U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, and Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, introduced legislation Thursday intended to provide financial security for rural counties that have been hit hard by decreased federal timber harvests.
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HOUSTON — George H.W. Bush, a patrician New Englander whose presidency soared with the coalition victory over Iraq in Kuwait, but then plummeted in the throes of a weak economy that led voters to turn him out of office after a single term, has died. He was 94.
U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, introduced the Wildfire-Resilient Communities Act last week. The bill aims to reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfires, along with the smoke and economic losses those fires cause.
U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio said Tuesday he’s working in the most partisan, divided Congress he’s served in since he joined the House in 1987.
U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Springfield, will hold a town hall meeting at 5:15 Tuesday at Roseburg City Hall, 900 SE Douglas Ave.
U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Springfield, will hold two town hall meetings in Douglas County in August.
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Give President Donald Trump a chance.
U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley said the Republican-led Senate focused on all the wrong things in 2017, prioritizing what people in power want over the needs of the working class.
U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Springfield, is feeling optimistic about the changes at the Roseburg Veterans Affairs Medical Center. It’s like night and day, he said, over what it was just a few months ago.
Douglas County will join the rest of the nation in honoring the men and women who died serving their country with a variety of activities in several locations.
U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, will hold a town hall meeting at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Elkton High School gym at 739 River Drive.
Congress passed the Oregon Tribal Economic Development Act Wednesday. It will allow Oregon tribes including the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians to buy and sell their private lands just as other Americans do.
U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio Wednesday called for reforms and stronger oversight of veterans hospitals in testimony before the House Committee on Veterans Affairs.
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As an on-again, off-again resident of the Big Island of Hawaii, Roseburg native Ryan Finlay is no stranger to the destruction caused by the Kilauea volcano.
Street signs pepper front lawns and roadsides, while radio ads fill the airwaves. And all of it costs money.
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It seems hell hath no fury like a Republican candidate accused of being soft on Second Amendment rights.
Registered Republicans will choose from a crowded field of five candidates in the May primary for the Fourth Congressional District. Democrats will choose between longtime incumbent Peter DeFazio of Springfield and political newcomer Daniel Arcangel of Monmouth. The winners of each primary r…
U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, will hold a town hall meeting at 4 p.m. May 4 at Reedsport Community Charter School, Pacific Auditorium, 2260 Longwood Drive.
