SAN FRANCISCO, California, April 14 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on April 13, 2023, entitled "Fatal Work Injuries in Oregon - 2021": Fatal work injuries totaled 66 in 2021 for Oregon, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Chris Rosenlund noted that the number of work-related fatalities in Oregon was up from 60 the previous year. (See chart 1.) Fatal occu  more

BEND, Oregon, April 14 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation issued the following news release: Reclamation anticipates releasing 1,500 acre-feet of storage from Prineville Reservoir for conservation purposes consistent with the Deschutes River Basin Habitat Conservation Plan. The release will facilitate pulse flows timed to aid in the outmigration of anadromous smolts. The release is anticipated to begin the morning of Monday, April 17 and end the morning of Thursday,   more

MEDFORD, Oregon, April 5 -- The U.S. Justice Department's Drug Enforcement Administration's Seattle Division issued the following news release: A Southern Oregon man was sentenced to federal prison today for possessing and distributing large quantities of methamphetamine in and around Klamath Falls, Oregon. Raul Sanchez-Lopez, 45, a resident of Klamath Falls, was sentenced to 84 months in federal prison and three years' supervised release. According to court documents, in July 2021, law enfo  more

WASHINGTON, April 14 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on April 13, 2023: * * * Funds from EPA's new Climate Pollution Reduction Grant Program were made possible by the Inflation Reduction Act * * * The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced $3 million in grant funding to develop innovative strategies to cut climate pollution and build clean energy economies across Oregon. Additionally, the Portland metro area was allotted $1 million. "This fu  more

WASHINGTON, April 12 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Media Bureau issued the following memorandum opinion and order (MB Docket No. 21-502) on April 11, 2023: * * * In the Matter of Amendment of section 73.202(b), Table of Allotments, FM Broadcast Stations (Snowflake, Arizona; Millerton, Oklahoma; Powers, Oregon; Mount Enterprise and Paint Rock, Texas; Hardwick, Vermont; and Meeteetse, Wyoming) MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER By the Chief, Audio Division, Media Bureau: 1. The Audio D  more

WASHINGTON, April 12 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Media Bureau issued the following Notice of Apparent Liability For Forfeiture (FRN No. 0030791537) on April 11, 2023: * * * In the Matter of INNOVATIVE MEDIA TECHNOLOGIES, Licensee of Station K21LB-D, Lincoln City, OR MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER AND NOTICE OF APPARENT LIABILITY FOR FORFEITURE By the Chief, Video Division, Media Bureau: I. INTRODUCTION 1. The Media Bureau (Bureau) has before it the application (Application)/1   more

OLYMPIA, Washington, April 11 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Northwest Regional Field Office issued the following news release: USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will conduct its biannual Agricultural Labor Survey in April. The survey will collect information about hired labor from Idaho, Oregon, and Washington farmers and ranchers. NASS will publish the data May 24 in the Farm Labor report available on the NASS w  more

ROCKVILLE, Maryland, April 11 (TNSjou) -- The National Institutes of Health's Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child's Health and Human Development issued the following news release: Compared to unvaccinated women, women vaccinated for COVID-19 have a slightly higher risk of a heavier period after vaccination, suggests a study funded by the National Institutes of Health. However, flow returns to normal in the next menstrual period. The study was led by Blair G. Darney, Ph.D., and A  more

WASHINGTON, April 13 (TNSres) -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's West Coast Regional Office issued the following news: * * * From sand dunes to rocky shorelines, the Oregon Marine Mammal Network responds to stranded marine mammals annually along Oregon's wild and rugged coastline. * * * The Oregon Marine Mammal Stranding Network responds to more than 400 marine mammal strandings along the Oregon coast each year. In most stranding cases, the cause of the stranding is unk  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- The White House issued the following news release: From Portland Maine to Portland Oregon, Americans across the country are reading about how investments driven by President Biden's Investing in America agenda are delivering economic opportunity and creating jobs in their communities. Kicking off week two of his Administration's Investing in America Tour, President Biden spoke directly to Minnesotans on the clean manufacturing boom his Investing in America agenda is unl  more