WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families announced that it expects to award a discretionary grant for Head Start services in Harney County, Oregon. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $382,262. The agency said the grant was associated with income security and social services. The funding is open to state, county, city, township governments; independent school districts; private, public and state con  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 -- The U.S. Department of Energy issued the following news release: * * * - Vital medical isotope is used in over 40,000 medical procedures in the United States each day * * * The Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) has issued its fourth and final cooperative agreement award in Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 to Northwest Medical Isotopes, LLC, located in Corvallis, Oregon, for the production of molybdenum-99 (Mo-99) without the use of highly   more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Aug. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service Oregon office issued the following news release: Finding better ways to combat invasive weeds...developing planning tools to sequester carbon in forests...creating pollinator habitat on irrigation pipeline corridors...these are just a few applications that will come to fruition in the coming years thanks to funding from USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) via its Conservatio  more

PRINEVILLE, Oregon, Aug. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service Oregon office issued the following news release: The Ochoco Irrigation District and project partners propose to modernize aging infrastructure to conserve water, reduce energy use, improve operational efficiencies, and enhance fish and wildlife habitat in Ochoco and McKay creeks and the Crooked River. By converting open-ditch irrigation canals into underground, closed-pipe systems, and in  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 -- The National Labor Relations Board issued the following decision and direction of election (Case No. 19-RC-245944 ) by Region 19 Director Ronald K. Hooks: ST. CHARLES HEALTH SYSTEM, INC. d/b/a ST. CHARLES MEDICAL CENTER - BEND, Employer and OREGON NURSES ASSOCIATION, Petitioner DECISION AND DIRECTION OF ELECTION The Employer operates an acute care hospital in Bend, Oregon. Petitioner seeks, by a self-determination election, to add a classification of unrepresented reg  more

TULSA, Oregon, Aug. 28 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon, Billy J. Williams, issued the following news release: U.S. Attorney Billy J. Williams will meet with fellow members of the Attorney General's Advisory Subcommittee on Native American Issues (NAIS) in Santa Ana Pueblo, New Mexico, in order to discuss public safety and law enforcement issues that impact Native American and Alaska Native communities. The annual meeting will begin today and run through Aug. 30. During this tim  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Aug. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's Federal Bureau of Investigation Portland Field Office issued the following news release: Welcome to the Oregon FBI's Tech Tuesday segment. This week: building a digital defense against government agent impersonation scams. Our partners at the U.S. Marshals Service are reporting a significant rise in the number of calls they are getting from concerned Oregonians upset about a new round of an old fraud. These people are reporting that  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 -- The White House issued the following news release: Today, President Donald J. Trump announced his intent to nominate: Danielle J. Hunsaker of Oregon, to serve as Circuit Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Danielle Hunsaker currently serves as the Presiding Judge on the Washington County Circuit Court of Oregon. Before taking the bench in 2017, Judge Hunsaker was a partner at Larkins Vacura Kayser LLP in Portland, Oregon, where her practic  more

MEDFORD, Oregon, Aug. 28 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's U.S. Forest Service unit - Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest - issued the following news release: Fire & Aviation Staff on the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest are strategically preparing for yet another round of predicted lightning activity expected in southwest Oregon on Wednesday, August 28th. The forest has requested, and received, a second pulse of severity funding from the U.S. Forest Service Regional Office in Portla  more

XXXX, Aug. 28 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * - Partnership between EPA and National Fish and Wildlife Foundation powers community-led projects to restore urban waters and streams, address water quality in priority watersheds * * * Today, the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF), with support from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), announced Five Star Urban Waters Grants totaling $99,634 for two groups in Washington and one  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Aug. 27 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: By John Hughel The Oregon Air National Guard's 142nd Fighter Wing hosted the VFA-41 Squadron, assigned to Naval Air Station Lemoore, California, along with their F-18F Super Hornets during two weeks of dissimilar aircraft combat training at the Portland Air National Guard Base Aug. 11-23. As part of the DACT exercises, the Navy brought six F-18's and approximately 125 Sailors to engage with the 142nd FW's F-15C Eagles.  more