Reedsport saves big money on levee deal
REEDSPORT The city of Reedsport has partnered with the U.S. Forest Service to get its flood levees inspected and certified by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Not only will the move save the city tens of thousands of dollars, it will prevent resid...
 3.4K - Oct. 19, 2009; scored 118.0 Sen. Merkley invites people to call him
At town hall meetings over the last few months, health care has consistently been a huge concern among Oregonians. I spoke with folks who were a pink slip away from losing their health care coverage and worried their insurance companies would drop th...
1.4K - Sep. 29, 2009; scored 475.0 NE Portland post office to be renamed
PORTLAND (AP) The U.S. House this week approved a bill to rename a northeast Portland post office for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Congressman Earl Blumenauer sponsored the bill that resulted from an effort led by Portland letter carriers Isham Harri...
0.4K - Sep. 24, 2009; scored 118.0 Stimulus funds local forest projects
Oregon will receive more than $17 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to protect forests on the South Coast and in Southern, Central and Eastern Oregon from wildfires, invasive species and disease outbreaks. The funding w...
1.1K - Sep. 10, 2009; scored 118.0 Port seeks federal funds
The Port of Bandon would like to redevelop its marina and is seeking $3.5 million in federal funds to do it. Port staff filed two applications with the feds earlier this year, hoping to win an appropriation in 2010. Senators (Ron) Wyden and ...
1.0K - Aug. 15, 2009; scored 118.0 Isaacs takes over environmental group
SALEM (AP) The Oregon League of Conservation Voters has named a new director. Jon Isaacs takes over in October from Jonathan Poisner, who announced his resignation in April. Isaacs managed Sen. Jeff Merkley s election campaign, and has since been s...
0.4K - Aug. 12, 2009; scored 118.0 Sheriff nabs committee post
Coos County Sheriff Andy Jackson is helping Oregon s senators recommend candidates for the state s U.S. Attorney and U.S. Marshal positions. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley have appointed 13 people to interview candidates for the federal posts, incl...
1.7K - Aug. 1, 2009; scored 118.0 Cheers and Jeers
Fish on! Fish-flippin cheers to the Coos and Coquille watershed associations for years of restoration work in our rivers. Thanks to you and salmon-minded landowners, a big run of coho is headed our way. Where are Mom and Pop? Jeers to parents who do...
1.8K - Jun. 13, 2009; scored 118.0 Where's the change we voted for?
What national referendum made Democratic Party senators Max Baucus, Ben Nelson, Mary Landrieu, Blanche Lincoln, Evan Bayh, Kent Conrad, Bill Nelson, and Arlen Specter the policy-deciders of this country? Rejecting nearly 30 years of disastrous conser...
1.5K - Jun. 12, 2009; scored 118.0 Senate bill takes aim at 'tobacco candy'
WASHINGTON (AP) - They're the newest smoke-free tobacco products - dissolvable pellets or strips that don't require users to chew or even spit. Sold in shiny plastic cases, the products melt in your mouth like breath mints. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Comp...
3.8K - Jun. 11, 2009; scored 196.0 Mr. Merkley comes from Washington
COOS BAY - As Oregon's junior U.S. senator, Jeff Merkley sees himself playing a supporting role alongside fellow Senate Democrat Ron Wyden. He's pushing Wyden's plan to restructure the country's health care plan and wants to do what he can to keep ti...
3.6K - May. 29, 2009; scored 1000.0 Merkley to hold town hall meetings
U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley will hold town hall meetings next week on the South Coast. Coos Bay: 9:30 a.m., Thursday, May 28, at Coos Bay Public Library, 525 W. Anderson St. Gold Beach: 2:30 p.m., Thursday, May 28, at the Gold Beach City Hall Council Cham...
0.4K - May. 20, 2009; scored 475.0 Wyden, Merkley support guns in parks
PORTLAND (AP) - Oregon Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley are among the Democrats who supported an amendment that would allow people to carry loaded guns in national parks and wildlife refuges. Republican Sen. Tom Coburn of Oklahoma sponsored the measu...
0.4K - May. 13, 2009; scored 475.0 Keep timber on lawmakers' minds
The sad truth is, Oregon lacks the political power to keep federal timber money coming. So Oregon's freshman senator is doing what politicians do when they can't do anything. He's proposing a task force. It may seems like a limp strategy, but it may ...
2.0K - Apr. 29, 2009; scored 544.0 Stimulus money to help Oregon wildlife projects
PORTLAND (AP) - Oregon will get almost $8.8 million out of $280 million in federal stimulus funds for national wildlife refuges and fish hatcheries across the country. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar says the money will create jobs, ...
1.0K - Apr. 28, 2009; scored 475.0 Merkley pushes aid for counties
WASHINGTON - Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley introduced his first piece of legislation Monday - a measure to create a 15-member task force to study ways to help timber-dependent counties in Oregon. Merkley, who took office in January, had promised durin...
3.6K - Apr. 28, 2009; scored 734.0 Stimulus funds target forests
Oregon's U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley announced Tuesday that Oregon will get more than $120 million in stimulus funds for Forest Service projects. The allocation will send millions of dollars to projects in Coos and Curry countie...
1.7K - Apr. 22, 2009; scored 475.0 Navy proposal debate has just begun
Oregon's U.S. senators struck the right tone in last week's letter to the U.S. Navy. They expressed concern, not hysteria, about expanding the Navy's offshore training range. Rather than condemn the proposal, they asked for further consideration and ...
1.9K - Apr. 14, 2009; scored 118.0 Senators contest coastal Navy operations
Two Oregon senators are challenging the U.S. Navy's plans to double its training operations off the Oregon Coast. The Democrats, Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, sent a letter to the Navy this week saying they are concerned the training might damage the e...
1.8K - Apr. 10, 2009; scored 475.0 NB airport benefits from stimulus bill
Southwest Oregon Regional Airport will get a boost a $1 million jump start thanks to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. It also means more jobs will be created for up to four months. Oregon Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, D-Or...
1.1K - Mar. 21, 2009; scored 118.0 | 
