WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on Dec. 14, 2022: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the selection of Baker Technical Institute in Oregon to receive a $500,000 Brownfields Job Training grant for environmental job training programs funded through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The funding is among 29 new grants awarded nationally through EPA's Brownfields Job Training Program to recruit, train, and place workers for  more

MAXWELL AFB, Alabama, Dec. 15 -- The U.S. Air Force's 42nd Air Base Wing issued the following news: By Brian Ferguson, Barnes Center for Enlisted Education A new photo was added to the Enlisted Heritage Hall's Wall of Achievers, Dec. 9, 2022, during a small ceremony at the hall on Maxwell Air Force Base Gunter Annex, Ala. Brig. Gen. Donna M. Prigmore, Oregon Air National Guard commander, received the honor, increasing the number of inductees to 180. "I am so incredibly proud of my enlisted t  more

MAXWELL AFB, Alabama, Dec. 15 -- Air University issued the following news: By Brian Ferguson, Barnes Center for Enlisted Education A new photo was added to the Enlisted Heritage Hall's Wall of Achievers, Dec. 9, 2022, during a small ceremony at the hall on Maxwell Air Force Base Gunter Annex, Ala. Brig. Gen. Donna M. Prigmore, Oregon Air National Guard commander, received the honor, increasing the number of inductees to 180. "I am so incredibly proud of my enlisted time," Prigmore said durin  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Dec. 15 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon issued the following news release on Dec. 14, 2022: A Portland man was sentenced to federal prison today for fraudulently applying for and receiving Covid relief program funds for a fictitious business entity just five months after finishing a 70-month state prison sentence for armed robbery. Dimitrius Nicholai Pryce, 43, was sentenced to eight months in federal prison and three years' supervised release.   more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Dec. 16 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued the following news release: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the person(s) related to the death of a federally protected gray wolf in southwest Oregon. On October 6, a radio collared male gray wolf known as OR 103 was found dead near Upper Klamath Lake. It is a violation of the Endangered Species Act to kill a gray wolf  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release: Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman, head of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and the voice for America's 33.2 million small businesses in President Biden's Cabinet, announced additional grants designed to create or sustain innovation initiatives and high-quality jobs through consortiums of regional businesses known as regional innovation clusters. The new grants, totaling $319,000 and $24  more