Bend awarded $5 million federal grant to fuel affordable housing production
Bend Bulletin The city of Bend has received a $5 million grant intended to kickstart affordable housing supply, the federal government announced Wednesday. Awarded through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the grant set the course for the city to identify and address policies that slow affordable housing
Wyden, Merkley announce $30.1 million in ‘Payments in Lieu of Taxes’ to Oregon counties; $6 million to C. Oregon
KTVZ WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley announced Thursday that counties throughout Oregon will receive more than $30.1 million in Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) funding for 2024, including over $6 million for Deschutes, Crook and Jefferson counties. Because local governments cannot tax federal lands, annual PILT
Wyden, Merkley, colleagues call on Postal Service to prepare for November election
KTVZ WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Senator Ron Wyden said Thursday he is leading Senate colleagues including fellow Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley in calling on Postmaster General DeJoy and the U.S. Postal Service to share their plans to accommodate high volumes of mail expected in the upcoming 2024 general election in Oregon and nationwide.
Sky Lakes partnership is getting Medicare funding for more physician residents
WASHINGTON, D.C. & KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. — A medical program involving Sky Lakes Medical Center will get physician resident training positions from Medicare funding. Oregon’s U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley this week announced that Cascades East Family Medicine Residency Program will receive an equivalent to about three additional physician
Oregon Senator Merkley on CDC’s new Office of Rural Health
People living in rural areas often complain that the people in power forget about them. That’s a lot of people to forget about: 15% of the US population. One of the issues is that health outcomes are poorer in rural areas… people have more health problems, and shorter life spans.
Heart of Cartm Accepts Award from U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley
Wheeler, OR – For their dedication to creatively reducing waste in Tillamook County, Heart of Cartm organization accepted an award from U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley during his in-person town hall at Tillamook High School last Saturday, January 14, 2023. Senator Merkley presented Jessi Just, Heart of Cartm executive director with
Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley hosts Gorge town halls
HOOD RIVER – On Jan. 6, Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley announced his schedule for the first in-person town halls in 2023. His first destinations include communities throughout the Mid-Columbia including Sherman, Wasco and Hood River counties. Sen. Merkley’s town hall commitments came after he and Sen. Ron Wyden announced they
Merkley, Wyden announce $450K coming to Oregon arts, cultural organizations, 2 in C. Oregon
WASHINGTON (KTVZ) – Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., announced Tuesday a total of $450,000 is coming to Oregon from the National Endowment for the Arts’ for Arts Projects and Challenge America grants in several communities in the state: Beaverton, Bend, Eugene, Portland, Salem, Springfield, and Warm Springs. “Art
Forest Service gets $700,000 to build alternate route to Forest Road 4606
Nearly two years ago, a local landowner put up gates on his private property, restricting a stretch of a popular stretch of forest road west of Bend. But recent funding from Congress will provide a long-awaited work-around. The Verheyden family’s closure of the stretch of Forest Road 4606 that runs
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