WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release: CORVALLIS, Ore. The Department of the Interior today announced the establishment of the Willamette Valley Conservation Area in Oregon as the 572nd unit of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service-managed National Wildlife Refuge System. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Martha Williams joined partners in Oregon today to celebrate the establishment. The new 600-acre parcel will provide crucial protected  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Aug. 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon issued the following news release on Aug. 16, 2024: A southern Oregon restaurant was sentenced in federal court today for stealing more than $759,000 in federal funds intended to help small businesses during the Covid-19 pandemic. Amigos Mexican Cuisine & Cantina LLC, formerly located outside of Medford, Oregon, was sentenced to pay a criminal fine of $200,000 and $759,100 in restitution to the U.S. Small B  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency issued the following news release: The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Private William E. Calkins, 20, of Washington County, Oregon, who was captured and died as a prisoner of war during World War II, was accounted for Apr. 17, 2024. In late 1942, Calkins was a member of Company B, 31st Infantry Regiment, when Japanese forces invaded the Philippine Islands in Decemb  more