SAN FRANCISCO, California, Oct. 18 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on Oct. 17, 2024, entitled "Women's Earnings in Oregon - 2023": * * * In 2023, Oregon women who were full-time wage and salary workers had median usual weekly earnings of $1,106, significantly below the $1,250 median usual weekly earnings of their male counterparts, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on Oct. 17, 2024: (Seattle) - Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Oregon will receive $2,111,536 through the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act National Grants Program, which will incentivize and accelerate the upgrade or retirement of older diesel engines to cleaner and zero-emission solutions leading to significant emission reductions and air quality and public health benefits. Natio  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 -- The Federal Communications Commission issued the following statement on Oct. 17, 2024, by Commissioner Geoffrey Starks on an action entitled "Implementation of the National Suicide Hotline Act of 2018, Third Report and Order and Third Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking" (WC Docket No. 18-336): * * * The 988 Lifeline is made of up more than 200 crisis centers across the country. Last week, I was fortunate enough to visit one of them. Lines for Life in Portland, Oregon  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Oct. 18 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon issued the following news release on Oct. 17, 2024: A Portland man was sentenced to federal prison Wednesday for stealing more than $147,000 in pandemic unemployment benefits from the Oregon Employment Department (OED). Matthew Kemp, 41, was sentenced to six months in federal prison and three years' supervised release. Kemp was also ordered to pay $147,294 in restitution to the OED. According to court docu  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued the following news release: PORTLAND, Oregon - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) has announced Juliette Fernandez as the new chief of the National Wildlife Refuge System in Hawai'i, Idaho, Oregon, Washington and the Pacific Islands, including America Samoa, Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. "The Pacific Region of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is home to s  more