Bend awarded $5 million federal grant to fuel affordable housing production
Bend Bulletin The city of Bend has received a $5 million grant intended to kickstart affordable housing supply, the federal government announced Wednesday. Awarded through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the grant set the course for the city to identify and address policies that slow affordable housing
Wyden, Merkley announce $30.1 million in ‘Payments in Lieu of Taxes’ to Oregon counties; $6 million to C. Oregon
KTVZ WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley announced Thursday that counties throughout Oregon will receive more than $30.1 million in Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) funding for 2024, including over $6 million for Deschutes, Crook and Jefferson counties. Because local governments cannot tax federal lands, annual PILT
Wyden, Merkley, colleagues call on Postal Service to prepare for November election
KTVZ WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Senator Ron Wyden said Thursday he is leading Senate colleagues including fellow Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley in calling on Postmaster General DeJoy and the U.S. Postal Service to share their plans to accommodate high volumes of mail expected in the upcoming 2024 general election in Oregon and nationwide.
Oregon’s delegation urges feds to declare fires’ smoke public health emergency
WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, along with Reps. Peter DeFazio, Earl Blumenauer, Suzanne Bonamici, Kurt Schrader and Greg Walden, on Monday urged Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar to declare the wildfires in Oregon a public health emergency. They said such a move better equips
‘I could never have envisioned this’: At least 35 dead as nearly 100 wildfires continue to rage across 12 Western states
SPRINGFIELD, Ore. — Lindsie and Brittany Cline didn’t wait for an evacuation notice before fleeing their home just outside Blue River, Oregon. The Clines lost power. Then they saw an ominous orange glow in the sky. “I knew pulling out of the driveway I wasn’t ever going to see anything in that
Un denso humo sofoca el noroeste del Pacífico, encerrando a los residentes en sus casas y complicando la respuesta al incendio
PORTLAND, Ore. — Massive clouds of smoke from the Pacific Northwest wildfires lingered over the region Sunday, posing serious health risks for millions of people and complicating firefighting efforts even as crews reported progress in slowing some of the blazes. The air quality across Oregon was listed as “hazardous” or
Oregon Sen. Merkley: more National Guard help coming to help with fires
OREGON CITY, Ore. — U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, both from Oregon, said that more help from the National Guard is coming to help fight the wildfires. The two senators, joined by Rep. Kurt Schrader and Rep. Peter DeFazio spoke in Oregon City on Friday morning to discuss resources
Sen. Merkley launches new safety information web page amid OR wildfires
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley launched a new website for Oregonians who are looking for safety information and resources, as wildfires burn in the state. Senetor Merkley says the webpage, www.merkley.senate.gov/wildfires, compiles information from a variety of local, state, and federal public health and safety sources. It includes the latest
Senate Democrats introduce bill to sanction Russians over Taliban bounties
Senate Democrats Thursday introduced a new bill to that would require President Trump to impose sanctions on any Russian official or entity that is found to be involved in offering bounties to the Taliban for attacks on U.S. or allied troops in Afghanistan. Sen. Bob Menendez (N.J.), the ranking member of the Senate Foreign
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