AmericanTowns is a virtual "town square", connecting you to all the events and news happening in Columbia City Oregon. Whether it's town issues and community activism, or school calendars and sports schedules, AmericanTowns delivers the information faster and helps you use it better. en-us 30 https://www.americantowns.com/columbia-city-or 144 69 https://www.americantowns.com/columbia-city-or https://www.americantowns.com/images/atn_rss_logo.gif Mon, 28 Apr 2025 13:39:42 -0500 Salem, OR—Governor Tina Kotek announced today that she is accepting applications for a judicial vacancy on the Clackamas County Circuit Court https://www.americantowns.com/news/governor-kotek-announces-clackamas-county-circuit-court-vacancy-31569313-eugene-or.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/governor-kotek-announces-clackamas-county-circuit-court-vacancy-31569313-eugene-or.html Government and Politics Mon, 28 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500 Salem, OR—Today, Governor Tina Kotek and Oregon Housing and Community Services announced that funding contracts for the Homelessness State of https://www.americantowns.com/news/governor-kotek-announces-homelessness-state-of-emergency-funding-agreements-signed-31569314-coos-bay-or.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/governor-kotek-announces-homelessness-state-of-emergency-funding-agreements-signed-31569314-coos-bay-or.html Government and Politics Mon, 28 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500 On the one-year anniversary of FDA announcement of proposed rules to end the sale of menthol as a characterizing flavor in cigarettes and a ban on all https://www.americantowns.com/news/merkley-colleagues-press-fda-for-timely-implementation-of-ban-on-menthol-cigarettes-flavored-cigars-31569383-astoria-or.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/merkley-colleagues-press-fda-for-timely-implementation-of-ban-on-menthol-cigarettes-flavored-cigars-31569383-astoria-or.html Government and Politics Mon, 28 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500 Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today announced that Oregon airports in Washington, Jackson, Multnomah, Morrow, https://www.americantowns.com/news/wyden-merkley-seven-oregon-airports-secure-nearly-14-million-for-improvements-31569385-roseburg-or.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/wyden-merkley-seven-oregon-airports-secure-nearly-14-million-for-improvements-31569385-roseburg-or.html Government and Politics Mon, 28 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500 Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley said today that they and Senate colleagues have reintroduced legislation that would https://www.americantowns.com/news/wyden-merkley-colleagues-reintroduce-legislation-to-ensure-doctors-can-provide-legal-abortion-care-protect-providers-from-out-of-state-extremists-31569386-gresham-or.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/wyden-merkley-colleagues-reintroduce-legislation-to-ensure-doctors-can-provide-legal-abortion-care-protect-providers-from-out-of-state-extremists-31569386-gresham-or.html Government and Politics Mon, 28 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500 Senator’s upcoming in-person, open-to-all town hall on Sunday, May 7 will be at Hood River Valley High School Portland –  U.S. https://www.americantowns.com/news/wyden-to-hold-town-hall-in-hood-river-county-31569390-troutdale-or.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/wyden-to-hold-town-hall-in-hood-river-county-31569390-troutdale-or.html Government and Politics Mon, 28 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500 Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced today that Central Oregon, Eastern Oregon and the Portland https://www.americantowns.com/news/merkley-wyden-announce-10-million-coming-to-oregon-for-water-conservation-projects-31570132-canby-or.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/merkley-wyden-announce-10-million-coming-to-oregon-for-water-conservation-projects-31570132-canby-or.html Government and Politics Mon, 28 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500 Portland, OR—Today, Governor Tina Kotek and First Lady Aimee Kotek Wilson visited Multnomah County for the ninth stop of her One Oregon https://www.americantowns.com/news/governor-tina-kotek-visits-multnomah-county-on-one-oregon-listening-tour-31570200-portland-or.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/governor-tina-kotek-visits-multnomah-county-on-one-oregon-listening-tour-31570200-portland-or.html Government and Politics Mon, 28 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500 Washington, D.C. – Today, Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley – a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee – issued the https://www.americantowns.com/news/merkley-statement-on-philippine-president-marcos-visit-to-us-31571258-tigard-or.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/merkley-statement-on-philippine-president-marcos-visit-to-us-31571258-tigard-or.html Government and Politics Mon, 28 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500 Washington, D.C. – Today, Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley announced his support for Julie Su’s nomination to be Labor Secretary, https://www.americantowns.com/news/julie-su-is-passionate-defender-of-workers-families-31571261-troutdale-or.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/julie-su-is-passionate-defender-of-workers-families-31571261-troutdale-or.html Government and Politics Mon, 28 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500 Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, along with 253 members of Congress, submitted an amicus brief to the U.S. Court of https://www.americantowns.com/news/wyden-merkley-democratic-colleagues-file-amicus-brief-urging-fifth-circuit-to-reverse-texas-district-courts-ruling-on-mifepristone-31571262-salem-or.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/wyden-merkley-democratic-colleagues-file-amicus-brief-urging-fifth-circuit-to-reverse-texas-district-courts-ruling-on-mifepristone-31571262-salem-or.html Government and Politics Mon, 28 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500 Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today asked federal officials to provide technical assistance to Oregon communities https://www.americantowns.com/news/wyden-merkley-ask-feds-to-help-oregon-communities-with-national-flood-insurance-program-31571264-roseburg-or.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/wyden-merkley-ask-feds-to-help-oregon-communities-with-national-flood-insurance-program-31571264-roseburg-or.html Government and Politics Mon, 28 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500 Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today along with Senators Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and James Lankford, https://www.americantowns.com/news/wyden-colleagues-urge-irs-to-address-threat-of-tax-scams-generated-by-chatgpt-31571266-hermiston-or.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/wyden-colleagues-urge-irs-to-address-threat-of-tax-scams-generated-by-chatgpt-31571266-hermiston-or.html Government and Politics Mon, 28 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500 Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and U.S. Representatives Doris Matsui, D-Calif., and Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., today led a https://www.americantowns.com/news/sen-wyden-reps-matsui-mchenry-urge-bakers-to-stop-unnecessarily-adding-sesame-to-baked-goods-31571268-bandon-or.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/sen-wyden-reps-matsui-mchenry-urge-bakers-to-stop-unnecessarily-adding-sesame-to-baked-goods-31571268-bandon-or.html Government and Politics Mon, 28 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500 Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today announced that Rogue Valley International Airport has earned more than https://www.americantowns.com/news/wyden-merkley-rogue-valley-international-airport-earns-federal-investment-of-more-than-800000-31571745-coos-bay-or.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/wyden-merkley-rogue-valley-international-airport-earns-federal-investment-of-more-than-800000-31571745-coos-bay-or.html Government and Politics Mon, 28 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500