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OSU delays graduation; state jobless claims soar amid COVID

| April 11, 2020 12:03 AM

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Initial unemployment claims in Oregon have spiked to more than a quarter-million in the past three weeks due to the coronavirus, state officials said Thursday.

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