ATLANTA, Georgia, May 14 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia issued the following news release: Barbara Furlow-Smiles, a former diversity program manager at Facebook and Nike, has been sentenced for stealing more than $5 million based on an elaborate scheme involving fraudulent vendors, fictitious paperwork, and cash kickbacks. "Furlow-Smiles shamelessly violated her position of trust as a DEI executive at Facebook to steal millions from the company utilizin  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, May 14 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news: The brightest minds in the Oregon federal workforce gathered Tuesday, May 7, at the Historic Hangar, located adjacent to Pearson Air Museum, in Vancouver, Washington, for the Oregon Federal Executive Board (FEB) Excellence in Government Awards, where an NETL researcher took home a prestigious honor NETL's Jennifer Bauer received the award for Outstanding  more

WASHINGTON, May 9 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 57113) involving Oregon State University, Corvallis: * * * Facility: Oregon State University (OREG) RX Type: 1100 Kw Triga Mark Ii Region: 0 City: Corvallis State: OR County: Benton License #: R-106 Agreement: Y Docket: 05000243 NRC Notified By: Steve Reese HQ OPS Officer: Adam Koziol Notification Date: 05/08/2024 Notification Time: 14:30 [ET] Event Date: 05/07/2024 Event Time: 14:  more

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 57113) involving Oregon State University, Corvallis: * * * Facility: Oregon State University (OREG) RX Type: 1100 Kw Triga Mark Ii Region: 0 City: Corvallis State: OR County: Benton License #: R-106 Agreement: Y Docket: 05000243 NRC Notified By: Steve Reese HQ OPS Officer: Adam Koziol Notification Date: 05/08/2024 Notification Time: 14:30 [ET] Event Date: 05/07/2024 Event Time: 14  more

SALEM, Oregon, May 14 -- Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum issued the following news release on May 13, 2024: * * * Criminal Charges not Warranted * * * In a letter to Governor Tina Kotek today, Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum announced that, after thoroughly investigating allegations that employees of the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission (OLCC) improperly used their positions to obtain in-demand bottles of bourbon, the Oregon Department of Justice has concluded that criminal cha  more

MEDFORD, Oregon, May 14 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon issued the following news release on May 13, 2024: A Klamath Falls, Oregon man with multiple previous drug- and firearm-related convictions was sentenced to federal prison today after he was caught by local law enforcement with methamphetamine and a handgun. Andrew Miles Devos, 42, was sentenced to 75 months in federal prison and five years' supervised release. According to court documents, in January 2020,   more

OLYMPIA, Washington, May 14 -- The Washington State Department of Ecology issued the following news release: A new Washington regulation will help reduce emissions of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, from municipal solid waste landfills in the state. Methane has more than 80 times the global warming potential of carbon dioxide over a 20-year period and is responsible for more than 25% of the temperature impacts coming from climate change today. In landfills, methane is produced by the decompo  more