PORTLAND, Oregon, May 12 (TNSres) -- The Bonneville Power Administration issued the following news release: A dry, cold winter drove higher than expected power purchase expenses resulting in the Bonneville Power Administration's current net revenue forecast of negative $396 million, which is $101 million below this year's performance target. The higher power expenses have offset higher than expected Power and Transmission revenues. Colder than average winter temperatures and precipitation fall  more

SEATTLE, May 10 -- The U.S. Justice Department's Drug Enforcement Administration's Seattle Division issued the following news release on May 9, 2023: A Mexican National residing in Marion County, Oregon was sentenced to federal prison today for his role in the 2019 kidnapping and murder of a Washington State man and other drug trafficking crimes. Marcos Alonso Castillo-Bernal, 48, was sentenced to 312 months in federal prison and 10 years' supervised release. According to court documents, in   more

WASHINGTON, May 9 (TNSper)-- The FBI issued the following news release: Director Christopher Wray has named Kurt Ronnow as the special agent in charge of the Counterintelligence Division at the Washington Field Office. Mr. Ronnow most recently served as a deputy assistant director of the FBI's Counterintelligence Division in Washington, D.C. Mr. Ronnow joined the FBI as a special agent in 2002 and was assigned to the Salem Resident Agency, a satellite of the Portland Field Office in Oregon. Du  more

OLYMPIA, Washington, May 13 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Northwest Regional Field Office issued the following news release: In Idaho, on-farm hay stocks on May 1, 2023 totaled 460,000 tons, down 13 percent from a year ago. May 1 stocks represent 9 percent of 2022 production. Disappearance from December 1, 2022 was down 2.0 million tons. In Oregon, on-farm hay stocks totaled 230,000 tons, up 5 percent from a year ago. May 1 stocks represent   more

OLYMPIA, Washington, May 10 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Northwest Regional Field Office issued the following news release: Apples In Oregon, apple utilized production totaled 136 million pounds in 2022, down 11 percent from the previous year. Value of utilized production was $40.8 million, down 16 percent from 2021. In Washington, apple utilized production totaled 5.89 billion pounds in 2022, down 10 percent from the previous year. Value o  more

OLYMPIA, Washington, May 13 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Northwest Regional Field Office issued the following news release: Based on May 1, 2023 conditions, production of winter wheat in Idaho was forecast at 60.9 million bushels, down 5 percent from 2022. Yield was expected to average 87.0 bushels per acre, down 3.0 bushels from last year. Growers planted an estimated 770,000 acres in the fall of 2022, unchanged from the previous year. Harv  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- The National Labor Relations Board issued the following decision (Case No. 19-RC-315803) by Region 19 Director Ronald K. Hooks: * * * RECREATIONAL EQUIPMENT, INC., Employer and UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS, LOCAL 555, Petitioner DECISION AND DIRECTION OF ELECTION Recreational Equipment, Inc. ("Employer") operates retail stores selling recreational and outdoor equipment. On April 10, 2023, United Food and Commercial Workers, Local 555 ("Petitioner") filed a petitio  more

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 56500) involving Sacred Heart Medical Center, Springfield, Oregon: * * * Rep Org: OR Dept of Health Rad Protection Licensee: Sacred Heart Medical Center Region: 4 City: Springfield State: OR License #: 90270 Agreement: Y NRC Notified By: Hillary Haskins HQ OPS Officer: John Russell Notification Date: 05/02/2023 Notification Time: 19:20 [ET] Event Date: 05/01/2023 Event Time: 18:56 [  more

MEDFORD, Oregon, May 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon issued the following news release on May 12, 2023: A federal grand jury in Medford has returned an indictment charging a Phoenix, Arizona man with mailing large quantities of fentanyl to Southern Oregon. Luke Austin Montgomery, 24, has been charged with three counts of attempting to distribute fentanyl. According to court documents, in late 2022, law enforcement learned Montgomery had been shipping counterfe  more

SEATTLE, Washington, May 9 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Washington issued the following news release on May 8, 2023: The U.S. Department of Justice, the Washington State Attorney General's Medicaid Fraud Control Division, and United Wound Healing P.S., today resolved allegations that United Wound Healing (UWH) of Puyallup, Washington, had improperly billed Medicare and Medicaid for services provided in nursing homes and care facilities in Washington, Oregon, Ut  more