Oregon Gets A New Governor + Bus Service Cuts + 19,000 New Cases

Get on up, Lake Oswego! Let's get you started this Tuesday with everything you need to know going on in town today.

First, today's weather:

Not as cool with a shower. High: 54 Low: 48.

Here are the top stories today in Lake Oswego:

1. New (Kid) Governor Of Oregon Will Be Sworn In Today (Patch)
2. TriMet Staff Shortage Forces Cuts In Bus Service (Patch)
3. Nearly 19,000 New COVID-19 Cases Reported Over Weekend (Patch)
4. BIKETOWN Expands (Patch)
5. $1.2 Billion? ODOT Has Some Ideas How To Spend It (Patch)
6. Need a COVID test in the Portland metro area? Here’s a list of sites (KOIN.com)
7. Five more players selected to play in 2022 Polynesian Bowl (247Sports)
8. Vote now: Who should be the WaFd Bank Oregon High School Boys Basketball Player of the Week? - High School Sports News, Scores, Videos, Rankings - SBLive (scorebooklive.com)
9. This Week's Lake Oswego Area Events (Lake Oswego Patch)
10. Seniors get busy to feed needy neighbors (Catholic Sentinel)
11. Lake Oswego Area Adoptable Pets: Cats, Dogs & More (Lake Oswego Patch)
12. Who's Hiring In The Lake Oswego Area? Browse New Local Jobs (Lake Oswego Patch)

Today in Lake Oswego:

• DEIA AC Meeting - Lake Oswego SD 7J (6:00 PM)
• School Board Meeting - Lake Oswego High School (6:00 PM)
• V Wrestling vs Lakeridge vs. Oregon City Dual WRE Meet (7:00 PM)

From my notebook:

• Arts Council of Lake Oswego: "DEADLINE IS 5:00 PM TONIGHT TO APPLY FOR THE PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE POSITIONS!⁠ ⁠ Arts Council of Lake Oswego and the City of Lake Oswego announces the search for new committee members for the Public Art Committee. The applicant must resid..." (Instagram)
• City of Lake Oswego, Local Government: "Important COVID-19 message from Oregon Health Authority" (Facebook)
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Now you're in the loop and ready to head out the door on this Tuesday. I'll see you back in your inbox tomorrow with your next update!

— Colin Miner

About me: I've been at Patch for almost 6 years after a career that had stops at The New York Times, Oregonian, Washington Post, as well as KATU, KOIN, and KGW. For the past three years I've been Patch's Manager News and Content Partnerships as well as a National Writer.