Merkley Monthly: Realizando importantes inversiones en el puerto de Coos Bay
El Mundo de Coos Bay. Transformar el Puerto Internacional de Coos Bay, Oregón, en la primera instalación portuaria totalmente conectada con el ferrocarril en la Costa Oeste representa una gran oportunidad para Oregón y nuestras comunidades costeras. Este proyecto creará empleos sindicalizados bien remunerados y empleos locales permanentes, y aumentará la capacidad portuaria de la Costa Oeste en...
Tres estadounidenses fueron liberados de prisiones en China
NPR. El gobierno de Biden afirma que todos los prisioneros fueron detenidos injustamente y que se están reuniendo con sus familias por primera vez en muchos años. Parecen ser parte de un intercambio de prisioneros. ARI SHAPIRO, PRESENTADOR: Tres estadounidenses han sido liberados de prisiones en China. El gobierno de Biden...
Wyden y Merkley anuncian casi 1 millón de dólares para la restauración del ecosistema en Oregón; el premio de la Fundación Nacional de Pesca y Vida Silvestre beneficiará a los residentes y proyectos a lo largo del río Tillamook.
Pionero del condado de Tillamook, Washington DC—Los senadores estadounidenses Ron Wyden y Jeff Merkley anunciaron hoy una inversión federal de $1.18 millones para la Asociación de Estuarios de Tillamook con el fin de ayudar a reparar la carretera Burton-Fraser a lo largo del río Tillamook, que limita el paso de peces. "Dejar que nuestra infraestructura se desmorone con el tiempo hasta un punto en que...
Rescue Plan allots $1.06 million housing grant to Warm Springs
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
CAHOOTS Act could help US cities create mobile crisis response programs
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
Flag flown at U.S. Capitol honors Four Rivers Cultural Center for community service during pandemic
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,
U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley talks Covid relief, answers questions during Malheur County town hall
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
Mosaic Medical, La Pine Health Center share in federal vaccine funding
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
Powers secures $30,000 grant for stormwater system improvements
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
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