PORTLAND, Oregon, Feb. 3 -- The U.S. Justice Department's Drug Enforcement Administration's Seattle Division issued the following news release on Feb. 1, 2024: A Fontana, California man was sentenced to federal prison Wednesday for his role in a local drug distribution ring responsible for trafficking large quantities of illegal narcotics from Mexico into the Portland metro area for redistribution and sale. Javier Sarabia, 28, was sentenced to 151 months in federal prison and five years' super  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -- The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation issued the following order (MDL No. 3095) on Jan. 30, 2024: * * * In Re: Kaiser COVID-19 Vaccination Employment Practices Litigation ORDER DENYING TRANSFER Before the Panel: Defendants Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, et al.,/1 move under 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1407 to centralize this litigation in the Central District of California or, alternatively, in the District of Oregon. The litigation consists of sixteen actions pending in fiv  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 (TNSres) -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Office of Habitat Conservation issued the following news: * * * With $3.8 million in funding from NOAA's Office of Habitat Conservation, the Clackamas Partnership is removing fish passage barriers and restoring habitat to benefit threatened Chinook salmon and steelhead. * * * Endangered Species Act-listed species of salmon and trout, including the Upper Willamette River Chinook and steelhead, migrate through  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Feb. 1 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon issued the following news release on Jan. 31, 2024: Today, Attorney General Merrick B. Garland presented federal prosecutor Geoffrey Barrow, an Assistant United States Attorney in the District of Oregon, with the prestigious John Marshall Award for his exceptional contributions to criminal cases stemming from the U.S. Capitol breach on January 6, 2021. John Marshall awards, presented annually by the Attorney  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Feb. 2 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon issued the following news release on Feb. 1, 2024: A Fontana, California man was sentenced to federal prison Wednesday for his role in a local drug distribution ring responsible for trafficking large quantities of illegal narcotics from Mexico into the Portland metro area for redistribution and sale. Javier Sarabia, 28, was sentenced to 151 months in federal prison and five years' supervised release. Accord  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Feb. 1 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon issued the following news release on Jan. 31, 2024: An eastern Oregon drug dealer identified by law enforcement as part of an investigation into a fatal overdose on the Umatilla Indian Reservation was sentenced to federal prison today, announced the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Oregon. Ulises Echevarria-Molina, 40, of Pendleton, Oregon, was sentenced to 75 months in federal prison and five year  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Jan. 30 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon issued the following news release on Jan. 29, 2024: A local man is facing federal charges today after authorities intercepted an international parcel he had ordered containing MDMA and quantities of at least 16 different drugs and 42 firearms were found in and seized from his Gresham, Oregon home. Riley James Hinds, 38, has been charged by criminal complaint with possessing with intent to distribute a contr  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Feb. 2 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon issued the following news release on Feb. 1, 2024: Four suspected drug traffickers with apparent ties to a Mexico-based transnational criminal organization are facing federal charges today after they were caught transporting nearly 370 gallons of liquid heroin. Marco Antonio Magallon, 44; Luis Deleon Woodward, 26; and Jorge Luis Amador, 25, all of Yakima, Washington, and Santos Alisael Aguilar Maya, 32, whos  more

SEATTLE, Washington, Feb. 1 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Washington issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Justice on behalf of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and Yakima Products Inc. headquartered in Lake Oswego, Oregon, has resolved allegations that Yakima Products knowingly failed to pay required antidumping and countervailing duties on extruded aluminum components imported from the People's Republic of China (PRC). Yakima will pay th  more