Tag Archives: Federal Money

Feds send $15M to Warm Springs highway safety projects

Additional infrastructure money will go to projects in Portland and Salem. Federal lawmakers announced nearly $43 million in funding Tuesday for transportation infrastructure headed to Warm Springs, Salem and Portland, with a third of the money aimed at reshaping a highway running through the Warm Springs Reservation. Source: Feds send $15M to Warm Springs highway […]
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Eastern Oregon school districts to receive rebates to buy electric school buses

Four Eastern Oregon school districts are beneficiaries of the Biden-Harris administration’s latest initiative aimed at improving air quality and student health. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Wednesday, May 29, an investment of more $22.6 million in the state’s education sector. The Pendleton School District is the largest recipient in Oregon, receiving $4.165 million in […]
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Oregon Dept. of Forestry announces historic funding boost for equity in urban and community forestry 

The Oregon Department of Forestry seeks to fund projects that improve urban and community forests in areas of Oregon that need it the most. ODF’s Urban and Community Forestry Program received $26.6 million from the Inflation Reduction Act through the U.S. Forest Service. Out of this, $10 million will be awarded to the nine Federally […]
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‘A better understanding’: SOU Chinese history project gets half a million dollars

Anthropology students to focus on gold rush period through early 20th century A Southern Oregon University Laboratory of Anthropology program that uncovers the history of Chinese immigrants in early, rural Oregon has received a federal award of nearly half a million dollars. The Oregon Chinese Diaspora Project will get $499,743 from a federal Labor, Health […]
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Jackson County getting $1.4M in Secure Rural Schools funding; Josephine getting $950K

Oregon counties will get a combined $47.7 million Secure Rural Schools funding for schools, roads and other municipal services — including roughly $1.4 million for Jackson County. The federal funds cover schools, road maintenance, youth job training, wildfire prevention measures and habitat restoration, and are administered through the U.S. Forest Service from the Secure Rural Schools […]
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As budget season begins, school districts on the North Coast tackle funding challenges

Pandemic-era federal stimulus funds expire in September. Confronted with enrollment declines and the end of federal stimulus money, school districts in Oregon and across the country are grappling with ways to balance budgets ahead of the new fiscal year. The Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund was a lifeline for many school districts during […]
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$90 million coming to Oregon for drinking water, wastewater infrastructure

Over $90 million in federal money is coming to Oregon to fund safe drinking water projects as well as to strengthen wastewater and storm water infrastructure. The announce came from Oregon U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden Friday. The state representatives say the funding, which is coming from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency or […]
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Merkley, Wyden announce millions coming to Eastern Oregon

Oregon U.S. Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced a list of funding for community-initiated projects across Oregon on Wednesday, March 27, including some in Umatilla and Morrow counties. The funding is for fiscal year 2024, according to a joint press release from the senators’ offices. A total of 139 projects received funding across the […]
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Warrenton to receive $1 million for culvert replacement project

Federal money directed at Hammond. The city will receive over $1 million in federal money toward its Iredale tide gate and culvert replacement project in Hammond. Source: Warrenton to receive $1 million for culvert replacement project | Local News | dailyastorian.com

Over $38 million in wildfire funding coming to Oregon

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is sending $38 million to Oregon to improve wildfire resilience, U.S. senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced today. Funding will go to projects in Central Oregon, the Klamath River Basin and Mount Hood Forest Health and Fire-Resistant Communities, the senators said in a news release. Source: Over $38 million […]
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