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
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
Planned closure of Coast Guard air facility rankles federal lawmakers
NEWPORT — Members of Oregon’s congressional delegation, including Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, have written a letter to the U.S. Coast Guard voicing their concerns and opposition over the planned closure of the Newport Air Facility. The Lincoln County Board of Commissioners also officially jumped on board to oppose
Oregon delegation weighs in, asks Coast Guard to keep air station in Newport
Closing the U.S. Coast Guard air station at Newport would “threaten the safety of mariners who make their living in the waters around Newport,” six members of Oregon’s congressional delegation told Coast Guard commandant Paul Zukunft in a letter Wednesday. They urged him to reverse an announced decision to shift
Two Oregon nonprofits awarded a combined $9 million to battle homelessness among veterans
Transition Projects of Portland and St. Vincent DePaul Society of Lane County were awarded grants by the Department of Veterans Affairs, the agency announced Tuesday. Transition Projects will get $6 million and St. Vincent DePaul $3 million under the agency’s Supportive Services for Veteran Families program. The SSVF program, along with a joint program between the
Firefighters need to know where all oil trains move, Sens. Boxer, Feinstein say, joining Wyden, Merkley
On a hot summer day in Oklahoma in 2008, a train mostly carrying general freight – oats, corn, beer, lumber and grain – ran off the rails near Luther, northeast of Oklahoma City. Eight cars filled with crude oil and one with methanol derailed, erupted in a fiery mushroom cloud
An open door
The state opened doors for students with disabilities when it decided to recognize those earning modified diplomas as graduates — not just completers — who are now eligible for federal financial aid. “It’s really big news,” said Ashland High School Principal Michelle Zundel, who attended sessions in Salem on the
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