ROSEBURG, Ore. — Senator Jeff Merkley commented on the Chinese spy balloon that first appeared over Montana during a town hall at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg Saturday. The order to shoot down the balloon was given by President Joe Biden on Wednesday but was delayed due to safety concerns with falling debris.
WINCHESTER —U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley started off his town hall meeting Saturday at Umpqua Community College by giving recognition to Wayne Elsworth of Umpqua Heart and his work with the homeless community at Sutherlin’s Hastins Village. “I like to put a spotlight on an organization that is doing important work
U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley was in Douglas County Saturday afternoon for his first local in-person Town Hall in over 3 years. Merkley conducted the annual event virtually after the COVID-19 pandemic began. His last local in-person Town Hall was January 2nd, 2020 and was held at Sutherlin High School. Well
Senator Jeff Merkley visited Tillamook for a town hall on January 14, 2023, fielding questions from a crowd of around 50 citizens who gathered in the Tillamook High School Cafeteria. Merkley discussed a wide variety of topics and struck an optimistic tone about the possibility for bipartisan efforts in the
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Oregon lawmakers announced Tuesday that the U.S. Treasury is providing the state with more than $3 million in rental assistance funding. More than $2 million will go to Oregon Housing and Community Services while over $1 million was given to the City of Portland. “This funding
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
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.
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
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
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
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