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 wants to change Senate
WASHINGTON — To an outsider, the machinations of the U.S. Senate can appear incomprehensible and largely pointless. That’s also true for some of those on the inside, including Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., although he’s much more diplomatic in his criticism. Merkley is one of several junior Democratic senators urging Senate
Talking about the filibuster
And with that, Frank Capra’s cinematic hero launched the filibuster that saved the Boy Rangers’ summer camp for the good guys by turning a little-used parliamentary procedure into a weapon to defeat cynicism, corruption and greed. In real life, it’s the United States Senate that needs a good talking-to about
Merkley visits after-school program, helps solve homework debate
“If I were the senator and I had homework, I would choose just one piece of homework, one day a week,” says Macen Richards, a third-grade student at Hiteon Elementary School. When U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley visits and asks the students what kinds of changes they’d like to see at
Bill banning ‘crush videos,’ co-written by Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley, headed to President Obama’s desk
A bill that’s bounced between the U.S. House and the Senate that bans videos depicting the torture and killing of animals is headed towards becoming federal law. The Animal Crush Video Prohibition Act of 2010, co-sponsored by Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley, is on its way to President Obama, who’s likely
Sen. Jeff Merkley, small business reps oppose tax breaks for wealthiest
WASHINGTON — Swimming against the political tide, Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley — backed by a group of small business leaders — argued Wednesday for allowing tax breaks for the wealthiest Americans to expire while extending them for people of more modest incomes. Allowing tax breaks for the wealthiest 2 percent
Merkley applauds news EPA requirements for bigger vehicles
WASHINGTON, DC — On Monday, the Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Transportation announced the first national gas mileage and greenhouse gas emissions standards for heavy-duty trucks and buses. The EPA said the new standards, set to start in 2014, will save an estimated 500 million barrels of
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