PORTLAND, Oregon, Aug. 13 -- Oregon Health and Science University issued the following news release: * * * - Knight Cardiovascular Institute has Oregon's only Adult Congenital Heart Association-recognized program * * * Oregon Health & Science University's Knight Cardiovascular Institute is now home to Oregon's only accredited program for adult patients who were born with heart defects. The Adult Congenital Heart Association's rigorous accreditation process ensures its accredited centers pro  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Aug. 13 [TNSscienceresearch] -- Carnegie Mellon University issued the following news: * * * - Robots Will Work Together to Map, Detect Objects in Mine Disaster Scenario * * * A pair of wheeled robots and a pair of drones, assembled by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and Oregon State University, will work together to autonomously map and search an underground mine as competition begins this month in the $2 million DARPA Subterranean Challenge. The first sc  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Aug. 14 -- Carnegie Mellon University issued the following news: Kevin Pluckter clicks his computer mouse while sitting in front of dual monitors at a base station just outside the entrance to the Tour-Ed Mine in rural western Pennsylvania. The mine has served as a training base for Explorer, a team of Carnegie Mellon University and Oregon State University researchers competing in the $2 million DARPA Subterranean Challenge. Pluckter's clicking instructs Rocky 2, a c  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Aug. 12 -- Daimler Trucks North America LLC, a subsidiary of Daimler Trucks North America, issued the following news release: Daimler Trucks North America LLC (DTNA) announced today that it has built the first two Class 8 battery electric Freightliner eCascadias for customers at its research and development center in Portland. The trucks are part of Freightliner's Electric Innovation Fleet and built to test the integration of battery electric trucks in to large-scale fleet op  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Aug. 14 -- Dean Transportation, a subsidiary of Daimler Trucks North America, issued the following news release: Dean Transportation, Hoekstra Transportation and Thomas Built Buses today celebrated their collaboration to provide school buses in Michigan at a back-to-school event held in Lansing. Together, they showed their commitment to the local community by featuring Lansing School District's new school buses and shared school bus safety tips with local schoolchildren. Beg  more

NEWBERG, Oregon, Aug. 14 -- The Oregon Democratic Party issued the following news release: The State Central Committee (SCC) of the Democratic Party of Oregon met in Yamhill County this weekend to complete a jam-packed agenda of caucus meetings, strategize for the 2020 election, and consider DPO resolutions. Among the five resolutions approved, the SCC voted overwhelmingly to thank the Oregon Legislature for passing several meaningful campaign reform bills and sending a constitutional amendme  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Aug. 15 -- Kaiser Permanente issued the following news release: * * * - Thrive Local will address unmet social needs, including food, housing, and transportation. * * * More than 300 representatives from social services agencies in Oregon and Southwest Washington gathered to learn about a new community network that will connect health and social services providers across the region to deliver integrated care. Thrive Local, first announced in June 2019, will be the most com  more

MCMINNVILLE, Oregon, Aug. 13 -- Linfield College issued the following news release: Linfield College faculty members approved the addition of two majors, a minor and two new areas of focus beginning in the fall of 2019. Students will now have the option to major in Public Health Promotion and Secondary Education, bringing Linfield's total number of majors to 54. The new majors represent emerging fields based in Linfield's core curriculum, preparing students for professional opportunities and/o  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 12 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release: * * * - Momentum Continues to Grow for States' Lawsuit with Addition of 16th AG * * * Attorney General Letitia James today announced that the State of Oregon has agreed to join the multistate lawsuit blocking the anticompetitive megamerger of telecommunications giants T-Mobile and Sprint, adding to the states' momentum. "Oregon's addition to our lawsuit keeps our momentum going, and ensures that   more

SALEM, Oregon, Aug. 16 -- Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum issued the following news release: Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum and Oregon Governor Kate Brown today joined four other states in filing a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California challenging the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) "Public Charge Rule". The lawsuit claims the Rule targets working immigrants and their families who are in the United States legally with a visa or a gre  more

SALEM, Oregon, Aug. 12 -- Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum issued the following news release: Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum announced today that Oregon will join the multistate lawsuit blocking the anticompetitive megamerger of telecommunications giants T-Mobile and Sprint. T-Mobile US Inc. and Sprint Corporation are the third and fourth largest mobile wireless networks in the U.S., and are the lower-cost carriers among the "Big Four", including Verizon Wireless and AT&T. Inten  more

SALEM, Oregon, Aug. 13 -- Gov. Kate Brown, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * - Judge Brownhill to retire from Clatsop County bench * * * Governor Kate Brown announced today that she is accepting applications for a judicial vacancy on the Clatsop County Circuit Court created by the planned retirement of Judge Paula Brownhill. The Governor thanked Judge Brownhill for her dedicated judicial service, and announced that she will fill the position by appointment. Judge Brownhill's  more

SALEM, Oregon, Aug. 12 -- Gov. Kate Brown, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Governor Kate Brown today announced that she will appoint Angela Franco Lucero to the Multnomah County Circuit Court. Ms. Lucero fills the vacancy created by Judge Kenneth R. Walker's recent retirement. Her appointment is effective immediately. "For years, Angela Lucero has passionately served her community, while also maintaining a high-volume civil litigation practice," Governor Brown said. "Angela's exte  more

SALEM, Oregon, Aug. 12 -- Gov. Kate Brown, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: The State of Oregon, through the Department of Forestry, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), through the U.S. Forest Service (USFS), will be signing a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on shared stewardship on Aug. 13 at 2 p.m. The purpose of the MOU is to establish a framework that allows the state and Forest Service to work collaboratively to accomplish mutual goals, further common interests, an  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Aug. 16 [TNSmedicalresearch] -- Oregon Health and Science University issued the following news release: * * * - OHSU's innovative in-hospital addiction program proves successful in engaging people in treatment * * * Patients who meet an addiction medicine consult team while they're in the hospital are twice as likely to participate in treatment for substance use disorder after they go home, according to new research. The study, published in the Journal of General Internal   more

CORVALLIS, Oregon, Aug. 13 [TNSmedicalresearch] -- Oregon State University issued the following news: An epidemic of cats with hyperthyroidism may be explained by exposure to a chemical contained in flame retardants commonly found in furniture, according to an Oregon State University study. The number of cats diagnosed with hyperthyroidism in 1980 was 1 in 200. Today it's estimated that 1 in 10 cats are afflicted. For the Oregon State study, a silicone pet tag developed by Kim Anderson, an en  more

CORVALLIS, Oregon, Aug. 16 [TNSmedicalresearch] -- Oregon State University issued the following news: Clinical research funding continues to lag for the U.S. population of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders, even though the nation's largest biomedical funding agency has pledged to prioritize research on diverse populations, a new study from Oregon State University shows. "We looked at how this commitment has translated to funding and we found that things really haven't cha  more

CORVALLIS, Oregon, Aug. 15 [TNSscienceresearch] -- Oregon State University issued the following news: A new study provides evidence that increasing the abundance of a threatened or endangered species can deliver large benefits to the citizens of the Pacific Northwest. The study, published today in the journal PLOS ONE, finds that a two-thirds increase in the average annual number of returning coho salmon to the Oregon coast would generate up to $518 million per year in non-market economic bene  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Aug. 13 -- Portland General Electric, is a fully integrated electric utility, issued the following news release: Portland General Electric Company (NYSE: POR) recently presented $144,000 in environmental stewardship grants to 22 organizations located within the company's operations area in Oregon. These grants are part of PGE's overall philanthropic commitment to the community and focus on delivering quantifiable outcomes that contribute to enhancing and protecting natural hab  more

PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 14 -- Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Oregon issued the following news release: Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Oregon has named Dr. James (Jim) Polo as its executive medical director. Dr. Polo, who currently leads behavioral health and substance abuse efforts for Regence, will expand his role to oversee medical cost stewardship activities for Oregon, driving health care affordability initiatives and engaging key employers and providers to enhance the quality of care for me  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Aug. 13 -- Troutman Sanders, a law firm, issued the following news release: Portland Office Managing Partner Roman Hernandez will receive the 2019 President's Diversity & Inclusion Award from the Oregon State Bar (OSB). The award recognizes members who have made significant contributions to increase diversity and promote inclusion within Oregon's bench and bar. "I am a strong proponent of increasing minority representation in the legal profession and am honored to receive the  more

PORTLAND, Washington, Aug. 16 -- The Washington State Utilities and Transportation Commission issued the following news release: Today public utility commissioners from British Columbia, California, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington convened at the Oregon Convention Center for a public dialogue focused on wildfire risk and mitigation. The all-day event featured experts who shared their perspectives and evolving approaches to address rapidly changing wildfire risk, driven by climate change and othe  more