BOTHELL, Washington, July 17 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: FEMA welcomes Hsin Ya (Jessie) Huang from Eugene, Oregon as one of the 15 national selectees for the 2019-2020 Youth Preparedness Council (YPC). FEMA created the YPC in 2012 to bring together young leaders who are interested in supporting disaster preparedness and making a difference in their communities by completing disaster preparedness projects na  more

WASHINGTON, July 20 - The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service announced that it intends to award a $155,873 cooperative agreement to the University of Oregon for a cultural landscape report of the Manhattan Project National Historical Park in Los Alamos, New Mexico. The agency description of the grant states: "The CLR will use data collected through the Cultural Landscapes Inventory (CLI) for TA-18 and archaeological surveys to complete a full historical context, inventory o  more