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
Merkley talks health care, polarization, dams at town hall
At U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley’s town hall at Clatsop Community College on Saturday afternoon, topics ranged from the polarization between political parties to health care to the potential removal of Snake River dams. Merkley, an Oregon Democrat, holds town halls in each of Oregon’s 36 counties every year. Dozens of
Sen. Jeff Merkley visits Morrow County, discusses high nitrate levels in water
MORROW COUNTY – Oregon U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley met Sunday, Jan. 15, with homeowners in Boardman and Irrigon to discuss high nitrate levels in private wells across Morrow County. “It first came up in a town hall, a county commissioner raised it,” he said. “I was familiar with the issue
Photos / Congressional Town Halls: Merkley, Wyden listen to Lincoln County residents
Oregon U. S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley held town halls in Lincoln City and Newport Jan. 9 and Jan. 14. Merkley’s event was conducted at Taft High School Saturday drawing an audience of about 50 people. Merkley first met separately with members of the media to take questions
Town hall: Senator Merkley fields questions in Lincoln City
U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley took questions on a wide-range of topics from the media and public Saturday at a town hall event held inside Taft High School. Merkley answered questions from citizens about Social Security, electric vehicles, immigration, fixing Highway 101, the River Democracy Act, investment partnerships extracting money from
UEC celebrates manufactured home replacement program’s first recipient
An overcast rainy day couldn’t dampen the spirits of Matthew and Serenity Stull as they cut the ribbon on their new home on a country lane northeast of Hermiston. The Stull family has become the first beneficiary of a program to help Umatilla Electric Cooperative members replace older manufactured homes
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