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 announces expansion of online food assistance pilot program to Oregon
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley announced Tuesday the expansion of a pilot program that will allow Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients in Oregon to use their benefits to purchase food online from Amazon and Walmart. The program is administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food and
Oregon scrambling to secure funding for COVID-19 response
While new infection cases emerge in Oregon, state officials say they need an additional $1.5 million to trace contacts of those found infected with the new coronavirus and more staffing, according to state documents obtained Friday. They also say they need an estimated $2.5 million to help local health departments
MERKLEY ANNOUNCES REINSTATEMENT OF CHILD FOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley has announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture will once again administer what he called “a critical program”, that has helped fight hunger among children in Oregon, during summer months. Merkley said every child in Oregon “deserves nutritious meals all year long”. He said when
Merkley visits Woodburn
Just before he wrapped up his Marion County Town Hall on Saturday in Woodburn, U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley gestured to the words beneath the mural of an American flag in the Valor Middle School commons. “I’m looking at the flag at the other end: United We Stand,” Merkley related. “How
After deadly floods in Umatilla County, community meeting scheduled
PENDLETON, Ore. – A community meeting is set to convene in Pendleton on Tuesday to help people and businesses impacted by February’s deadly flooding in Umatilla County. Anyone who was affected by the floods is invited to attend the event, scheduled to take place from 5 to 7:30 p.m. at the
Wyden, Merkley back road work
Oregon’s two U.S. senators have endorsed a plan to rebuild a road through Baker City’s watershed as part of a logging project designed to reduce the risk of wildfire in the 10,000-acre area in the Elkhorn Mountains about 10 miles west of town. In a letter to Forest Service Chief