SACRAMENTO, California, Jan. 13 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release on Jan. 12, 2024: Associate Administrator Francisco Sanchez of the U.S. Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Recovery & Resilience today reminded small nonfarm businesses in six Oregon counties and neighboring counties in California of the Feb. 12, 2024, deadline to apply for an SBA federal disaster loan for economic injury. These low-interest loans are to offset economic losses   more

SEATTLE, Washington, Jan. 10 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on Jan. 9, 2024: Yesterday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Oregon and Washington will receive $51,148,500 for the purchase of 144 clean school buses across urban and rural areas. Across the Nation, 67 applicants will receive nearly $1 billion (https://www.epa.gov/cleanschoolbus/clean-school-bus-program-awards) through EPA's Clean School Bus Program. In the Pacific Northwes  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Media Bureau issued the following notice of apparent liability for forfeiture (FRN No. 0017039645) on Jan. 11, 2024: * * * In re Application of Cascade Community Radio, For Renewal of License for Low Power FM Station KVRN-LP, Portland, Oregon MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER AND NOTICE OF APPARENT LIABILITY FOR FORFEITURE By the Chief, Audio Division, Media Bureau: I. INTRODUCTION 1. The Media Bureau (Bureau) has before it the appl  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Jan. 9, 2024: A former Oregon Department of Human Services employee, Zakary Glover, 30, pleaded guilty today to violating the civil rights of a woman with developmental disabilities who was in his care by engaging in sexual misconduct with her. "This defendant engaged in sexual misconduct with a woman entrusted to his care who was suffering from significant cognitive impairments," said Assistant Attorney  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 9 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: PORTLAND, Ore.--The leader of a drug distribution organization responsible for trafficking large quantities of illegal drugs into the Portland Metropolitan Area for redistribution and sale was sentenced to federal prison today. Luis Angel Rivera-Huezo, 31, of Hillsboro, Oregon, was sentenced to 100 months in federal prison and five years' sup  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Jan. 11 -- The U.S. Justice Department's Drug Enforcement Administration's Seattle Division posted the following news release on Jan. 9, 2024: The leader of a drug distribution organization responsible for trafficking large quantities of illegal drugs into the Portland Metropolitan Area for redistribution and sale was sentenced to federal prison today. Luis Angel Rivera-Huezo, 31, of Hillsboro, Oregon, was sentenced to 100 months in federal prison and five years' supervised r  more

KIMBERLY, Oregon, Jan. 13 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service issued the following news release: The first ever described fossil grasshopper eggs and egg pod on Earth has been found within the Sheep Rock Unit of John Day Fossil Beds National Monument. As reported in the journal, Parks Stewardship Forum, Jaemin Lee (University of California, Berkeley), Dr. Nicholas Famoso (John Day Fossil Beds National Monument), and Angela Lin (University of Oregon) used micr  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 -- The National Labor Relations Board issued the following decision (Case No. 19-RM-329149) by Region 19 Director Ronald K. Hooks: * * * PORTLAND VILLAGE SCHOOL, Employer/Petitioner and OREGON EDUCATION ASSOCIATION, Union DECISION AND DIRECTION OF ELECTION Portland Village School ("Employer") is an Oregon non-profit charter school providing K-8 grade education at its facility in Portland, Oregon. Oregon Education Association ("Union") has claimed to represent a majority o  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 (TNSres) -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Northwest Fisheries Science Center issued the following news: * * * Surveys off Oregon find mixed signals for temperatures, prey off Oregon. * * * Want to learn how the Pacific Ocean is likely to change and affect salmon survival in the coming year? Stay tuned, scientists say. The ocean indicators that NOAA's Northwest Fisheries Science Center researchers track off Newport, on the Central Oregon Coast, are  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release: An Oregon man was sentenced to prison today after he was previously convicted of eight charges as a result of his conduct during the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol breach. His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the 2020 presidential election. Reed Knox Christensen, 65, of Hillsb  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Jan. 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon issued the following news release on Jan. 9, 2024: The leader of a drug distribution organization responsible for trafficking large quantities of illegal drugs into the Portland Metropolitan Area for redistribution and sale was sentenced to federal prison today. Luis Angel Rivera-Huezo, 31, of Hillsboro, Oregon, was sentenced to 100 months in federal prison and five years' supervised release. According to   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 -- The White House sent to the Senate on Jan. 8, 2024, the nominations of 47 individuals for positions in the federal government: * * * * Seth Robert Aframe, of New Hampshire, to be United States Circuit Judge for the First Circuit, vice Jeffrey R. Howard, retired. * Irving W. Bailey II, of Florida, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the United States International Development Finance Corporation for a term of three years. (Reappointment) * Amy M. Baggio, of Orego  more