Merkley Monthly: Making major investments in the Port of Coos Bay
The Coos Bay World Transforming the Oregon International Port of Coos Bay into the first fully ship-to-rail port facility on the West Coast is a huge opportunity for Oregon and our coastal communities. This project will create good-paying union jobs and permanent local jobs, increase West Coast port capacity by
Three Americans have been freed from prisons in China
NPR The Biden administration says the prisoners were all wrongfully held and that they are being reunited with their families for the first time in many years. They appear to be part of a prisoner swap. ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Three Americans have been freed from prisons in China. The Biden
Wyden, Merkley Announce Nearly $1.2 Million for Ecosystem Restoration in Oregon; National Fish and Wildlife Foundation award will benefit residents and projects along Tillamook River
Tillamook County Pioneer Washington D.C.—U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today announced a federal investment of $1.18 million for the Tillamook Estuaries Partnership to help fix the Burton-Fraser Road along the Tillamook River that is limiting fish passage. “Letting our infrastructure crumble over time to a point where it
Smoke worries: West Coast wine industry grapples with tainted grapes
Fine white ash fell like snow on Zenith Vineyard in Oregon’s Willamette Valley as the Beachie Creek Fire roared 30 miles away, one of several large blazes shrouding the region in a thick blanket of smoke. For 10 days, Sept. 7-18, smoke-laden skies lingered around the Eola-Amity Hills west of
Oregon lawmakers push for more Coast Guard cutters in Astoria
Members of Oregon’s congressional delegation are calling on the U.S. Coast Guard to double the number of new fast response cutters at North Tongue Point. The Coast Guard chose Astoria over Newport for two of the 154-foot cutters, meant to replace the 1980s-era patrol boats nearing the end of service
Warm Springs to get $350k federal grant to replace transit vehicles
The Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs will receive a $350,000 federal grant to replace two aging transit vehicles. The grant comes from the U.S. Department of Transportation, and will help Warm Springs residents reach schools, health care, work and other places outside the sprawling reservation, according to a press release
OREGON DELEGATION URGES FEMA TO ASSUME 100 PERCENT COST SHARE
Oregon’s entire congressional delegation is urging the Federal Emergency Management Agency to assume 100 percent of the cost share for debris removal and emergency protective measures from the wildfires that ripped through the state this year. A letter from Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, and House members Peter DeFazio,
Oregon Sen. Merkley, other senators urge CDC & HHS to look at vaccine storage bottlenecks
Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley joined other senators in urging national agencies to increase ultra-cold storage across the United States to prevent supply shortages of a coronavirus vaccine. Sen. Merkley and 11 other Senate Democrats wrote a letter to the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for
Historic deal reached to remove 4 massive dams on lower Klamath River
An agreement announced Tuesday paves the way for the largest dam demolition in U.S. history, a project that promises to reopen hundreds of miles of waterway along the Oregon-California border to salmon that are critical to tribes but have dwindled to almost nothing in recent years. If approved, the deal
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