Olympic Peninsula Region News

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Note: The following news releases include topics that affect the entire state such as homeland security, northern border, pipeline safety, and economy.

News Releases

11/5/2009
Northwest Straits Conservation Funding Passes Full Senate

9/23/2009
Murray Announces Washington State Port Security Recovery Funding

9/17/2009
Olympia Waterfront Revitalization, Key Regional Priorities Pass Full Senate

9/17/2009
Clallam County Veterans Housing Funding Passes Full Senate

8/19/2009
Murray Announces over $7M of Recovery Funding for 10 Washington State Small Shipyards

7/29/2009
Murray Secures Funding for Olympia Waterfront Revitalization, Key Regional Priorities

7/29/2009
Murray Secures Funds to Provide Housing for Clallam County Veterans

7/15/2009
Murray Muscles Ferry Money

7/8/2009
Senator Murray Includes $1.75 Million for PNNL's Sequim Renewable Ocean Energy Research in Senate Funding bill

7/8/2009
Senator Murray's Northwest Straits Conservation Bill Moves through Key Senate Committee

6/24/2009
Senator Murray Announces Release of Over $800,000 for Clallam County Highway Improvements

4/29/2009
PHOTO: Improving Our Ferry Systems

3/23/2009
Murray, Larsen Introduce Legislation to Renew and Expand Conservation Efforts in the Northwest Straits

3/10/2009
UPDATE: OLYMPIC PENINSULA Murray Helps Pass Legislation that Includes Millions for Olympic Peninsula, Bill to Be Signed by President Obama

2/23/2009
Senator Murray Delivers Millions for Olympic Peninsula in 2009 Spending Bill

1/22/2009
Flooding: Murray, Washington Congressional Delegation Urge President Obama to Quickly Approve Governor's Request for Federal Assistance

1/9/2009
PHOTO: Touring the Flood Damaged Regions

10/8/2008
Meeting with Veterans and Advocates in Clallam County

7/31/2008
Murray, Larsen Introduce Legislation to Renew and Expand Conservation Efforts in the Northwest Straits

7/10/2008
Senator Murray Delivers Millions for Olympic Peninsula Transportation Projects

7/10/2008
Senator Murray Delivers More Than $2.35 Million for Olympia Area Transportation Projects

7/8/2008
Senator Murray Includes $2.2 Million for Flood Control Projects in Areas Devastated by December 2007 Flooding

6/26/2008
Olympia: Senator Murray Includes Funding for Health Care, Workforce Programs in Senate Spending Bill

6/26/2008
Peninsula: Senator Murray Includes $1.15 Million for Port Angeles Education and Health Care Projects in Senate Spending Bill

6/25/2008
Senator Murray Passes Legislation to Name the Port Angeles Federal Building in Honor of PFC Richard B. Anderson

6/19/2008
Northwest Straits: Murray Provides $1.6 Million for Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Initiative

5/7/2008
Murray Announces Over $64 Million for WA's Flood Damaged Roads in Senate Emergency Supplemental Bill

2/5/2008
Murray Decries Bush Cuts to Emergency Preparedness Grants, Vows to Restore Critical Funding

12/17/2007
Murray Makes Olympic Peninsula Projects a Priority in Federal Spending Bill

12/17/2007
Murray Makes Grays Harbor and Pacific County Projects a Priority in Federal Spending Bill

9/12/2007
OLYMPIC PENINSULA: Murray Announces $8 Million in Job-Creating Defense Contracts for Peninsula Communities in the FY08 Defense Appropriations Bill

9/12/2007
NORTHWEST WASHINGTON: Murray Announces $6 Million in Job-Creating Defense Contracts for Northwest Washington in the FY08 Defense Appropriations Bill

7/19/2007
Murray Announces $35 million to Repair Storm Damaged Roads

7/12/2007
Murray Adds $200,000 for Transportation and Community Development Priorities in Grays Harbor and Pacific Counties

7/12/2007
Olympic Peninsula: Murray Adds $2.7 Million for Transportation and Community Development Priorities in Olympic Peninsula

6/28/2007
PORT ANGELES: Murray Provides $500,000 for Salmon Restoration in the Lower Elwha River

6/20/2007
5 Pacific Mountain Counties Win $5 Million to Transform the Regional Economy and Build a Skilled, Innovative Workforce

3/23/2007
Fixing Flood-Damaged Roads: Senator Murray Includes $35.9 Million in Senate Bill to Repair Damaged Highways and Roads

11/22/2006
Flooding: Senators Murray and Cantwell Urge FEMA Director to Quickly Approve Governor’s Request for Federal Assistance

10/26/2006
FEMA Gives Final Green Light to Grays Harbor Biodiesel Plant; Construction Now Set to Begin

7/20/2006
Sen. Murray Secures Over $6 Million for OLYMPIC Transportation and Economic Development Priorities

7/20/2006
Murray Secures $100,000 for OLYMPIA Area Workforce Development Program

12/6/2005
Senator Murray Announces Funding to Expand the Port of Olympia and Boost Economic Growth

11/18/2005
Murray Secures $18 million for OLYMPIC PENINSULA Transportation Priorities

9/8/2005
Murray Helps Move Higher Education Act through Senate Committee

7/28/2005
Murray, Cantwell, Dicks Announce $ 22.85 million in for the 6th Legislative District’s Priorities in Surface Transportation Bill

9/30/2004
Senator Murray Announces $175,000 for Vital Health Care in Gray's Harbor, Lewis, Mason, Pacific, and Thurston Counties

7/7/2004
Senator Murray Helps Celebrate New Telecommunications Technology in Forks

7/7/2004
PHOTO: Celebrating New Telecommunications Technology in Forks

4/16/2004
Murray Secures Millions in New Funding for Safer, More Efficient Transportation on Tribal Lands

3/15/2004
Senator Murray Meets with Olympia Seniors, Explains New Medicare Prescription Drug Law, and Answers Questions

1/21/2004
PHOTO: Meeting with Health Care Advocates for the Uninsured

1/15/2004
PHOTO: Murray Visits with Seniors in Hoquiam

1/15/2004
PHOTO: Murray Visits Aberdeen Firefighters

9/25/2003
PHOTO: Meeting with Tribal Representatives

9/4/2003
Murray Secures Funding for the Olympic Peninsula Transportation Priorities in Senate Appropriations Bill

8/5/2003
PHOTO: Meeting with Head Start Directors

7/10/2003
Murray Announces Funding for Washington State Firefighters

2/13/2003
Murray, Cantwell, Dicks Eliminate $3 INS Fee for Passenger Ferries

1/24/2003
PHOTO: Mason County Leaders Forum

10/3/2002
PHOTO: Senator Murray meets with members of the Makah Nation, including Chairman Gordon Smith.

8/9/2002
Murray Commissions Coast Guard Cutter in Port Angeles

8/9/2002
PHOTO: Expanding Small Business and Technology

8/9/2002
PHOTO: Expanding Small Business and Technology

8/9/2002
PHOTO: Rolling Out Telecom Access

8/9/2002
PHOTO: Rolling Out Telecom Access

8/9/2002
PHOTO: Addressing Tribal Issues

8/9/2002
PHOTO: Murray hears from members of the Quileute Tribe

7/24/2002
Senator Murray Secures Funding for Olympic Peninsula Transportation Priorities

7/2/2002
Murray Announces New Assets for Port Angeles Coast Guard Station

9/28/2001
Senator Murray Announces $1.5 Million to Ease Groundfish Crisis in Washington State

7/23/2001
Senator Patty Murray Announces Funding for Washington Firefighters

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