WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., along with Reps. Peter DeFazio, Earl Blumenauer, Suzanne Bonamici and Kurt Schrader said Monday that 31 Oregon counties will receive about $39.3 million in Secure Rural Schools payments for schools, roads, law enforcement and other essential services. These payments to
Oregon’s U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley announced March 19 that nine Oregon tribes will receive more than $10.5 million in affordable housing grants under the recently passed American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 to help with the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. Warm Springs Confederated Tribes will receive
Eugene’s Crisis Assistance Helping Out On The Streets program has caught the attention of city planners across the nation in recent years, and the model could be expanding nationwide soon. Oregon’s U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley are co-sponsoring a bill with seven other democratic senators which would allocate
As a way to recognize the community service work done locally by the staff of Four Rivers Cultural Center during the COVID-19 pandemic in helping vulnerable members of the community, an American flag was flown over the U.S. Capitol. The flag, along with a certificate was presented to the Center,
VALE – Funds from the $1.9 trillion Covid relief bill recently approved by the Congress will trickle down to small towns in places like Malheur County, help get small business back on track and students back into classrooms, U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley said Wednesday. Merkley delivered his remarks and answered
WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., announced Wednesday that $84 million in federal funding provided by the American Rescue Plan, which the senators helped pass on March 6, is headed to 30 health centers throughout Oregon to expand access to the coronavirus vaccine. “I am deeply grateful to the
U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley announced last Tuesday the Oregon town of Powers has secured a $30,000 federal grant to help that Coos County community plan the development of a stormwater system to replace its inadequate system of open channels, ditches, culverts and pipelines. “Oregonians living and working
UNION COUNTY — Union County will receive $5.2 million from the federal COVID-19 aid bill President Joe Biden recently signed. Shelley Burgess, Union County’s administrative officer, said that is at least twice as much as the county received in CARES funding from the federal government in 2020. Oregon U.S. Sen.
Legislation that could unlock millions of dollars to upgrade and improve the water delivery system on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation has passed a significant hurdle in the U.S. Senate. On Wednesday the Senate’s Committee on Indian Affairs passed the Western Tribal Water Infrastructure Act, legislation introduced by Sens. Ron
Oregon’s U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley said last week that nine Oregon tribes will receive more than $10.5 million in affordable housing grants under the recently passed American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 to help with the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. “Tribes in Oregon have been rocked
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