GATES – The senators had barely gotten out of their cars before being peppered with questions about why the electricity wasn’t shut off. There were many questions asked of U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley in their tours of wildfire damage in Gates and Mill City on Saturday afternoon,
Oregon’s senators met Saturday with evacuees from the Holiday Farm Fire, pledging after hearing their stories that the state’s rural communities won’t be forgotten. U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley met with some of the fire’s victims at the Lane County Events Center, which is serving as a resource center
Oregon politicians are moving to make state-legal cannabis businesses eligible for federal disaster relief. At least seven licensed adult-use cannabis businesses in the state were destroyed in this month’s wildfires. Others were damaged and are facing continuing disruption. The businesses are not eligible for federal assistance because THC cannabis (generally referred to as
WARM SPRINGS, Ore. (KTVZ) — In Warm Springs, 58-year-old Tina Spino has been missing since July. Warm Springs Police Chief Bill Elliot explained Thursday the efforts that his team takes in cases like hers, and why they are pleased Congress has approved a measure that could help bring successful resolution
WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., along with 32 Senate Democratic colleagues, introduced legislation Thursday to prohibit federal law enforcement officers from wearing camouflage patterns in the U.S. in most cases, since they can easily be confused for military personnel or even extremist para-military groups when
Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley released the following statement after a grand jury returned its announcement regarding the killing of Breonna Taylor in Louisville, Kentucky: “Breonna Taylor should be alive today. She’s dead. She’s dead because of a fundamentally racist system that cheapens her life and the lives of all
Klickitat County and the Port of Hood River have received a $5 million grant award from the federal BUILD (“Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development”) Transportation Discretionary Grant program to fund Phase 2 of the ongoing effort to replace the Hood River-White Salmon Interstate Bridge. The $5 million grant will
Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden issued a press release on September 15 highlighting the need for FCC Chairman Ajit Pai to improve access to technology on Native lands: “U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley are calling on federal officials to expedite broadband connectivity to Native communities to improve access to telemedicine, online
WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, along with Reps. Peter DeFazio, Earl Blumenauer, Kurt Schrader, and Suzanne Bonamici, all D-Ore., are pressing the Federal Emergency Management Agency to deploy robust transitional housing options to ensure affordable, stable housing as communities begin to rebuild in the wake of
Greg Walden Statement on House Passage of Bill to ify Fraudulent Warm Springs Treaty Bill would ify the underhanded 1865 agreement and reinforce the validity of the 1855 treaty WASHINGTON, D.C. –Today, Representative Greg Walden (R-Hood River) released the following statement after the House passed the 1865 Treaty ification Act. The legislation, for which Walden introduced companion legislation in the House in
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