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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...

Los senadores occidentales buscan una extensión de 10 años de los fondos del condado

WASHINGTON – A bipartisan group of Western senators introduced legislation Monday that would provide long-term financial security for rural counties through a 10-year extension of a program that makes payments to local governments for the large acreage of non-taxable federal lands within their jurisdictions. The legislation introduced by U.S. Senators Ron Wyden,

Oregon lawmakers question EPA’s pesticide rule changes

Lawmakers from Oregon took a stand earlier this week for pollinators. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, as well Reps. Peter DeFazio, Earl Blumenauer and Suzanne Bonamici, expressed concerns over the recent decision of the Environmental Protection Agency to approve new uses and lift restrictions for sulfoxaflor. Sulfoxaflor, also marketed

Federal funding now available following winter storms

PORTLAND — Umatilla County is one of nine rural counties eligible to apply for grant funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture following severe winter storms that took place earlier this year, which may have caused extensive damage to different areas. The funding, totaling $150 million, comes from a $19.1

SENADORES ANUNCIAN AYUDA DE EMERGENCIA PARA PRODUCTORES DE VINO Y AVELLANAS

Oregon’s U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley announced on Wednesday that millions of dollars appropriated in the bi-partisan disaster relief package this summer, is now available for Oregon wine and hazelnut growers. Merkley said the bill included significant support for producers across the west who were affected by wildfires,

Update: Curry County to receive fed disaster funds

The Pilot first reported in July that Curry County and eight other Oregon counties impacted by severe storms have qualified for federal financial assistance. On Thursday, Sept. 12, Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced that $150 million is now available to help the rural communities recover from

El programa de ayuda se dirige a los productores agrícolas afectados por el humo

SALEM, Ore. – Oregon vintners who were impacted by the wildfires last year may get some relief. U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced Wednesday that money has been earmarked in the federal disaster relief package for agricultural producers impacted by natural disasters and weather. It includes an estimated

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