August 16, 204 3:30 a.m.

On Wednesday, Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley announced a $7.8 million investment in rural Oregon school districts to support energy improvement projects like new heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems, lighting upgrades, alternative fuel vehicles and renewable energy technologies.

A release said the Renew America’s School Prize and Grant Investment, funded through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, will improve 11 facilities identified by the Oregon Department of Education

Three school districts in Douglas County are among those receiving funds: Roseburg School District, Winston-Dillard School District, and the South Umpqua School District.

School facilities in Grant, Jefferson, Josephine, and Tillamook counties are also earning the federal energy investments.

Specific funding amounts were not listed in the release.