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Commissioners OK agreement with Central Point for shared facility on Expo grounds
Jackson County commissioners on Wednesday approved an intergovernmental agreement with the city of Central Point that allows for the shared use of a planned 120,000-square-foot multi-use pandemic response center on The Expo grounds. The contract will come with an estimated $859,057 in annual revenue to the county — paid through...
Oregon, Washington’s I-5 bridge replacement project gets $1.5B in new federal money
PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - The U.S. Department of Transportation on Friday released $1.5 billion to help replace the Interstate 5 bridge between Oregon and Washington. This brings the total federal investment in the project to $2.1 billion. Washington Senators Murray and Cantwell, with Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez announced the new...
A secured five-year commitment to state’s western wildfire response is announced
Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and U.S. Representative Val Hoyle—along with U.S. Senator Ron Wyden and U.S. Representatives Earl Blumenauer, Suzanne Bonamici, Andrea Salinas, and Lori Chavez-DeRemer—and Oregon Governor Tina Kotek announce today the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF), and Forest Protective Agencies (FPAs) reached a renewed five-year commitment to the Western Oregon Operating Plan (WOOP). The WOOP serves as the long-term agreement that governs fire response for the BLM, ODF, and FPAs all over western Oregon. As the previous...
Death Toll Rises: 28 Dead from Extreme Heat Across US, Mainly in California
WFCN — The Washington Post reported on Wednesday that as a heat wave spreads throughout most of the country, about 30 people have already perished from the excessive heat. Extreme heat continued into the next day in Southern California, with highs in the triple digits predicted. Michelle Jorden, chief medical examiner for Santa Clara County, predicted that the heat wave will last until the weekend.
NW Natural once again misses its own targets to offset emissions with renewable natural gas
Oregon’s largest gas utility has missed its own goal for acquiring renewable natural gas to offset its carbon emissions for a second year in a row. NW Natural, a Northwest gas utility that serves more than 2.5 million people, recently submitted its Renewable Natural Gas Compliance report. It showed the company acquired just 0.91% of its […] The post NW Natural once again misses its own targets to offset emissions with renewable natural gas appeared first on Oregon Capital Chronicle.
Tribal leaders on the coast call for action to return sea otters to Oregon
Leaders of two federally recognized Oregon coastal Indian tribes have called upon U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland to “take all appropriate actions” to direct the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) to return sea otters — known to tribal ancestors as Xulh-t’ush, Giye’we, or Ela-ke’ — to the Oregon coast within the next five years. The Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians (CTCLUSI) and the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians (CTSI) have sent letters to Haaland. In the letters, Bradley...
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