WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: Roseburg, Ore. -- Christmas tree permits for cutting your own tree(s) from BLM-administered lands will be available from the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) Roseburg District Office beginning November 10 through December 24, 2023, at https://forestproducts.blm.gov/customer/permitselect/OR. In addition, if a person is interested in getting a Christmas tree permit in person,   more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Oct. 31 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Portland District issued the following news release: The Portland District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will gather the public's perspective and opinions on the future of hydropower across the Corps' Willamette Valley system of dams during three listening sessions - one in-person and two virtual. The Corps will record public input for inclusion in a report to Congress. The Water Resources Development Act of 2022 directed the Portl  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Nov. 1 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: MEDFORD, Ore.--The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Oregon announced today that three southern Oregon drug traffickers, including the head of a Klamath Falls, Oregon, drug trafficking organization, have pleaded guilty in federal court following investigations by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration's (DEA) Medford resident office  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Nov. 2 -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Assistance issued the following news release on Nov. 1, 2023: Director Jeffrey Lusk of the U.S. Small Business Administration's Disaster Field Operations Center-West today reminded small nonfarm businesses in 11 Oregon counties and neighboring counties in Nevada of the Dec. 1 deadline to apply for an SBA federal disaster loan for economic injury. These low-interest loans are to offset economic losses becaus  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Media Bureau issued the following forfeiture order (FRN No. 0011489424) on Nov. 2, 2023: * * * In re Application of His Word Broadcasting Co., For Renewal of License for Low Power Television Station KHWB-LD, Eugene, Oregon FORFEITURE ORDER By the Chief, Video Division, Media Bureau: I. INTRODUCTION 1. In this Forfeiture Order, we issue a monetary forfeiture in the amount of one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) to His Word   more

KINGSLEY FIELD, Oregon, Nov. 4 -- The U.S. Air Force Air Education and Training Command issued the following news: By Master Sgt. Jefferson Thompson, 173rd Fighter Wing The life of a military maintenance professional is one of constant training. At Kingsley Field, the sole U.S. Air Force F-15C schoolhouse, the training in many respects mirrors the constant upgrading of the aircraft themselves. Although the airframes are all more than 30 years in age, the integrated technology such as the radar  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Nov. 3 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news: A drill conducted at the NETL research campus in Albany, Oregon, gave firefighters and the Lab's emergency response organization (ERO) the opportunity to overcome several challenging obstacles and coordinate efforts in a simulation to rescue personnel trapped in a confined space filled with toxic gas. As part of a full-scale emergency exercise, members o  more

MEDFORD, Oregon, Nov. 2 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon issued the following news release on Nov. 1, 2023: The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Oregon announced today that three southern Oregon drug traffickers, including the head of a Klamath Falls, Oregon, drug trafficking organization, have pleaded guilty in federal court following investigations by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration's (DEA) Medford resident office. Juan Jessie Martinez-Gil, 59,  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: Portland, Ore. -- Your local Oregon bats won the annual Bureau of Land Management Bat Beauty Contest for the second year in a row! William ShakespEAR, a Townsend's big-eared bat from Butte Falls, took home the crown on the afternoon of October 31, 2023. During the final round, she beat out Gizmo, an Allen's Big-Eared Bat. William ShakespEAR, the Townsend's big-eared bat Wil  more