Central Oregon is receiving $28,668 to improve water efficiency. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., announced the money from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation will go to the Arnold Irrigation District. The funding is for the River Diversion Gate Automation and Flow Measurement project to modernize the Deschutes River main headgate and allow the district
JOSEPHINE COUNTY, Ore. – Rogue Community College is set to receive federal funds to create a new health training facility in Grants Pass. RCC said Oregon Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley helped get $3.61 million approved in Congress to create an “Allied Health” training center on the college’s Redwood
A $5 million allocation to TriMet to expand capacity at the Oregon City Transit Center was among the projects named to receive funds as part of the 2023 federal budget passed by Congress and signed by the president last month. “The redesign will double the bus capacity, provide reliable transit
On Friday, Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley announced that four Oregon School Districts will receive a combined nearly $20 million in competitive grants from the U.S. Department of Education to hire additional licensed mental health providers over the next five years. Wyden said, “students, teachers and counselors across Oregon
Nearly $2 million will be coming to Columbia County programs from the 2023 budget bill signed by President Joe Biden on Dec. 29, 2022. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici and Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley secured $1.85 million in funding via a congressional program to fund community projects in legislators’ districts.
Law360 (January 5, 2023, 6:39 PM EST) — Native American tribes in Oregon and California will have access to money held in federal trust for decades after President Joe Biden signed legislation repealing a termination era policy preventing the tribes from controlling the funds. The enactment, inked last month, allows
U.S. Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden supported Beaverton’s housing goals by setting aside $3 million for the Beaverton Homeless Shelter as part of the $1.7 trillion spending bill passed by Congress in late December. The future year-round shelter is set to become the first of its kind available to
Several local projects will receive boosts in funding from a $1.7 trillion omnibus federal spending package. Signed by President Joe Biden on Thursday, the bipartisan agreement will inject over $2 million into local development by Warrenton and Columbia Memorial Hospital in Astoria. A pedestrian corridor project that seeks to connect
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