ROSEBURG, Oregon, July 26 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release on July 25, 2023: The Bureau of Land Management invites public comment on a proposed 20-year withdrawal to protect up to 163.62 acres across Olalla-Thompson Creek Day Use Area and Island Creek and Iron Mountain recreation areas south of Camas Valley and west of Riddle in Douglas County. The proposed withdrawal includes 21.2 acres of public lands with non-Federal mineral  more

EUGENE, Oregon, July 27 -- The U.S. Justice Department's Drug Enforcement Administration's Seattle Division issued the following news release: A Gresham, Oregon man with a lengthy criminal history was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison on July 11, 2023, 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 of supervised release. According to court documents, in April 2020, the   more

FARGO, North Dakota, July 26 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of North Dakota, Mac Schneider, issued the following news release on July 25, 2023: United States Attorney Mac Schneider, District of North Dakota, along with United States Attorney Natalie K. Wight, District of Oregon, and Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Polite Jr. of the Justice Department's Criminal Division, announced that Daniel Vivas Ceron, age 42, Columbia, was sentenced by Chief District Court Judge Peter Welte, to  more

FARGO, North Dakota, July 25 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of North Dakota, Mac Schneider, issued the following news release: United States Attorney Mac Schneider, District of North Dakota, along with United States Attorney Natalie K. Wight, District of Oregon, and Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Polite Jr. of the Justice Department's Criminal Division, announced that Jason Joey Berry, age 40, Cornwall, Ontario, was sentenced by Chief District Court Judge Peter Welte, to 24 years   more

ROTA, Spain, July 26 -- The U.S. Navy's U.S. Fleet Forces Command issued the following news: By Bobbie A. Camp, Naval Medical Forces Atlantic Public Affairs and Outreach Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Travis Billow, assigned to Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Rota, supported a 65-day temporary assigned duty (TAD) aboard guided-missile destroyer USS Arleigh Burke (DDG 51). The Bend, Oregon native, who works in the pharmacy department at the Naval Hospital Rota military treatm  more