PORTLAND, Oregon, Aug. 8 -- Portland State University issued the following news release: * * * A Journey Through Invisible Ecosystems: PSU Researcher Unravels Mysteries of Marine Life Why are the smallest organisms in the ocean some of the most powerful forces in nature? Human society, and indeed most life on Earth, relies on microscopic marine life forms for the air we breathe, the abundance of marine life, and the cycles of nutrients and energy that make the Earth life sustaining. Portland   more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Aug. 8 -- Oregon Health and Science University issued the following news: * * * OHSU earns $2.8 million NIH grant for national AGING Initiative Award will advance research on older adults with multiple chronic conditions By Angela Yeager The National Institutes of Health has awarded Oregon Health & Science University $2.8 million to lead the Advancing Geriatrics Infrastructure & Network Growth, or AGING, Initiative. The AGING Initiative, started in 2014 at the University   more

SALEM, Oregon, Aug. 8 -- The Democratic Party of Oregon issued the following news: * * * Oregon Democrats Call for Rep. Cliff Bentz to Return Tax Dollars He Spent On Trump Inauguration Portland, OR - The Democratic Party of Oregon called on Oregon's Republican member of Congress to return federal dollars his office used to pay for his staff to attend Trump's inauguration. Rep. Bentz outspent every other member of the US House for this event. The DPO's Executive Director, Candy Emmons, said R  more

CORVALLIS, Oregon, Aug. 7 (TNSrpt) -- Oregon State University issued the following news release: * * * Child care supply continues to improve in many Oregon counties, report finds CORVALLIS, Ore. -- Child care, particularly for children of preschool age, is becoming more available to Oregon families in many parts of the state, a new report by Oregon State University researchers has found. Only nine of Oregon's 36 counties are now considered preschool child care deserts, and child care supply  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Aug. 8 -- Portland General Electric, an electric utility company, issued the following news release on Aug. 7, 2025: * * * PGE Energizes 475 MW of Battery Energy Storage to Boost Grid Reliability and Keep Costs Low for Oregonians Portland General Electric (PGE) today announces the completion of three new utility-scale battery energy storage systems, adding 475 megawatts (MW) and more than 1.9 gigawatt hours (GWh) of dispatchable capacity to serve the Portland metro area. To  more

ASHLAND, Oregon, Aug. 7 -- Southern Oregon University issued the following news release: * * * SOU announces plan to rebuild itself in response to fiscal crises Southern Oregon University President Rick Bailey announced today that the university will rebuild itself as an institution with a target of a $60 million annual budget - 15% lower than its current total - in response to devastating funding trends at both the state and federal levels. The university will rely, in part, on a rarely used  more

ASHLAND, Oregon, Aug. 7 -- Southern Oregon University issued the following news release: * * * Creative Industries project to be announced Monday Southern Oregon University will celebrate a piece of its future during an event on Monday, Aug. 11, to acknowledge the Oregon Legislature's recent approval of $40 million in capital construction bonds to update and consolidate SOU's facilities for creative industries - music, media and film. The cross-disciplinary project will transform the universi  more