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Wants state to fill gaps in federal relief package funding – not duplicate SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon Gov. Kate Brown said Thursday the state needs…
Continue ReadingWants state to fill gaps in federal relief package funding – not duplicate SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon Gov. Kate Brown said Thursday the state needs…
Continue ReadingThe latest info update from Central Oregon emergency officials include the locations of nine hand-washing stations around…
Continue ReadingSen. Ron Wyden said Thursday he plans to introduce a legislative fix that would make dependents 17 and older count toward what a family gets in…
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley on Thursday demanded better mobile internet service for low-income Americans impacted by the…
Continue ReadingSens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced Thursday that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is making over $32 million in grants…
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (KTVZ) —Â Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., released the following statement Thursday after weekly unemployment claims shot up to a…
Continue ReadingSEATT;E (KTVZ) — The Internal Revenue Service will begin to distribute COVID-19 Economic Impact Payments in a matter of weeks. For most Americans,…
Continue ReadingRep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., released an update on COVID-19 for Friday April…
Continue ReadingSALEM, Ore. (AP) — Cattle producers can apply to compete for access to federal grazing allotments that Oregon’s Hammond Ranches lost in a court…
Continue ReadingSen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., on Wednesday joined Sens. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., in urging Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia “to do…
Continue ReadingOregon’s congressional delegation sent a letter Wednesday to President Trump in support of Gov. Kate Brown’s request for federal support to…
Continue ReadingThe COVID-19 virus has claimed one more life in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 19, the Oregon Health Authority reported…
Continue ReadingTo reduce exposure and spread of COVID-19, Deschutes County commissioners on Wednesday banned short-term rental stays in the rural county until May…
Continue ReadingOregon Gov. Kate Brown on Wednesday issued an executive order placing a 90-day moratorium on commercial evictions for nonpayment, also strengthening…
Continue ReadingSecretary of the Interior David Bernhardt signed a final decision Wednesday to construct and maintain a system of up to 11,000 miles of strategically…
Continue ReadingSen. Ron Wyden joined group of 42 senators urging agencies to ensure all Social Security beneficiaries will receive virus relief assistance without…
Continue ReadingSouth County and Bend-area residents are invited to apply for two open seats on the Deschutes County Planning…
Continue ReadingA new resource will help eligible Oregon businesses pay for expenses tied to making their workplaces safer against the coronavirus and responding to…
Continue ReadingThe COVID-19 virus has claimed two more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 18, while 84 new cases brings the statewide total to…
Continue ReadingRep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., said Tuesday that as a result of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, Oregon will receive an additional $80…
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