US Department of Agriculture

In February, we reported that area food banks were facing record levels of need. Now a federal food assistance program has been cut, adding to their troubles.

The Trump administration’s on-again, off-again federal funding freeze sowed widespread anxiety and confusion across the country and around Oregon. In Mapleton, locals feared a delay in federal grant payments would jeopardize efforts to rebuild their failing water system.

In 2023, damage from a severe winter storm nearly took out the entire water supply system of Mapleton. Recently, the unincorporated community 15 miles east of Florence received a federal grant to make some permanent repairs.

Potatoes fuel a $2.2 billion industry in the Pacific Northwest. So the USDA’s $2-million award to Oregon State University researchers to keep stored spuds from spoiling shouldn’t be a big surprise.

The U.S. Dept. of Agriculture is buying $52 million worth of seafood.

Farmers and ranchers in Oregon have won over $2 million dollars in new federal grant money. One local business owner is celebrating.

Though February was supposed to be peak accumulation season, snowpack from Oregon's glaciers and mountains has continued to melt into runoff, reaching parched pieces of land.

Oregon’s commercial fishing industry is celebrating news that the federal government will once again buy millions of dollars worth of Pacific seafood. The…

People who work in the timber industry and experienced an income loss during the COVID-19 pandemic can now apply for federal relief aid. Congress approved…