WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release: In the latest step by the Biden-Harris administration to support the growing momentum across America for a clean energy future, the Department of the Interior today announced it will hold an offshore wind energy lease sale off southern Oregon. The two areas to be auctioned on October 15, 2024, by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management could generate more than 3.1 gigawatts of clean, renewable energy if   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce issued the following news release: Proposed Investment Would Support Expansion and Modernization of Existing Campus and Create Over 250 Manufacturing and Construction Jobs Today, the Biden-Harris Administration announced that the Department of Commerce and HP Inc. have signed a non-binding preliminary memorandum of terms (PMT) to provide up to $50 million in proposed direct funding under the CHIPS and Science Act. The proposed funding woul  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Aug. 29 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon issued the following news release on Aug. 28, 2024: A Washington County, Oregon man was sentenced to federal prison today for distributing counterfeit pills containing fentanyl that resulted in the overdose death of a local woman. Robert Lamart James McCollum, 35, was sentenced to 125 months in federal prison and five years' supervised release. "This defendant cut short an innocent life and brought unthink  more