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
Avanza el plan para excluir la minería cerca de Kalmiopsis
A plan to exclude mineral development on about 100,000 acres of federal land, to thwart a proposed nickel mine near the Kalmiopsis Wilderness, is nearing fruition. The U.S. Forest Service released its environmental assessment last week, and written comments will be accepted through May 27. The proposed mineral withdrawal would
Wyden y Merkley presionan para limitar los precios de los medicamentos recetados, lo que permite que Medicare negocie
Los senadores estadounidenses Ron Wyden y Jeff Merkley llegaron a Portland el miércoles para abogar por una legislación federal que limitaría los costos de los medicamentos recetados para las personas mayores. “Estos costos de medicamentos recetados están afectando a las personas mayores en Oregón y en todo el país”, dijo Wyden, demócrata y copatrocinador del proyecto de ley. “Es una receta de castigo, tantos costos
Regulatory Scrutiny Heats Up On Fintech Firms
As the burgeoning online lending industry braces for a wave of scrutiny from U.S. policy makers, leading financial-technology firms are scrambling in Washington to figure out who’s a friend and who’s a potential foe. Prominent small business lenders including On Deck Capital Inc., Kabbage Inc. and PayPal Holdings Inc. have
¿Jodido por una universidad con fines de lucro? Probablemente usted renunció a su derecho a demandar
Cuando Corinthian Colleges Inc. colapsó, dejando a miles de estudiantes en la estacada con deudas de préstamos estudiantiles y créditos que no sabían que serían utilizables en otras escuelas, generalmente no pudieron demandar al fracasado educador con fines de lucro porque los estudiantes, sin saberlo, habían Renunció a su derecho a un jurado.
Wyden, Merkley seek to restore funding for NW fish screens
Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., introduced legislation Thursday they said would protect fish populations and habitats while allowing for continued water supplies for irrigation and other uses in the Pacific Northwest. The Fisheries Restoration and Irrigation Mitigation Act (FRIMA) would reauthorize a voluntary, cost-share program the U.S. Fish
El Senado vota para restablecer la financiación para la investigación y el desarrollo de la energía eólica
El Senado de Estados Unidos aprobó una enmienda el 26 de abril que restablecería la financiación para la investigación y el desarrollo (I+D) de energía eólica en el año fiscal 2017 a $96,4 millones, la misma cantidad financiada este año fiscal. La enmienda fue aprobada por 54 votos a favor y 42 en contra como parte de la consideración del Senado sobre el Proyecto de Energía y
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