PORTLAND, Oregon, July 9 [Category: Sociological] -- The Mercy Corps posted the following news release: * * * "No Cash, No Food, No Medicine:" Sudan's Kordofan Region on the Brink * A devastating yet overlooked humanitarian catastrophe is unfolding in Sudan's Kordofan region, now the epicenter of the ongoing conflict. Fighting continues across North, South, and West Kordofan, with frontlines shifting daily, driving repeated waves of displacement and choking off already limited access to aid.  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, July 10 -- Daimler Truck Holding AG, a subsidiary of Daimler Trucks North America, issued the following news release: * * * "Stronger 2030" - Evolution of Group Strategy and upgraded Financial Targets 2030 * Evolved Group strategy: focus on execution based on five strategic pillars * Upgraded financial targets 2030: adjusted ROS of more than 12% for the Industrial Business (9-13% through-cycle range), with all segments driving value for structurally higher profitability *   more

WASHINGTON, July 10 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management is working to transfer cultural items to lineal descendants, Indian tribes or native Hawaiian organizations. This action follows the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. The items, defined as sacred objects or objects of cultural patrimony, were removed from federal or tribal lands. The cultural items consist of seven boxes containing obsidian projectile points, debitage, a biface, co  more

WASHINGTON, July 9 -- The Federal Communications Commission has initiated a proceeding to consider a channel substitution for a noncommercial educational television station in Jacksonville, Oregon. The proposal, outlined in a notice of proposed rulemaking (DA 25-583, MB Docket No. 25-215, RM-12005), suggests replacing channel *4 with channel *24 in the Table of TV Allotments. The action stems from a petition filed by TheDove Media, Inc. (TDM), the permittee for the Jacksonville station (Facilit  more

WASHINGTON, July 9 -- Rep. Val Hoyle, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Hoyle, Wyden, Merkley: EPA Prioritizing J.H. Baxter Superfund Site Cleanup for Eugene Community * For Immediate Release: July 9, 2025 EUGENE, OR - Oregon's U.S. Representative Val Hoyle (OR-04), alongside Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, welcomed the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) addition of the former J.H. Baxter site in Eugene to its Superfund National Priorities List (NPL)--an ess  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, July 10 -- VoteVets issued the following memorandum: * * * Memorandum: VA staff cuts will decimate veterans healthcare and benefits Losing 30,000 VA staff will decimate VA's ability to deliver quality healthcare and benefits. Veterans will suffer. And this is just one step in the plan laid out in Project 2025, to demonize, downsize, and privatize Veterans care. * Around 17,000 employees have already left the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), many of whom are still being   more

WASHINGTON, July 9 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Merkley, Sheehy Unveil New Bipartisan Effort to Boost Rural Economies, Wildfire Resiliency * Washington, D.C. - Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and Montana's U.S. Senator Tim Sheehy today introduced the bipartisan Supporting American Wood and Mill Infrastructure with Loans for Longevity (SAWMILL) Act. The brand-new legislation supports mills in Oregon, Montana, and across the nation by unlocking fe  more

WASHINGTON, July 9 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Merkley, Wyden, Hoyle: EPA Prioritizing J.H. Baxter Superfund Site Cleanup for Eugene Community * Washington, D.C. - Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, alongside U.S. Representative Val Hoyle (OR-04), welcomed the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) addition of the former J.H. Baxter site in Eugene to its Superfund National Priorities List (NPL)--an essential action, as sites inc  more

WASHINGTON, July 9 -- The Oregon District Attorneys Association has submitted comments to the U.S. Department of Education expressing strong concerns about potential changes to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program. The association emphasized that Public Service Loan Forgiveness is a "cornerstone of our country's public service workforce strategy." Bryan Brock, executive director of the Oregon District Attorneys Association, highlighted the existing staffing crisis in Oregon's prosecutori  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, July 9 [Category: Government/Public Administration] -- The National Association of State Energy Officials posted the following news: * * * Oregon Launches Statewide Building Performance Standard * The Oregon Department of Energy has launched Oregon's new Building Performance Standard program, which will involve energy efficiency compliance deadlines for commercial buildings beginning in 2028. Owners of buildings covered by the program have recently received a letter fr  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, July 10 -- Portland State University issued the following news release: * * * Introducing the Inaugural Cohort of the InnovAIte Academy Transforming Research, Teaching and Operations with Generative AI * Portland State University is thrilled to announce the inaugural cohort of the InnovAIte Academy, which commenced in July 2025. This innovative program empowers faculty and staff across all departments, regardless of their previous experience with generative AI, to harness   more