Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley will be in Deschutes and Crook Counties today and Wednesday for two town halls. He'll be in Sisters at the City Hall on today at 5:30 p.m.; then in Prineville at the Soroptimist Senior Center on Wednesday, June 1st at 2:30 p.m. Merkley has pledged to hold town halls in each of Oregon's 36 counties each year. He will also be holding a press conference in Bend Wednesday at 10 a.m. at the Bend Transit Center. He'll be talking about our rising gas prices and their effect on local businesses and his plan to end America's addiction to overseas oil.