CENTRAL POINT, Ore. — U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland announced Sunday that $21 million was on its way to Oregon to help reduce the risk of wildfires.
The secretary spoke at a media event in the state Department of Forestry’s crew house at the agency's command center.
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