Warm Springs radio station KWSO gets nearly $160,000 infusion from FEMA
Central Oregon Daily A community radio station owned and operated by the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs is getting a financial infusion from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. FEMA is granting $158,749 to KWSO-FM. This will be used to upgrade the station’s broadcast transmissions and warning systems, which are needed
Oregon leaders call on U.S. government for help, flexibility to help ranchers
Oregon Capital Chronicle The wildfires this season have scorched a record 1.5 million acres, forcing ranchers to move their cattle as flames approached while also fighting fires to save their homes This summer’s historic wildfires in Oregon have taken a toll on ranchers and their more than a million cows and
Klamath Community College receives grant to aid veteran students in obtaining commercial driver’s licenses, safety training
Herald and News Oregon’s U.S. senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced this week the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) is awarding Klamath Community College and Linn-Benton Community College a combined total of $265,829 to grow their commercial driver’s license (CDL) programs. A CDL is needed for careers operating large
Merkley, Wyden, Hoyle announce $165,252 to Southern Coos Hospital, Health for Telemedicine
KCBY WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden and U.S. Representative Val Hoyle (OR-04) Tuesday announced Southern Coos Hospital & Health Center was awarded a federal grant of $165,252 to deliver health care services via telemedicine, directly benefiting 3,066 patients on Oregon’s rural South Coast, according
Blumenauer, Wyden, Merkley Announce Nearly Half a Billion for Albina Vision
Skanner On March 8 Congressman Earl Blumenauer, Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley announced the Department of Transportation is awarding $450,000,000 in federal funding for the I-5 Rose Quarter improvement project. The funding will go toward the construction of a highway cover over a portion of I-5, reconnecting the Lower Albina
US Department of Transportation to fund Rose Quarter Improvement Project, bring ‘highway cover’ to I-5
KGW PORTLAND, Ore. — The U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded Oregon nearly half a billion dollars for the Rose Quarter Improvement Project. The announcement came Friday as Congressman Earl Blumenauer and Senators Ron Wyden, and Jeff Merkley touted the funding. “Today marks a major milestone for the Albina community, signifying
Merkley, Wyden, Bonamici: $2 Million for Community Health Clinic Training and Professional Development
The Bandon Western World Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden and Representative Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01) announced that OCHIN, Inc has received $2,001,642 from the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) to support OCHINS’s health information technology recruitment and training program for health clinics in underserved communities. Together, Merkley, Wyden,
Oregon receiving $38M to address growing ‘wildfire crisis’
KOIN PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Oregon is set to receive over $38 million in federal funding to reduce the threat of wildfires in three targeted areas across the state. The funding is part of a nationwide effort, under the United States Forest Service’s Wildfire Crisis Strategy, to encourage wildfire resiliency in
Senate Democrats troubled by ‘unconstitutional moves’ that affected El Salvador election
The Hill Senate Democrats on Monday congratulated Salvadoran voters for participating in their county’s election but expressed concern about “unconstitutional moves” that they said “strongly influenced” the election results. “We congratulate the people of El Salvador and those in the Salvadoran diaspora who exercised their democratic right to vote over
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