WASHINGTON, July 8 -- Rep. Val Hoyle, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Hoyle, Merkley Fight Back Against Trump Funding Cuts with Renewed Effort to Reduce Wildfire Risk, Boost Economic Opportunities in Forest-Dependent Communities * For Immediate Release: July 8, 2025 EUGENE, OR - As the Trump Administration illegally cuts and withholds funding for wildfire mitigation projects, Oregon's U.S. Representative Val Hoyle (OR-04) and U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley teamed up to introd  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, July 9 -- Medical Teams International issued the following news release on July 8, 2025: * * * Medical Teams International Makes Progress Against Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in Ethiopia Program Raises Awareness, Emphasizes Prevention, & Equips Survivors * (ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia) July 8, 2025 - Medical Teams International, a global health and humanitarian relief organization, has expanded and enhanced our services in Ethiopia addressing gender-based violence (GBV) and   more

WASHINGTON, July 8 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Merkley, Hoyle Fight Back Against Trump Funding Cuts with Renewed Effort to Reduce Wildfire Risk, Boost Economic Opportunities in Forest-Dependent Communities * Washington, D.C. - As the Trump Administration illegally cuts and withholds funding for wildfire mitigation projects, Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and U.S. Representative Val Hoyle (OR-04) teamed up to introduce the Wildfire Resilient Co  more

REDWOOD SHORES, California, July 8 [Category: BizComputer Technology] -- Oracle, a developer of hardware and software products, posted the following news release: * * * Oracle Database@AWS Now Generally Available * Oracle and Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS) today announced the general availability of Oracle Database@AWS. Customers can now run Oracle Exadata Database Service and Oracle Autonomous Database on dedicated infrastructure on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) within AWS. Oracle Data  more

SEATTLE, Washington, July 9 -- Amazon issued the following news: * * * Oracle Database@AWS Now Generally Available Customers can now use Oracle Database@AWS in AWS Regions in Northern Virginia and Oregon, with planned expansion to 20 more Enterprises including Fidelity Investments, Nationwide, and SAS are adopting Oracle Database@AWS to migrate and run Oracle Exadata Database Service and Oracle Autonomous Database on OCI within AWS * Austin, Texas and Seattle, Wash.--July 8, 2025--Oracle a  more

WASHINGTON, July 8 -- Oregon Tool, Inc. has submitted a public comment letter to the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) at the U.S. Department of Commerce, urging the agency to dismiss an inclusion request for electrically powered hand saws filed by the North American Die Casting Association (NADCA) under the Section 232 steel and aluminum tariff inclusion process. Oregon Tool emphasizes that NADCA does not qualify to make such requests, as it does not represent producers of electric hand saw  more

SALEM, Oregon, July 8 [Category: Education] -- The Oregon School Boards Association posted the following news: * * * School cellphone ban is work in progress * Cellphone bans are coming to all Oregon public K-12 schools, and school boards have until Oct. 31 to figure it out. Gov. Tina Kotek issued an executive order Wednesday, July 2, requiring school districts to prohibit "personal electronic devices" during "regular instructional hours." The Oregon Department of Education, OSBA and the  more

WASHINGTON, July 8 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Sens. Markey, Merkley, Reps. Garamendi, Beyer Lead Effort to Rein in Dangerous, Wasteful "Golden Dome" Missile Plan * Letter Text (PDF ) Washington (July 8, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Senator Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Rep. John Garamendi (CA-08), and Rep. Don Beyer (VA-08), co-chairs of the Nuclear Weapons and Arms Control Working Group, today led their colleagues in writing to Secreta  more

ASHLAND, Oregon, July 9 -- Southern Oregon University issued the following news release: * * * SOU awarded grant to create historic plastics database (Ashland, Ore.) -- The Southern Oregon University Laboratory of Anthropology has been awarded a Preserving Oregon Grant from Oregon Heritage, the state historic preservation office, to create a digital, archaeological database of historic plastics - from buttons to knick-knacks to kitchenware. The $13,000 grant will help pay for new camera equi  more