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
Senadores: El Departamento de Educación debería suspender la ayuda a las universidades que niegan a los estudiantes su día en la corte
Hoy, nueve senadores, encabezados por Sherrod Brown (D-OH) y Dick Durbin (D-IL), pidieron al Departamento de Educación de EE. UU. que corte la ayuda federal para estudiantes a colegios y universidades que prohíben a sus estudiantes acudir a los tribunales para realizar estudios. reclamaciones contra sus escuelas. Al abordar el mismo tema, algunos de los
Oregon’s small coastal ports receive funds for dredging
The Army Corps of Engineers will allocate an additional $9 million this year toward dredging projects at Oregon’s small ports. More than $5 million of those funds will go toward the needs of small ports along Oregon’s South Coast, including $942,000 for the Port of Umpqua. Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Springfield,
Políticos que trabajan para recuperar la TSA en Klamath Falls
Salem, Ore. — Oregon’s U.S. senators and representatives are working to get the TSA back in Klamath Falls with a new bill. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, along with Representatives Greg Walden and Peter DeFazio introduced the “Treating Small Airports with Fairness Act” on Thursday. The act would bring
El proyecto de ley de la TSA tiene como objetivo devolver el servicio aéreo a Klamath
City of Klamath Falls officials and community leaders are hopeful a bill introduced Thursday by a congressional delegation will bring passenger screening services back to the Klamath Falls airport. The bill, introduced by Oregon Sens. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Reps. Greg Walden, R-Ore., and Peter DeFazio,
El proyecto de ley patrocinado por los demócratas bloquearía el desarrollo federal de combustibles fósiles
Un demócrata de la Cámara de Representantes presentó el jueves un proyecto de ley que prohibiría toda producción futura de combustibles fósiles en terrenos federales. La Ley Keep It In The Ground del representante Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) bloquearía nuevos arrendamientos para aprovechar las reservas de combustibles fósiles en tierras y aguas federales en los océanos Pacífico, Atlántico y Ártico.
Senate Dems slam ‘disrespectful’ GOP for ignoring Obama budget
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), a Democratic presidential candidate who is also the ranking member of the Budget Committee, sent a letter to Sen. Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.) with other Senate Democrats decrying the decision to skip hearings as “overt partisanship.” “This year, with no unusual circumstances to prevent us from
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