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Free news: The Executive Order (EO) issued by the White House regarding childhood vaccine schedule recommendations does not change the WCHA’s position on evidenced-based vaccine guidance.
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Minoru “Min” Yasui, Japanese-American and Hood River native, is now featured in the “Power of Words” installation at the Obama Presidential Center Museum in Chicago.
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THE DALLES — Last week, representatives from Oregon Health Authority (OHA) and U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services visited the Columbia Gorge to learn more about local efforts to improve rural healthcare.
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A total of $40,000 will be evenly split between The Next Door, Inc., for ongoing youth and adult mental health supports, and to Gorge Mutual Aid, under the umbrella of Gorge Ecumenical Ministries, for daily needs like groceries and travel expenses.
Free news: Columbia Gorge Community College (CGCC) will again participate in the Metallica Scholars Initiative (MSI), created by the members and management of Metallica.
Free news: The newest Alaska Airlines Fallen Soldier Cart stopped by the Oregon Veterans Home on June 25 on its way from Seattle to the Salt Lake City airport, escorted by Patriot Guard Riders and various local law enforcement agencies.
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Free news: On June 25, Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley launched an investigation into the Trump Administration’s renovation of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool ahead of America’s 250th anniversary, which has so far reportedly cost American taxpayers more than $16 million.
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Free news: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) joined her Senate Democratic colleagues sending a letter to the United States Postal Service (USPS) demanding the USPS abandon attempts to restrict voting by mail called for in an unconstitutional executive order from President Trump.
Free news: The report shows that prices for 25 widely used drugs increased an average of 81% after market entry in the United States, while declining by an average of 13% across 19 comparable countries.
Free news: Oregon’s U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley and U.S. Rep. Josh Harder (CA-09) reintroduced the Wildfire Smoke Emergency Declaration Act, legislation to help communities respond to increasingly dangerous wildfire smoke events, on June 10.
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Senators Direct Commerce Secretary to Explain Department’s Involvement with USPS and Elections, and Preserve Documents for Congressional Oversight
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Free news: Last month the Oregon Department of Human Services (ODHS) warned that 6,948 people were at risk of having SNAP benefits close at the end of April due to federally directed changes to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) work rules. Those closures and reductions have now taken effect.
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HOOD RIVER — The Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area headquarters is expanding.
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Free news: U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden today, April 30, pressed the heads of Google, Apple, Meta and Amazon to answer questions about their companies’ use of technologies — including closed-loop systems — that minimize groundwater withdrawals and local impacts to water from their data centers in Oregon.
Free news: The disaster declaration covers the Oregon counties Hood River and Wasco, and the Washington counties of Klickitat and Skamania.
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Free news: FEMA has announced that federal disaster assistance is available to supplement recovery efforts in areas affected by severe storms in December, including Hood River, Klickitat and Skamania counties, and the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation.
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