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USDA grant will help remake Heppner apartments

The Mountain Glen Apartments in Heppner are getting a complete makeover thanks to a $7.2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to support affordable housing in four rural counties. The money will support a project by Glenhaven Park LLC to purchase four aging low-income apartment complexes, including Mountain

Oregon company set to become a rare domestic N95 mask maker

Eight months and at least $8 million after it began an improbable journey, a Portland-area packaging manufacturer is on the precipice of becoming one of a handful of companies making highly regulated N95 masks in the U.S. “We led with our hearts and not our heads on this venture,” D6

Dayville awarded $472,000 for community hall

The city of Dayville received $472,000 in grants to improve and repair its 100-year-old community hall. U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development announced Oct. 13 that Dayville was awarded $300,000 in Community Facility Disaster Grants and $172,000 in Community Facilities Direct Loans and Grants to renovate the community hall. “The

Hillsboro company gets $70 million federal contract for air tankers to fight wildfires

WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., said Tuesday that Hillsboro-based Erickson Aero Tanker has earned a $70.5 million federal contract for next-generation large air tanker services to support wildland firefighting in Oregon and nationwide. “The blazes that devastated so much of Oregon this year unfortunately provide

NUMBER OF WOMEN ALLEGING MISCONDUCT BY ICE GYNECOLOGIST NEARLY TRIPLES

AT LEAST 17 women treated by a doctor alleged to have performed unnecessary or overly aggressive gynecological procedures without proper informed consent remain in detention at Irwin County Detention Center, a privately run facility in Georgia housing U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement detainees, according to a briefing and written materials submitted

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