Bryan Tolle

LA GRANDE — The city of La Grande is holding a virtual town hall meeting to address the current state of COVID-19 in Union County. Hosted by Mayor Steve Clements, the town hall will include local health care providers and take input from the public.

The town hall will take place Monday, Sept. 27, beginning at 6 p.m. The meeting will be streamed live on the city’s Facebook page as well as on EO Alive TV.

The panel of local health care officials includes Dr. Bryan Conklin, nurse practitioner Jared Hulme, registered nurse Shaye Perry and Dr. Bryan Tolle. 

The hospital previously held a virtual town hall meeting on Aug. 18, which focused on capacity issues and featured officials from the county, city and local school boards.

This town hall meeting will center around the state of the pandemic, as well as information on COVID-19 vaccines. As of Sept. 23, Union County has tallied 2,777 positive COVID-19 cases and 38 deaths since the start of the pandemic. The county has totaled over 400 positive cases through September.

Viewers can submit questions to questions@cityoflagrande.org by 5 p.m. on Sept. 27, or ask questions during the meeting.