Merkley Monthly: Making major investments in the Port of Coos Bay
The Coos Bay World Transforming the Oregon International Port of Coos Bay into the first fully ship-to-rail port facility on the West Coast is a huge opportunity for Oregon and our coastal communities. This project will create good-paying union jobs and permanent local jobs, increase West Coast port capacity by
Three Americans have been freed from prisons in China
NPR The Biden administration says the prisoners were all wrongfully held and that they are being reunited with their families for the first time in many years. They appear to be part of a prisoner swap. ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Three Americans have been freed from prisons in China. The Biden
Wyden, Merkley Announce Nearly $1.2 Million for Ecosystem Restoration in Oregon; National Fish and Wildlife Foundation award will benefit residents and projects along Tillamook River
Tillamook County Pioneer Washington D.C.—U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today announced a federal investment of $1.18 million for the Tillamook Estuaries Partnership to help fix the Burton-Fraser Road along the Tillamook River that is limiting fish passage. “Letting our infrastructure crumble over time to a point where it
Merkley on wildfires: ‘People lost everything. Everything’
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — As wildfires continue to rage throughout Oregon, Senator Jeff Merkley said the federal designation of the state as a major disaster will help in a variety of ways, including money, and he’s working to get more National Guard firefighters on the ground. In a Zoom interview
Wyden, Merkley: Oregon to Get $5 Million Emergency Transportation Grant for Wildfire Response
U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today announced that Oregon is receiving an emergency $5 million federal grant to help with the repair and reconstruction of highways and roads on federal lands affected by the wildfires. “The wildfires devastating our state have left a wide trail of destruction that
The West Coast Fires Are ‘Apocalyptic,’ And It’s Going to Take Years to Recover
At least 31 people have been confirmed dead and hundreds of thousands have been evacuated after wildfires continued to ravage California, Oregon, and Washington this weekend, as one top Oregon official said on Friday said the state was preparing for a “mass fatality event.” Roughly 3,000 firefighting personnel from 27
Will we ever see a second stimulus bill? Lawmakers say something should be done
PORTLAND, Ore. — Will Congress pass another COVID-19 relief bill? Lawmakers seem intent on doing so, but Americans have been left wondering if they’ll ever see it. The latest attempt, a paired down relief bill proposed by Senate Republicans, failed at the end of last week. It’s unclear if and when another
Oregon’s delegation urges feds to declare fires’ smoke public health emergency
WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, along with Reps. Peter DeFazio, Earl Blumenauer, Suzanne Bonamici, Kurt Schrader and Greg Walden, on Monday urged Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar to declare the wildfires in Oregon a public health emergency. They said such a move better equips
‘I could never have envisioned this’: At least 35 dead as nearly 100 wildfires continue to rage across 12 Western states
SPRINGFIELD, Ore. — Lindsie and Brittany Cline didn’t wait for an evacuation notice before fleeing their home just outside Blue River, Oregon. The Clines lost power. Then they saw an ominous orange glow in the sky. “I knew pulling out of the driveway I wasn’t ever going to see anything in that
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