KLAMATH FALLS, Oregon, April 18 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation issued the following news release: The Bureau of Reclamation, in coordination with PacifiCorp, will increase flows at Link River Dam and below Iron Gate Dam to reduce the risk of disease for salmon in the Klamath River. From April 19 through the end of the month, flows will vary on the Link and Klamath rivers. Releases from Upper Klamath Lake through Link River Dam will increase to 5,300 cubic feet p  more

OLYMPIA, Washington, April 21 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Northwest Regional Field Office issued the following news release: Industrial hemp in the open: Idaho planted area in 2022 for all utilizations totaled 680 acres. Area harvested for all purposes in the open totaled 445 acres. Planted area for Oregon in 2022 for all utilizations totaled 2,100 acres, unchanged from 2021. Area harvested for all purposes in the open totaled 1,900 acres,   more

OLYMPIA, Washington, April 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 April 1, 2023 totaled 42.0 million cwt. Disappearance of the Idaho crop to date was 78.7 million cwt. April 1 potato stocks in Oregon totaled 7.60 million cwt. Disappearance to date was 17.3 million cwt. In Washington, April 1 potato stocks totaled 26.0 million cwt. Disappearance to date tota  more

WASHINGTON, April 19 -- The National Labor Relations Board issued the following decision (Case No. 19-RD-313260) by Region 19 Director Ronald K. Hooks: * * * MASAMI FOODS, INC., Employer and SCOTT CHILD, an Individual, Petitioner and UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS LOCAL 555, Union DECISION AND DIRECTION OF ELECTION Masami Foods, Inc. ("Employer") is engaged in the operation of a meat processing plant. On March 2, 2023, Scott Child ("Petitioner") filed the instant petition seeking to dece  more