Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley will be in the region this Saturday for a series of town hall meetings. Merkley’s first town hall will be at the Hood River Middle School Auditorium on Saturday morning at 9:30. He then moves on to The Dalles High School Auditorium at noon. Merkley’s next town hall will be at three Saturday afternoon at Bob’s Texas-T-Bone and Frosty’s Event Room in Rufus. And he wraps up at 5:30 at the Gilliam County Rural Fire Protection District Fire Hall in Arlington.