SEATTLE, Washington, May 26 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on May 25, 2023: * * * EPA announces the largest investment ever in brownfields communities made by President Biden's Investing in America Agenda * * * The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced $8,240,000 from President Biden's Investing in America Agenda to expedite the assessment and cleanup of seven brownfield sites in Oregon while advancing environmental justice. Oregon's commu  more

SUMMERVILLE, Oregon, May 26 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division issued the following news release: * * * Firefighters averaged 70-hour workweeks for substandard daily wage rates * * * A federal contractor in Oregon misclassified dozens of workers - who battled some of the nation's worst wildfires an average of 70 hours a week in 2020 and 2021 - as independent contractors and denied them their full wages and benefits as a result, the U.S. Department of Labor has found. Inv  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, May 26 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: The Department of the Air Force plans to convert the F-15C Eagle Formal Training Unit at Kingsley Field in Klamath Falls, Oregon, into a third F-35A Lightning II FTU, providing additional training capacity to the fifth-generation aircraft. The decision comes after the release of the Fiscal Year 2024 Presidential Budget request, which outlines the divestiture of the aging F-15C fleet. Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N  more

WASHINGTON, May 27 -- The National Labor Relations Board issued the following decision (Case No. 19-RC-310218) by Region 19 Director Ronald K. Hooks: * * * POTBELLY SANDWICH WORKS, LLC, Employer and RESTAURANT WORKERS OF PORTLAND, Petitioner DECISION AND DIRECTION OF ELECTION Potbelly Sandwich Works, LLC ("Employer") operates retail sandwich shops throughout the United States, including a store located at 802 SW 6th Avenue in Portland, Oregon (the Yamhill store). Restaurant Workers of Portla  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, May 25 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon issued the following news release on May 24, 2023: A Portland entrepreneur was sentenced to federal prison today for fraudulently applying for and obtaining loans intended to help small businesses during the Covid-19 pandemic. Peter Peacock Blood, 59, was sentenced to 12 months in federal prison and 5 years' supervised release. He was also ordered to forfeit more than $600,000 to the United States and to pay  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, May 27 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon issued the following news release: On May 25, 2023, two Portland area drug traffickers were sentenced to more than ten years in federal prison for their roles in a Mexican drug trafficking organization responsible for distributing fentanyl, heroin, and methamphetamine in and around Portland and elsewhere. Rodrigo Diaz-Lopez, 53, of Gresham, Oregon, and Jonathan Avila-Suarez, 31, of Portland, were sentenced t  more