WASHINGTON, July 30 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Coast Guard issued the following news release: * * * Coast Guard medevacs woman from cruise ship 120 miles off Washington coast * ASTORIA, Ore. - A Coast Guard MH-60 helicopter crew from Air Station Astoria, Oregon, medevaced a woman experiencing a health emergency onboard the cruise ship Carnival Legend nearly 120 miles west of Grays Harbor, Washington, Tuesday night. The cruise ship was transiting from Prince Rupert, British  more

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Rep. Val Hoyle, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Hoyle, Wyden, Merkley: Federal Disaster Relief Coming to Southern Oregon Flooding Recovery * UPDATE 7/29 | 4:45PM PT: Merkley, Wyden, and Hoyle have been informed that FEMA denied Governor Kotek's Major Disaster Declaration request to provide support to eligible individuals and households in Coos, Curry, and Douglas counties through the Individual Assistance (IA) program. Additionally, FEMA denied the O  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, July 30 -- Medical Teams International issued the following news release on July 29, 2025: * * * Medical Teams International CEO Discusses Global Displacement Crisis & Philanthropic Giving with the National Christian Foundation (PORTLAND, Ore.) July 29, 2025 - Medical Teams International President & CEO, Eric Ha, recently sat down with Kendra VanderMeulen, CEO of the National Christian Foundation (NCF) for an in-depth, on-camera interview. The two discussed the many challeng  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Merkley Statement on His Bipartisan Bill to Rein in TSA Facial Recognition Technology at Airports Nationwide * Washington, D.C. - Today, Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley--a longtime leader in sounding the alarm on the Transportation Security Administration (TSA)'s use of facial recognition technology--issued the following statement on his Traveler Privacy Protection Act : "No one should be requir  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Merkley, Lujan Demand Public Release of Epstein Files * Washington, D.C. - Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and New Mexico's U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan launched an effort to direct the U.S. Department of Justice to publicly release all files relating to the investigation of Jeffrey Epstein and his associates. Merkley and Lujan introduced the Epstein Files Transparency Act to provide full transpar  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, July 30 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report: * * * Oregon Job Openings and Labor Turnover -- May 2025 * Oregon had 86,000 job openings in May 2025, compared to 89,000 openings in April, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table 1.) Regional Commissioner Chris Rosenlund noted that the job openings rate in Oregon was 4.1 percent in May and 4.2 perce  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Assistance issued the following news release: * * * SBA Offers Relief to Washington Small Businesses and Private Nonprofits Affected by Drought * SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced the availability of low interest federal disaster loans to small businesses and private nonprofit (PNP) organizations in Washington to offset economic losses caused by drought beginning July 8.   more

ASHLAND, Oregon, July 30 -- Southern Oregon University issued the following news release: * * * SOU biologist receives NSF grant for grasshopper research (Ashland, Ore.) -- Southern Oregon University biologist Jacob Youngblood has been awarded a three-year, $422,183 grant from the National Science Foundation to study how insects respond to two aspects of climate change - rising air temperatures and declining plant nutrients - potentially improving pest management strategies and forecasts of i  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 (TNSLrpt) -- A report from Ocean Conservancy reveals sobering results: American states average just 1.5 stars out of five in efforts to curb plastic pollution, with 44 of 50 states plus D.C. scoring below 3 stars, indicating widespread need for policy improvements. In its most comprehensive state-level benchmark yet, Ocean Conservancy evaluated over 20 policy factors, including single-use plastic bans, microplastics regulation, extended producer responsibility, bottle deposi  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Warren, Markey, Merkley, Whitehouse Press Top Trump Officials on Rising Electricity Prices for Americans * Consumers face higher electricity prices than when Biden left office, despite Trump campaign promise to cut energy and electricity prices in half Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), joined by Senators Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), an  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Coast Guard issued the following news release: * * * WEATHER ALERT: Tsunami advisory in effect for state of California * ALAMEDA, Calif. -- As of 9:26 PDT, the National Weather Service has initiated a Tsunami Warning from Cape Mendocino to north of the California/Oregon border. An Advisory is in effect from Cape Mendocino to the California/Mexico border. According to the National Weather Service, a tsunami is expected that cou  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden Calls for Investigation Into Reported Diversion of Resources From Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Investigations By Department of Homeland Security * Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., called for an immediate investigation of reports the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has drastically diverted resources away from investigations into serious crimes against children,   more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release on July 30, 2025: * * * Wyden Statement on Trump Plan to Privatize Social Security Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement after reports that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent outlined how a provision in the Republican budget bill will operate as a backdoor tool to privatize Social Security. "Calling this a f  more