WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 (TNSrep) -- The Administration for Children and Families Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation issued the following brief (OPRE Report No. 2022-323) on Feb. 14, 2023, entitled "Competency Frameworks for Infant and Toddler Teachers and Caregivers in Oregon." Here are excerpts: * * * Introduction To support the quality of care for infants and toddlers, many states have developed competency frameworks to outline specific competencies (that is, knowledge, skills, and at  more

KLAMATH FALLS, Oregon, Feb. 14 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation issued the following news release on Feb. 14, 2023: The Bureau of Reclamation, in coordination with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service (collectively, the Services), announced today it will direct temporary adjustments to Iron Gate Dam effective immediately. Despite storm events experienced across Oregon and California in late December and early January, th  more

OLYMPIA, Washington, Feb. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Northwest Regional Field Office issued the following news release: Potato stocks in Idaho on February 1, 2023 totaled 64.5 million cwt. Disappearance of the Idaho crop to date was 56.2 million cwt. February 1 potato stocks in Oregon totaled 13.1 million cwt. Disappearance to date was 11.8 million cwt. In Washington, February 1 potato stocks totaled 38.0 million cwt. Disappearance to d  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Feb. 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon issued the following news release on Feb. 16, 2023: A former Oregon dentist was sentenced to federal prison today for attempting to steal more $170 million in Covid-relief funds and illegally distributing thousands of doses of prescription drugs. Salwan Wesam Adjaj, 44, of West Linn, Oregon, was sentenced to 70 months in federal prison and three years' supervised release. He was also ordered to pay more tha  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Feb. 16 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon issued the following news release on Feb. 14, 2023: The former owner and general manager of dump truck hauling and concrete companies based in Damascus, Oregon, was sentenced to federal prison today for willfully failing to pay employment taxes despite withholding them from employee paychecks. Rebekah Joy Williams, 44, a resident of Damascus, was sentenced to eight months in federal prison and three years'   more