***WATCH: Senator Murray’s opening remarks*** Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, delivered the following opening remarks as the committee meets to consider draft fiscal year 2026 Commerce, Justice, Science, […]
During a potentially dire PNW wildfire season, Trump’s Office of Management and Budget claims they are still “evaluating” resources already set aside for the region; Funding being withheld could be spent NOW on firefighting training […]
On Tuesday, July 8, Audrey DeWittie, Regional Mitigation and Recovery Coordinator with the Oregon Department of Emergency Management (OEM), joined Sheridan McClellan, Emergency Manager at the Wasco County Sheriff’s Office, and representatives from the U.S. […]
SALEM, Ore. — The Oregon Department of Emergency Management (OEM) is proud to celebrate August 2025 as the first-ever National Emergency Management Awareness Month, a time to recognize and elevate the critical work emergency managers do across […]
by Tom Banse, Washington State StandardJuly 10, 2025 Washington’s first plug-in ferry will begin shuttling cars and passengers across Puget Sound by the end of next week. Gov. Bob Ferguson made the announcement Thursday during […]
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