WASHINGTON, D.C. — 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 ...
MEDFORD, Ore. – The Ashland City Council has approved up to $75 million in bonds to finance a new water treatment plant but a petition by concerned residents is against the considerably large price tag. The city’s current water treatment ...
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. — The Klamath Tribes recently received 2 separate grants totaling over $250,000 dollars. They’re coming to the tribes from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. One of the grants will invest $99,992 into purchasing and installing a solar-powered ...
MEDFORD, Ore.– The devastation of this years fire season has caused a lot of heartache and the loss of millions of dollars in property. However, a representative from the Oregon wildfire recovery task force is saying several jobs are being created ...
JACKSON CO., Ore.– Jackson County is giving an update on the Almeda fire cleanup tonight. The county said contractors from the environmental protection agency say up to ninety percent of the household hazardous waste, has been removed from the burn site. ...
JACKSON COUNTY, Ore. — Crews with the Environmental Protection Agency will soon begin the cleanup process for the Almeda Fire. Starting Wednesday, EPA crews will set up an office, storage trailers, wash stations and collection areas at Boise Cascade in ...
ASHLAND, Ore.– Plans that have been going on for years to decontaminate and cleanup an old railroad lot in Ashland have been stalled again after recent EPA standards were changed. What was once a locomotive maintenance facility for the city between ...
Klamath Falls, Ore. – A major tree removal project is underway at an asbestos contaminated subdivision in Klamath Falls. North Ridge Estates home owner Dennis Bailey says loggers began cutting trees earlier this week. “My reaction is, it starts – ...
Medford, Ore. – Drinking water has been shut off at two Medford schools after tests showed elevated lead levels at a “majority” of water fixtures. The Medford School District said water fixtures that were tested at Jackson and Roosevelt Elementary ...
UPDATE: Water samples taken from a home on Oakdale Avenue where a lead pigtail was found last month show lead levels that exceed the EPA’s action level of 15 ppb (parts per billion). The results were given to the affected ...