JOHN DAY — Senator Ron Wyden stopped by the Grant County Airport on Monday, March 25 for the 1080th town hall he’s held since being elected to office, bringing a message of unity and bipartisan cooperation while fielding questions and listening to concerns from Grant County residents.
Wyden highlighted his record of a willingness to cross party lines to get things done. Wyden, a Democrat spoke about his work with the late Republican Senator Orrin Hatch of Utah on Telehealth provisions that were ultimately used by the Trump Administration during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Wyden then talked about his work creating a tax bill with Jason Smith, a Republican House representative from Missouri who is also a member of the Ways and Means Committee. That work resulted in the Tax Relief For American Families and Workers Act; a bipartisan tax structure that proposes a combination of individual tax proposals both the political left and right have typically championed.
A look back at the stories that made the news in the Blue Mountain eagle in 2023.
This month-by-month retrospective covers a wide range of topics, from rodeo queens to fighting bulls, political tussles to acts of charity, the Grant County Fair to the Blue Mountain Hospital.
JOHN DAY — The Grant County Regional Airport is in the market for a new piece of heavy equipment that will help keep runways and taxiways clear in challenging conditions.
Grant County Regional Airport officials are aiming to start construction on improvements to its north-south runway next summer.
The project, expected to begin in late spring or early summer next year, will widen the runway and improve the runway pavement which had been degrading over the years, officials said. Aircraft currently using the airport also need to have a stronger base and wider runway, officials said.
U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., met with local residents and leaders at the Grant County Regional Airport in John Day on Saturday, June 24, to answer questions, help with problems and share his accomplishments for regional funding.