Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., introduced new legislation Tuesday to incentivize utility companies to do more to reduce wildfire risks as aging power infrastructure ignite wildfires in Oregon and across the West. Wyden and Merkley said their Wildfire Resilient Power Grid Act of 2020 would ensure power companies do their part to reduce the
U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley announced Nov. 19 that the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs will receive a $350,000 federal grant to buy two transit vehicles that will provide service to work, schools, health care and other services. “The economic impact from COVID-19 has landed hard on Oregon’s
Fine white ash fell like snow on Zenith Vineyard in Oregon’s Willamette Valley as the Beachie Creek Fire roared 30 miles away, one of several large blazes shrouding the region in a thick blanket of smoke. For 10 days, Sept. 7-18, smoke-laden skies lingered around the Eola-Amity Hills west of
Members of Oregon’s congressional delegation are calling on the U.S. Coast Guard to double the number of new fast response cutters at North Tongue Point. The Coast Guard chose Astoria over Newport for two of the 154-foot cutters, meant to replace the 1980s-era patrol boats nearing the end of service
The Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs will receive a $350,000 federal grant to replace two aging transit vehicles. The grant comes from the U.S. Department of Transportation, and will help Warm Springs residents reach schools, health care, work and other places outside the sprawling reservation, according to a press release
Oregon’s entire congressional delegation is urging the Federal Emergency Management Agency to assume 100 percent of the cost share for debris removal and emergency protective measures from the wildfires that ripped through the state this year. A letter from Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, and House members Peter DeFazio,
Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley joined other senators in urging national agencies to increase ultra-cold storage across the United States to prevent supply shortages of a coronavirus vaccine. Sen. Merkley and 11 other Senate Democrats wrote a letter to the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for
An agreement announced Tuesday paves the way for the largest dam demolition in U.S. history, a project that promises to reopen hundreds of miles of waterway along the Oregon-California border to salmon that are critical to tribes but have dwindled to almost nothing in recent years. If approved, the deal
Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, will discuss world health issues and answer questions on the subject in a virtual forum at 1 p.m. Wednesday. “Global Health in the Time of COVID-19 is co-hosted by the Global Fund for Public Health, Oregon State University, the University of Oregon, Global PDX and Global
In a joint press release from their offices on Nov. 5, Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, U.S. senators for Oregon, announced a new federal investment in local agriculture businesses. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Development program allocated more than $3.2 million to 15 agricultural producers in Oregon, including one
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