PORTLAND, Oregon, July 15 -- The Bonneville Power Administration issued the following news release: The Bonneville Power Administration is moving forward with more than $2 billion in multiple transmission substation and line projects necessary to reinforce the grid. These projects are intended to increase capacity and accommodate regional growth, as well as an abundance of new, clean energy resources. The projects must undergo environmental review and, if constructed, would support thousands of  more

SACRAMENTO, California, July 12 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of California, Phillip A. Talbert, issued the following news release on July 11, 2023: Lags Spine & Sportscare Medical Centers Inc. (Lags Medical) and Francis P. Lagattuta M.D., the owner and medical director of Lags Medical, have agreed to pay $11,388,887 to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by submitting millions of dollars of false claims to Medicare, Medi-Cal, and the Oregon Medicaid prog  more

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- The U.S. Census Bureau issued the following working paper (No. CES-23-32) in June 2023 entitled "Virtual Charter Students Have Worse Labor Market Outcomes as Young Adults." The paper was written by Paul Y. Yoo, Thurston Domina, Andrew McEachin, Leah Clark, Hannah Hertenstein and Andrew M. Penner. Here are excerpts: * * * Abstract Virtual charter schools are increasingly popular, yet there is no research on the long-term outcomes of virtual charter students. We link st  more

OLYMPIA, Washington, July 13 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Northwest Regional Field Office issued the following news release: Winter Wheat Based on July 1, 2023 conditions, production of winter wheat in Idaho is forecast at 58.7 million bushels, down 4 percent from the June 1, 2023 forecast, and down 8 percent from last year. Harvested area, at 690,000 acres, is down 20,000 acres from 2022. Yield is expected to be 85.0 bushels per acre, down  more

EUGENE, Oregon, July 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon issued the following news release on July 12, 2023: A Gresham, Oregon man with a lengthy criminal history was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison Wednesday after he was arrested transporting methamphetamine in Deschutes County. Dennis Richard DeChenne Jr., 39, was sentenced to 130 months in federal prison and five years' supervised release. According to court documents, in April 2020, the Central Oregon   more

PORTLAND, Oregon, July 12 (TNSper) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued the following news release: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) has selected Bridget Fahey as the new Deputy Regional Director for the Pacific Region. Fahey's tenure will begin July 30. As deputy, Fahey will oversee the day-to-day operations of the region, which spans six times zones and includes almost 1,000 employees. During Fahey's 25-year career with the Service, she h  more