IRVING, Texas, June 26 -- The Big 12 Conference, a college athletic conference, issued the following news: * * * Big 12 Track and Field Garners 110 All-American Honors at 2025 NCAA Outdoor Championship Big 12 student-athletes collected 110 All-American honors at the 2025 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championship hosted at Oregon's Hayward Field. First Team honors were earned by those who finished among the top 8 in their respective events, while Second Team honors were given to those who pla  more

CANTON, Ohio, June 24 [Category: Sports] -- The National Football League posted the following news: * * * Browns WR Diontae Johnson believes Kenny Pickett will emerge as starting QB after camp competition * On the surface, the Browns' quarterback situation is intriguing if only because there's no telling how it will play out in 2025. Cleveland enters the new season with a grab bag of signal-callers. They acquired former Eagles backup Kenny Pickett via trade, adding the 2022 first-rounder t  more

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Rep. Cliff Bentz, R-Oregon, issued the following news release on June 25, 2025: * * * Congressman Bentz Participates in the Natural Resources Committee's Markup of His Bill Which Would Facilitate Expansion of the City of The Dalles' Drinking Water Supply Washington, D.C.-- This week in the Natural Resources Committee, Congressman Cliff Bentz's (R-OR) bill, The Dalles Watershed Development Act, was included in the full committee markup. This critical legislation, if enac  more

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Rep. Cliff Bentz, R-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Bentz Statement on Public Lands WASHINGTON, D.C.- To be clear - I do support and encourage sale or exchange of parcels of federal land when there is a clear economic or social demand for such disposition, and when that disposition follows appropriate procedure and is generally supported by those affected. I include congressional action as an appropriate procedure. I do not support a mandate  more

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Merkley Calls for Durable Peace Amid Tentative Israel-Iran Ceasefire * Washington, D.C. - Following President Trump's unconstitutional strikes against Iran over the weekend and the announcement of a tentative ceasefire agreement between Israel and Iran, Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley called for sustained de-escalation, a durable peace, and for the United States to use its leverage to lead a renew  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service and Forest Service has issued a notice entitled "Revised Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Oregon State Office and Mt. Hood National Forest; Hood River County, Oregon; Clear Branch Dam Remedial Project." This revised notice updates information regarding a planned environmental review for the Clear Branch Dam Remedial Project. The original intention to prepare an env  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * On Third Anniversary of Roe Being Overturned, Merkley and Wyden Join Bill to Restore Abortion Access Nationwide * Women's Health Protection Act comes as Trump and Congressional Republicans move to restrict a woman's right to choose and toward a national abortion ban WASHINGTON, D.C. - On the third anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ro  more

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release on June 25, 2025: * * * The Senate Republican Tax Plan: Officially Worse than the House Republican Tax Plan New Distributional Analysis Shows Senate Republican Plan Gives More to the Ultra-Wealthy and Less to the Poor than the House-Passed Bill * Washington, D.C. - The Republican megabill is an unprecedented handout to big corporations and the wealthy paid for b  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, June 24 -- Oregon Wild issued the following news release on June 23, 2025: * * * Trump Administration Moves to Eliminate Protections for Oregon's Wild Forests Dismantling the Roadless Rule Would Put Clean Water and Wildlife at Risk, Increase Fire Risk * Portland, OR -- In a sweeping rollback of one of America's most broadly supported and legally durable conservation measures, the Trump administration today announced it is eliminating the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rul  more

WASHINGTON, June 24 (TNSLrpt) -- The Veterans Affairs Inspector General issued the following report (No. 24-00609-124) on June 4, 2025 entitled "Healthcare Facility Inspection of the VA Portland Health Care System in Oregon." Here is the executive summary: * * * The Office of Inspector General's (OIG's) mission is to serve veterans and the public by conducting meaningful independent oversight of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Furthering that mission, and building on prior evaluatio  more

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden Blasts HHS Secretary Kennedy for Purging All Experts on Top Vaccine Panel at CDC Despite Public Promise at Finance Committee Hearing Top Finance Democrat Outlines Deep Concern with New Members' Financial and Personal Interest in Anti-Vaccine Views * Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., blasted Department of H  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden, Hirono Demand Answers on Trump Rescinding Emergency Reproductive Care Guidance * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawai'i, today demanded answers from the Trump Administration about its decision to rescind Biden-era guidance that reaffirmed the obligation of hospitals to provide life-saving, emergency abortion care under the Emergency Medical Treatment an  more