Feds provide $1 million to rehab farmworker housing
News-Register McMinnville nonprofit Community Home Builders has been awarded nearly $1 million in federal grant funds to rehabilitate 24 units of agricultural worker housing at Villa del Sol apartments in east McMinnville. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden and U.S. Rep. Andrea Salinas announced the award of $956,333 from the
OREGON AND FOUR TRIBES EARN OVER $12 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDS-GRID RESILIENCE
KQEN On Wednesday, Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley as well as Representatives Earl Blumenauer and Val Hoyle announced that Oregon’s Energy Department has secured $10.9 million and four Tribes with members in Oregon have earned a combined $1.16 million in federal investment. A joint release said this is to
Americans bet $100 million on Trump v. Harris, but at what cost?
NPRAn election betting advertisement flashed on screen during coverage of former President Donald Trump’s rally at Madison Square Garden this weekend on the Right Side Broadcasting Network, a conservative media company. “Bet on the US election,” the ad for Kalshi said as Trump spoke on stage. “Bet $100 on Trump,
EPA reconsidering biomass
WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency signaled Wednesday that it may be more open to considering timber byproducts and other biomass as an energy source that fits within the Obama administration’s efforts to reduce carbon emissions. In a memo to all of the agency’s regional air directors, Janet G. McCabe,
El Senador Merkley Argumenta Contra el Oleoducto Keystone en el Senado
WASHINGTON, DC — La controvertida votación del oleoducto Keystone en el Senado el martes fue derrotada por un voto. La votación habría permitido a Canadá construir una línea de transporte a través de Estados Unidos hasta el Golfo de México. La senadora de Luisiana Mary Landrieu se encuentra en una reñida segunda vuelta en diciembre y esperaba ganar
Klamath bills pass Senate committee
A settlement aimed at solving decades-old water conflicts in the Klamath Basin moved one step closer to becoming a reality Thursday. The Klamath Water Recovery and Economic Restoration Act, Senate Bill 2379, passed through the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. The vote was 17-5. Officials hope the bill, which
El equipo de robótica de UHS recibe la visita del senador Jeff Merkley
La escuela secundaria Umatilla no fue originalmente una parada en su gira por 50 ciudades en el estado de Oregon, pero cuando la superintendente de Umatilla, Heidi Sipe, invitó al senador estadounidense Jeff Merkley a ver el programa de robótica de UHS, no pudo dejar pasar la oportunidad. . El domingo, Merkley se aventuró a visitar la UHS para charlar.
Mi título universitario no vale nada.
Rosalyn Harris, una madre soltera desempleada que nunca había ido a la universidad, pensó que obtener un título sería el boleto a una nueva vida. Entonces, a los 23 años, se matriculó en un programa de justicia penal de dos años en el Everest College, una organización con fines de lucro en Chesapeake, Virginia. Pero la gran cantidad de oportunidades laborales que
Update: Newport helicopter to stay open until Dec. 15
NEWPORT, Ore. — After lawmakers, fishermen and community members begged the U.S. Coast Guard to keep a helicopter facility open in Newport after it was slated for closure, the Coast Guard announced Tuesday the shuttering will be delayed at least until Dec. 15. The announcement came hours after Senator Jeff
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