WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation issued the following news release on Dec. 22, 2022: Bureau of Reclamation announced today that Reclamation will use $4.6 million to partner with water managers to conduct comprehensive water studies. This funding will help complete four basin studies in Colorado, Idaho, Oregon, Utah and Washington. "Reclamation is working to address widening imbalances between demand and supply in basins throughout the West," s  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Dec. 20, 2022: A federal grand jury in the District of Maryland returned an indictment that was unsealed today charging two men for their roles in schemes to defraud investors in CytoDyn Inc., a publicly traded biotechnology company (OTCQB: CYDY) based in Vancouver, Washington. According to court documents, Nader Pourhassan, 59, of Lake Oswego, Oregon, and Kazem Kazempour, 69, of Potomac, Maryland, alleg  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Dec. 21 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland, Erek L. Barron, issued the following news release on Dec. 20, 2022: A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Nader Pourhassan, age 59 of Lake Oswego, Oregon, and Kazem Kazempour, age 69, of Potomac Maryland, for their roles in schemes to defraud investors in CytoDyn Inc., a publicly traded biotechnology company based in Vancouver, Washington. Pourhassan was CytoDyn's president and CEO at the time of   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 -- The National Labor Relations Board issued the following decision (Case No. 19-RC-302844) by Region 19 Director Ronald K. Hooks: * * * VERITIV OPERATING COMPANY, Employer and INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS, LOCAL 206, Petitioner DECISION AND DIRECTION OF ELECTION Veritiv Operating Company ("Employer") operates a network of warehouses in multiple states. International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local 206 ("Petitioner") currently represents a bargaining unit of war  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration issued the following news release on Dec. 20, 2022: The Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) announced that Oregon received its first "Internet for All" grants for deploying high-speed Internet networks and developing digital skills training programs under the Biden-Harris Administration's Internet for All initiative. Oregon is  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Dec. 23 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon issued the following news release: The FBI, in partnership with Homeland Security Investigations and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, is issuing a national public safety alert regarding an explosion in incidents of children and teens being coerced into sending explicit images online and extorted for money--a crime known as financial sextortion. Over the past year, law enforcement has   more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Dec. 20 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon issued the following news release on Dec. 19, 2022: A former Portland area non-profit director pleaded guilty today for stealing more than $320,000 in federal funds intended to help small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic. Theodore Johnson, 62, a Portland resident, pleaded guilty to one count of bank fraud. According to court documents, in February 2017, Johnson incorporated and began serving as the   more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Dec. 22 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon issued the following news release on Dec. 21, 2022: The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Oregon announced today that it has collected nearly $33 million in criminal and civil actions in Fiscal Year 2022. Of this amount, $10.2 million was collected in criminal actions and $4.6 million was collected in civil actions. The District of Oregon worked with other U.S. Attorney's Offices and components of   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 -- The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. issued the following news release on Dec. 20, 2022: The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) announced today that it has approved the supplemented application submitted to the Special Financial Assistance (SFA) Program by the Idaho Signatory Employers-Laborers Pension Plan (Idaho Signatory Plan). The plan, based in Portland, Oregon, covers 682 participants in the construction industry. Plans that applied for and received SFA unde  more