March 14 – COVID-19 pandemic: A man dies from COVID-19 at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Portland, becoming the first person in the state known to have died from the virus.[5]
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]
June 5 – George Floyd protests: U.S. District Judge Marco A. Hernandez issues a temporary restraining order that restricts the Portland Police Bureau's use of tear gas so that it should only be used during riots, although the order defines a "riot" as involving as few as five people.[20]
June 8
George Floyd protests: Protesters shut down I-84 in Portland.[16]
Amid daily protests in Portland, Portland Police Chief Jami Resch steps down, and is succeeded by Chuck Lovell.[16]
June 26 – George Floyd protests: Protesters and the city agree to expand the restraining order on tear gas so that it also applies to rubber bullets and pepper spray.[25]
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]
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]
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
January 2 – Nick Fish (born 1958), politician and lawyer who served on the Portland City Council[37]
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