Hillsboro Airport and four others in Oregon will receive federal grants for facility improvements and training, U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley announced Monday.

Hillsboro Airport will get $12 million, while airports in Albany, Klamath Falls, Bend and Grants Pass will receive grants less than $1 million.

"These transportation resources will help to provide much-needed safety and dependability improvements for airports serving Oregonians," Wyden said in a news release.

Merkley said the grants "will help support crucial air service in communities throughout our state."

-- Gordon R. Friedman

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