2021 in Oregon

The year 2021 in Oregon involved several major events.

Politics and government

Incumbents

• Governor: Kate Brown (D)
• Secretary of State: Bev Clarno (R) (until Jan 4); Shemia Fagan (D) (after Jan 4)
• 81st Oregon Legislative Assembly

Events

Ongoing

• COVID-19 pandemic in Oregon

January

• January 9 – Three days after the January 6 United States Capitol attack, a pro-Trump, rally is held in Eugene. Three people are arrested after violence breaks out between rally attendants and counter-protesters.
• January 17 – COVID-19 pandemic: David James Wadley Jr. becomes the first infant in the state to die from COVID-19.

March

• March 4 – The 2021 St. Charles Bend strike starts.

April

• April 16 – Killing of Robert Delgado
• April 18–23 – Ponina Fire
• April 20 – The Organic Valley creamery in McMinnville catches fire. Most of the building is destroyed, and residents within half a mile of the fire are temporarily evacuated.
• April 26 – The 2021 Oregon Tech strike starts.

May

• May 15 – The 2021 Oregon wildfire season begins about a month earlier than usual in some parts of Central and Southern Oregon.

June

• June 10 – The Oregon House of Representatives expels Mike Nearman for his role in the 2020 Oregon State Capitol breach.

July

• 2021 Western North America heat wave

• July 6 – The Bootleg Fire starts.

August

• August 10 – 2021 Nabisco strike
• August 13 – State troopers begin investigating after a dead body is discovered in Rooster Rock State Park.

October

• October 19 – The October 2021 Northeast Pacific bomb cyclone forms.

References

External links

• 2021 Oregon Vineyard and Winery Report from the Oregon Wine Board