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
USDA AGREES TO EXTEND SCHOOL NUTRITION PROGRAM THROUGH SCHOOL YEAR
On Wednesday, Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley applauded the United States Department of Agriculture’s decision to extend school meal waivers through the end of the current school year. A release said the department’s decision follows a pressure campaign by Merkley and his colleagues, which included multiple letters to the USDA urging
Lawmakers set aside $20 million for schools affected by wildfires
Oregon lawmakers have set aside $20 million to help schools damaged in the Labor Day wildfires. The action Monday, Oct. 12, by the legislative Emergency Board will enable the Department of Education to aid up to 33 school districts, three education service districts and a public charter school. The districts
La delegación da la bienvenida a la nueva asistencia para incendios forestales de FEMA
U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, along with Congressman Peter DeFazio and the other Democratic members of the Oregon Congressional Delegation, say more help from the Federal Emergency Management Agency is on the way for those impacted by the recent wildfires. A release said eight counties, including Douglas, will
Wyden-Merkley explora el papel de las líneas eléctricas "vivas" caídas que provocaron muchos incendios...
Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today asked the role power lines may have played in the cause or spread of the Beachie Creek fire. In a letter to U.S. Forest Service Chief Vicki Christiansen and Oregon Department of Forestry State Forester Peter Daugherty, Wyden and Merkley wrote, “We
FEMA director, Oregon senators say they’ll help every step of the way
The state’s top lawmakers and the federal government’s top emergency official pledged to work together without partisanship to rebuild Southern Oregon as quickly as possible after the destructive Almeda and South Obenchain fires. They acknowledged, however, that the rebuild won’t necessarily be swift. FEMA director Pete Gaynor said Saturday at
Nearly $1.5 million headed to McMinnville airport
The McMinnville Municipal Airport will receive a $1.46 million federal grant for apron reconstruction, U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, both D-Oregon, announced Thursday. The money will pay for reconstruction of 10,500 square yards of existing apron on which aircraft can be parked, boarded, unloaded and refueled. McMinnville’s airport
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