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Astoria-based WCT Marine & Construction, one of the few remaining shipwrights in the region, has secured a $573,000 federal grant to build a self-contained outside work area at North Tongue Point.
Washington, D.C. – As the 2020 wildfire season rapidly approaches, Oregon's U.S.
Arranging for a shipment of more than 12,000 N95 respirator face masks, in the middle of a pandemic, sounds next to impossible. But a tenacious Oregon nonprofit with connections in China pulled it off, and now medical personnel at five hospitals will be better protected in the ongoing battle against COVID-19.
On Thursday morning, the Small Business Administration's (SBA) small business relief fund, otherwise known as the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), officially ran out of money.
EUGENE, Ore. -- Financial help could soon be on its way for child care workers in the form of $50 billion.
Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, Sen. Jeff Merkley, and Sen. Ron Wyden called on leadership in the U.S. House of Representatives to provide $50 billion to support the already-struggling child care sector in the next coronavirus pandemic response package.
Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, along with U.S. Representatives Peter DeFazio, Earl Blumenauer, Greg Walden, Kurt Schrader, and Suzanne Bonamici, have announced that 3,454 hospitals in Oregon will receive a total of $291 million in funding to enhance their coronavirus response efforts.
PORTLAND, Ore. — Some business owners in Oregon say they're having trouble accessing federal aid through the Payment Protection Program.
U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Oregon, told KATU News the $350 billion set aside for the Payment Protection Program is likely not enough.
Oregon's congressional delegation sent a letter Wednesday to President Trump in support of Gov. Kate Brown's request for federal support to mobilize up to 1,250 members of the Oregon National Guard in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.