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Margaret Hoffman has been pointed state director for USDA’s Rural Development in Oregon. The announcement by the Biden Administration was one of several regional appointments, including those for FSA in five states. “A year into this administration, we continue to build an experienced team in our state offices,” said Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. “I have full con ...

On Tuesday, Oregon Governor Kate Brown announced the appointment of two new members to the State Board of Agriculture. Miguel Lopez, owner of Red Dirt Vineyard Management Company in Carlton, and Eric Orem owner/operator of a diversified dryland wheat, hay, and cattle farming operation in Heppner, will each serve four-year terms effective immediately ...

Last week, Oregon Governor Kate Brown announced the appointment of Doug Grafe as Wildfire Programs Director. In this position, created through Senate Bill 762, Grafe will serve as the principal advisor to the Governor on wildfire prevention and will oversee coordinating activities of the involved state agencies and other entities ...

Oregon’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced Monday the adoption of emergency rules intended to protect workers from wildfire smoke and shield workers living in labor housing from extreme heat. The new rules go in effect Monday August 9th and run for six months. A ...

On Monday, the USDA announced plans to invest $15 million for a new drought pilot to help farmers and growers impacted by worsening drought conditions in the Klamath River Basin. The Department said the funds will help producers in both Oregon and California ...

On Wednesday, Governor Kate Brown issued an executive order directing state agencies to stop watering the lawns and washing the windows at their offices and facilities amid an ongoing drought emergency. The order also orders state agencies to stop running fountains that don’t recirculate water, bans the planting of new landscaping that requires irrigation and urged state employees to conserve wat

At the start of every hurricane season, which runs June 1st to the end of November, the President receives a briefing of what to expect and what precautions should be taken. "And when I received that briefing this year I asked for a second briefing that does the same thing, but now we're doing it about wildfire season ...

Republican lawmakers from Washington and Oregon have expressed their frustration over conversations focused on a proposal to breach the four lower Snake River dams. Washington’s Cathy McMorris Rodgers and Dan Newhouse as well as Cliff Bentz issued a joint statement Wednesday after learning that the office of Idaho Representative Mike Simpson has been communicating with the office of Oregon Govern

Last week, Oregon Governor Kate Brown went before the Joint Subcommittee on Transportation and Economic Development, urging lawmakers to support her call for investments to expand broadband access statewide. Brown has proposed an $118 million investment, with a focus on providing broadband access to underserved communities that, she says, have been disproportionately impacted during the pandemic

According to the Oregon Liquor Control Commission, recreational-cannabis sales dramatically jumped last year. Citing the coronavirus lockdowns and protests for racial justice, OLCC says 2020 was a record year of business for the state’s marijuana industry. Tot ...