces is born at a farm in Albany.[15]
  • May 28 – Protesters gather at the Multnomah County Justice Center, marking the first George Floyd protest in Oregon.[16]

June

July

  • July 11 – George Floyd protests: Federal agents shoot a protester in the head with a projectile, causing skull fractures and facial injuries requiring facial reconstruction surgery.[26]
  • July 18–19 – Portland's Black Lives Matter street mural is vandalized.[27]
  • July 26 – Unidentified law enforcement hits journalist Trip Jennings directly in the eye with a pepper ball.[28]
  • July 26–27 – A heat wave brings temperatures above 100 degrees in Portland.[21]

August

  • August 20
    • Some Wasco County residents are ordered to evacuate because of the White River Fire.[29]
    • The Northern Oregon Regional Correctional Facility (NORCF) announces that they will end their contract with ICE, leaving the state without any facilities to hold people detained by federal immigration officials.[30]
  • August 25 – A patient scales the wall of the Oregon State Hospital and briefly escapes, running for half of a mile before hospital staff catch up with her.[31]

September

  • September 9 – Two people are killed by wildfires southeast of Salem; these are the first deaths of the year that are confirmed to have been caused by wildfires.[32]
  • September 14 – IQAir.com lists Portland as having the worst air quality in the world, due to ongoing wildfires across the entire West Coast.[33]

November

  • November 3 – Oregon holds elections for president, state representatives, ballot measures, and other issues.[34]

December

  • December 4 – COVID-19 pandemic: The Oregon Health Authority announces the state's 1,000th death from COVID-19.[35]
  • December 21 – A group of protesters breach the Oregon State Capitol, aided by Representative Mike Nearman, during a closed emergency session. The protesters engage in violent confrontations with police and are forced out of the building.[36]

Deaths

See also

References

  1. ^ Mena, Kelly (February 25, 2020). "Oregon Republicans walk out again over environmental bill". CNN. Retrieved August 23, 2025.
  2. ^ "Oregon's 1st COVID-19 patient out of hospital after 2 months". AP News. May 6, 2020. Retrieved August 23, 2025.
  3. ^ "Oregon COVID-19 Response". www.oregon.gov. Retrieved August 23, 2025.
  4. ^ a b "2020 timeline: Big stories from Oregon, the U.S. and beyond". Oregon Capital Insider. December 31, 2020. Retrieved August 23, 2025.
  5. ^ Pitawanich, Christine (April 16, 2020). "Remembering Lynn Bryan, the first confirmed COVID-19 death in Oregon". KGW. Retrieved August 23, 2025.
  6. ^ Vanderhart, Dirk (March 23, 2020). "Gov. Kate Brown Issues Order Directing Oregonians To 'Stay Home'". OPB. Retrieved August 23, 2025.
  7. ^ "California, Oregon and Washington to work together on plan to lift coronavirus restrictions". Los Angeles Times. April 13, 2020. Retrieved August 23, 2025.
  8. ^ "Oregon COVID-19 Daily Update" (PDF). oregon.gov. April 29, 2020. Retrieved August 24, 2025.
  9. ^ "Man killed by Amtrak train in Salem". The Oregonian. May 1, 2020. Retrieved August 23, 2025.
  10. ^ Hale, Jamie (May 5, 2020). "Cycle Oregon cancels all 2020 events due to ongoing coronavirus pandemic". The Oregonian. Retrieved August 23, 2025.
  11. ^ Hale, Jamie (May 7, 2020). "Large gatherings banned in Oregon at least through September". The Oregonian. Retrieved August 23, 2025.
  12. ^ Hale, Jamie (May 8, 2020). "Oregon State Fair canceled for 2020, following ban on large gatherings". The Oregonian. Retrieved August 23, 2025.
  13. ^ Hale, Jamie (May 13, 2020). "Hood to Coast Relay cancels 2020 race amid coronavirus pandemic". The Oregonian. Retrieved August 23, 2025.
  14. ^ "Results for the Oregon primary election May 19, 2020". KGW. May 18, 2020. Retrieved August 24, 2025.
  15. ^ Tariq, Nia (May 24, 2020). "Oregon kitten born with two faces, named 'Biscuits and Gravy'". The Oregonian. Retrieved August 23, 2025.
  16. ^ a b c d Graves, Mark (September 6, 2020). "100 days of Black Lives Matter protests in Portland: Timeline and photos trace the arc of events". The Oregonian. Retrieved August 23, 2025.
  17. ^ Killen, Dave; Nakamura, Beth. "Protests continue in the streets of Portland for a fifth night in response to the death of George Floyd, a black man who was killed by a Minneapolis police officer on May 25". oregonlive. Retrieved August 23, 2025.
  18. ^ "Portland Imposes Curfew After Violence Upends Friday Protests". opb. Retrieved August 26, 2025.
  19. ^ Currier, Carsyn (June 2, 2020). "Protest in downtown Grants Pass continues into the evening". KTVL. Retrieved August 23, 2025.
  20. ^ "50 days of protest in Portland. A violent police response. This is how we got here". opb. Retrieved August 26, 2025.
  21. ^ a b "Portland 2020 Weather 'Year In Review'". www.brucesussman.com. Retrieved August 23, 2025.
  22. ^ "Thomas Jefferson Statue Pulled Down At Portland's Jefferson High". opb. Retrieved August 26, 2025.
  23. ^ "George Washington Statue Toppled In Portland". opb. Retrieved August 26, 2025.
  24. ^ Hardgrave, Alex (June 27, 2020). "Black Lives Matter mural splashes its message across N. Portland street". The Oregonian. Retrieved August 23, 2025.
  25. ^ "50 days of protest in Portland. A violent police response. This is how we got here". opb. Retrieved August 26, 2025.
  26. ^ "Federal Officers Shoot Portland Protester In Head With 'Less Lethal' Munitions". opb. Retrieved August 26, 2025.
  27. ^ "Black Lives Matter mural vandalized in North Portland". KATU. July 21, 2020. Retrieved August 23, 2025.
  28. ^ Lee, Alicia (July 30, 2020). "A photojournalist who was shot in the eye says it's not just violent rioters being targeted in Portland". CNN. Retrieved August 26, 2025.
  29. ^ Ramakrishnan, Jayati (August 28, 2020). "Evacuations ordered for residents near Wasco County's White River fire". The Oregonian. Retrieved August 24, 2025.
  30. ^ Wilson, Conrad (August 21, 2020). "NORCOR, last jail in Oregon to hold immigration detainees, to end ICE contract". OPB. Retrieved August 24, 2025.
  31. ^ Ramakrishnan, Jayati (August 27, 2020). "Patient climbs wall of Oregon State Hospital, runs half a mile before being apprehended". The Oregonian. Retrieved August 24, 2025.
  32. ^ "Oregon wildfire deaths: Lives lost in historic 2020 fires". The Oregonian. September 10, 2020. Retrieved August 24, 2025.
  33. ^ Peñaloza, Marisa (September 14, 2020). "'It's A Bit Surreal': Oregon's Air Quality Suffers As Fires Complicate COVID-19 Fight". NPR. Retrieved August 23, 2025.
  34. ^ "Oregon Presidential Election Results". www.registerguard.com. Retrieved August 24, 2025.
  35. ^ "Oregon reports 2,176 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 30 new deaths". www.oregon.gov. December 4, 2020. Retrieved August 24, 2025.
  36. ^ "Lawmakers remove state legislator over Oregon Capitol breach". NBC News. June 11, 2021. Retrieved August 24, 2025.
  37. ^ "Portland City Commissioner Nick Fish dead from stomach cancer". KATU. January 2, 2020. Archived from the original on January 3, 2020. Retrieved August 23, 2025.
  38. ^ Canzano, John (March 17, 2020). "Longtime University of Oregon athletic administrator Jim Bartko dies at 54". The Oregonian. Retrieved August 23, 2025.
  39. ^ Redden, James A. III (April 1, 2020). "James A. Redden, longtime Oregon politician and judge, passes away at 91". Portland Tribune. Archived from the original on April 8, 2020. Retrieved August 23, 2025.
  40. ^ "Celebrating the Late Arlene Schnitzer". sites.up.edu. Retrieved August 23, 2025.
  41. ^ Powell, Meerah (May 16, 2020). "Oregon Rep. Mitch Greenlick Has Died". OPB. Retrieved August 23, 2025.
  42. ^ "Blazers founder Harry Glickman dies at 96". KOIN.com. June 11, 2020. Archived from the original on December 19, 2020. Retrieved August 23, 2025.
  43. ^ "Former Oregon Rep. Vic Gilliam dies". KATU. June 18, 2020. Retrieved August 23, 2025.
  44. ^ "Blazers, UConn star Clifford Robinson dies at 53". ESPN.com. August 29, 2020. Retrieved August 23, 2025.
  45. ^ Acker, Lizzy (September 1, 2020). "Former Oregon Supreme Court Justice Hans A. Linde dies at 96". The Oregonian. Retrieved August 23, 2025.
  46. ^ Ramakrishnan, Jayati (September 22, 2020). "Former Oregon Congressman Bob Smith dies at 89". The Oregonian. Retrieved August 23, 2025.
  47. ^ Brown, Jordyn. "Jim Weaver, former Oregon congressman known for his environmental work, dies at 93". The Register-Guard. Retrieved August 23, 2025.
  48. ^ McFadden, Robert D. (December 27, 2020). "Barry Lopez, Lyrical Writer Who Was Likened to Thoreau, Dies at 75". The New York Times. Retrieved August 23, 2025.
  • Media related to 2020 in Oregon at Wikimedia Commons
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  • 2020 Oregon Vineyard and Winery Report, from the Oregon Wine Board
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