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 y Wyden presentan proyecto de ley bancario sobre marihuana
Oregon Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden on Thursday joined a bipartisan group of senators and introduced a bill designed to make it easier for legal marijuana businesses to get financial services. Recreational marijuana is legal in several states, including Oregon, but it’s still illegal under the federal Controlled Substances act, which is why
Merkley quiere eliminar los productos químicos tóxicos de los productos comunes
EUGENE, Oregón – El senador Jeff Merkley, demócrata por Oregón, visitó Eugene el martes y pidió al Congreso que vote rápidamente sobre la ley bipartidista Lautenberg de Seguridad Química para el Siglo XXI para mantener a los niños a salvo de los químicos tóxicos con los que entran en contacto. con Merkley diario también liberado
Senate Democrats Want Tough Rules to Rein In Payday Lenders
A majority of Democratic senators are formally urging the nation’s consumer watchdog to issue “the strongest possible rules” reining in payday and other short-term lenders. Thirty-two of 46 members of the Senate Democratic caucus signed a letter to Richard Cordray, director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, pressing him and
Here’s Everything You Need To Know About Obama’s Trade Deal In One Short Speech
WASHINGTON — Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) took to the Senate floor Friday evening to make a point-by-point analysis of why a trade deal being negotiated by President Barack Obama would harm the United States. Merkley’s comments came as the Senate voted to give Obama “fast track” authority that will allow him to
El programa de subvenciones pagaría por una Columbia más limpia
The Columbia River is a major source of renewable energy, food and jobs throughout the Pacific Northwest. A group of five Oregon Democrats is now working to establish a voluntary grant program to keep the Columbia’s waters clean of toxins. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, along with Reps. Earl
Oregon Legislators Fight Planned Closure of Bend’s Mail Processing Plant
Bend, Ore. — Several Oregon legislators with the Oregon Congressional Delegation are fighting to keep Bend’s mail processing plant from closing — right as the Postmaster General plans to close all centers on the east side of Oregon. Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley wrote a letter to the Postmaster General on
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