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
Senators seek to halt foreclosures
A group of Democratic senators are calling for JPMorgan Chase and Ally Financial to halt their foreclosure operations just hours after Bank of America, the country’s largest bank holding company, announced it would freeze its foreclosures in all 50 states indefinitely. Bank of America’s decision Friday came on the heels
Merkley calls for investigation against Ally Financial
It was only time before the handling of foreclosures by loan providers made it to the political arena. And it looks like U.S Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., will be leading the push. Merkley sent a letter today to U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban
US Lawmaker Asks Administration To Investigate Mortgage Lenders
WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)–Sen. Jeff Merkley (D., Ore.) on Monday urged the Obama administration to start an independent investigation of Ally Financial and other servicers of home mortgages after the discovery that many foreclosure documents had not been properly reviewed. “I urge you to jointly appoint an independent investigator to examine
To fix economy, put middle class first
It’s easy to miss between all the cable news diatribes and political posturing, but there are real philosophical differences in how Democrats and Republicans believe we can produce prosperity. My fellow Democrats and I believe the middle class drives our economy — when middle-class families do well, America does well.
Merkley visits, talks with residents
A new Coos Historical & Maritime Center will be key to developing the Coos Bay-North Bend waterfont, U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley said Saturday. Merkley, who visited Coos County over the Labor Day weekend, spoke at the dedication of the museum site. After being led in by the Marshfield High School
Oregon’s Jeff Merkley working to stop ‘crush videos’ that show animal torture
Just over a decade ago, Congress passed a law banning depictions of animal cruelty. The law was intended to crack down on so-called crush videos, which typically show women killing small animals by stepping on them with stiletto heels. Animal rights activists say the law, passed in 1999, helped keep
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