Merkley Monthly: Making major investments in the Port of Coos Bay
The Coos Bay World Transforming the Oregon International Port of Coos Bay into the first fully ship-to-rail port facility on the West Coast is a huge opportunity for Oregon and our coastal communities. This project will create good-paying union jobs and permanent local jobs, increase West Coast port capacity by
Three Americans have been freed from prisons in China
NPR The Biden administration says the prisoners were all wrongfully held and that they are being reunited with their families for the first time in many years. They appear to be part of a prisoner swap. ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Three Americans have been freed from prisons in China. The Biden
Wyden, Merkley Announce Nearly $1.2 Million for Ecosystem Restoration in Oregon; National Fish and Wildlife Foundation award will benefit residents and projects along Tillamook River
Tillamook County Pioneer Washington D.C.—U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today announced a federal investment of $1.18 million for the Tillamook Estuaries Partnership to help fix the Burton-Fraser Road along the Tillamook River that is limiting fish passage. “Letting our infrastructure crumble over time to a point where it
Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest restoration project gets $3 million in funding
A local forest landscape restoration program will get $3 million in federal infrastructure funding to reduce fuels and improve portions of the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest across Southern Oregon. The Rogue Basin Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Project is among 15 landscape projects funded in eight states, according to news releases
Deschutes Collaborative Forest Project gains 3 more years of federal funding
WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., announced Wednesday $11.67 million in federal funding headed to five collaborative forestry projects around Oregon, including a new project in the Rogue River basin and funding to keep the Deschutes Forest Collaborative Project’s decade of projects going for three more
Merkley holds 500th town hall, discusses environmental issues
U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley held his 500th town hall Tuesday, April 5, in a virtual town hall for Lincoln County. Topics included plastic pollution, fossil fuels and affordable housing. Merkley said it is estimated that we consume a credit’s card worth of plastic a week. Plastics are either burned, buried
El Centro de recursos de salud conductual del condado de Multnomah abrirá en el centro de Portland este año
PORTLAND, Oregon — Construction is underway for a new behavioral health resource center on Southwest Park Avenue in downtown Portland, and Multnomah County is getting a major infusion of federal money to help build it. The county health department’s behavioral health resource center is set to open this fall. Once completed, the
Senator visits Milwaukie to celebrate planned Kellogg Dam removal
Sen. Jeff Merkley braved a hailstorm and heavy rain when he paid a visit to Kellogg Dam on Tuesday, April 12. There were multiple reasons for his visit, said Neil Schulman, executive director of the North Clackamas Watersheds Council. One was to celebrate that the senator having secured $585,000 in community-initiated
Merkley holds 500th town hall
U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley held his 500th town hall Tuesday, April 5, in a virtual town hall for Lincoln County. Topics included plastic pollution, fossil fuels and affordable housing. Merkley said it is estimated that we consume a credit card worth of plastic a week. Plastics are either burned, buried
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