SACRAMENTO, California, May 1 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release on April 29, 2024: Francisco Sanchez Jr., associate administrator for the Office of Disaster Recovery and Resilience at the Small Business Administration, today reminded small nonfarm businesses in 21 Oregon counties and neighboring counties in Idaho and Washington of the May 28, 2024, deadline to apply for an SBA federal disaster loan for economic injury. These low interest loans are to offset   more

SACRAMENTO, California, May 1 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release on April 29, 2024: Francisco Sanchez Jr., associate administrator for the Office of Disaster Recovery and Resilience at the Small Business Administration, today reminded small nonfarm businesses in 16 Washington counties and neighboring counties in Oregon of the May 28, 2024, deadline to apply for an SBA federal disaster loan for economic injury. These low-interest loans are to offset economic l  more

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- The Naval Sea Systems Command issued the following news: The USS Jason Dunham (DDG 109) has produced its first Navy Afloat Maintenance Training Strategy (NAMTS) qualifier, Damage Control Fireman Aaliyah Feeley, of Baker City, Oregon. Jason Dunham, homeported in Mayport, Florida, is the shipboard pilot for the NAMTS program on the east coast. NAMTS improves the Navy's maintenance capability and improves material self-sufficiency by qualifying sailors in one of 26 differe  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, May 4 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon issued the following news release: The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Oregon joins its partners across the federal government, as well as people throughout American Indian and Alaska Native communities, in recognizing May 5, 2024, as National Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons (MMIP) Awareness Day. The office also announced today the appointment of an MMIP Regional Coordinator based in the Di  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, May 1 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon issued the following news release on April 30, 2024: A former Oregon Department of Human Services employee was sentenced to 25 years in federal prison today for violating the civil rights of a woman with developmental disabilities in his care by engaging in sexual misconduct with her. Zakary Edward Glover, 30, of Lebanon, Oregon, was sentenced to 300 months in federal prison and five years' supervised release  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, May 1 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon issued the following news release on April 30, 2024: A Beaverton, Oregon man was sentenced to federal prison today for distributing fentanyl that caused the fatal overdose of a local man. Billy Ray Trueblood II, 33, was sentenced to 41 months in federal prison and four years' supervised release. According to court documents, in early March 2019, investigators from the Westside Interagency Narcotics Team (WIN  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, May 1 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon issued the following news release: A Monmouth, Oregon man was sentenced to federal prison today for distributing fentanyl that caused the overdose death of a teenager in Salem, Oregon. Javen James Pedro, 21, was sentenced to 75 months in federal prison and six years' supervised release. According to court documents, on February 24, 2022, officers from the Salem Police Department responded to an overdose of a  more

WASHINGTON, May 4 (TNSfact) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet on May 1, 2024: * * * Investing In America: Biden Administration Calls on Congressional Republicans to Extend Funding for Affordable Connectivity Program, Help Over 238,000 Oregon Households Continue to Save Money on High-Speed Internet High-speed internet is necessary for Americans to participate in school, do their jobs, access health care, and stay connected. But too many Americans can't afford the cost of a mon  more