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Warm Springs radio station KWSO gets nearly $160,000 infusion from FEMA

Central Oregon Daily A community radio station owned and operated by the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs is getting a financial infusion from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. FEMA is granting $158,749 to KWSO-FM. This will be used to upgrade the station’s broadcast transmissions and warning systems, which are needed

Oregon leaders call on U.S. government for help, flexibility to help ranchers

Oregon Capital Chronicle The wildfires this season have scorched a record 1.5 million acres, forcing ranchers to move their cattle as flames approached while also fighting fires to save their homes This summer’s historic wildfires in Oregon have taken a toll on ranchers and their more than a million cows and

HP gets $50 million in federal money to expand Oregon campus

Statesman Journal Oregon’s Hewlett-Packard campus in Corvallis will receive $50 million from the federal government under the CHIPS and Science Act. Gov. Tina Kotek, U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden, Jeff Merkley, U.S Reps. Suzanne Bonamici, Val Hoyle, Oregon State University President Jayathi Murthy and White House CHIPS Implementation Coordinator Ryan Harper

Senators ask NBA about Rwanda relationship

ESPN Two U.S. senators sent a letter Tuesday to NBA commissioner Adam Silver accusing the league of “putting profit over principle,” in response to an ESPN story that detailed the NBA’s extensive relationship with Rwandan dictator Paul Kagame. The bipartisan letter, signed by Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.),

Oregon Sen. Merkley raises concerns over reported NBA ties to Rwandan dictatorship

KOIN Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley sent a letter to National Basketball Association Commissioner Adam Silver on Tuesday, raising concerns over the organization’s reported ties to dictators. In the letter, which was obtained by KOIN 6 News, Sen. Merkley and Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) expressed “deep concern” over the NBA’s growing

Senators demand action from USDA over disruptions to tribal food program

Tribal Business News A bipartisan group of senators have voiced concerns to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack about disruptions to a federal program that provides essential food deliveries to income-eligible Native American households.  For the past few months, tribal families have experienced extreme disruptions in food deliveries under the Food Distribution Program on

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