WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- 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 co  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families announced that it expects to award up to two discretionary grants for Head Start services in Hood River, Wasco, and Jefferson Counties, Oregon, and Skamania and Klickitat counties, Washington. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $5,312,965. The agency said the grant was associated with income security and social services. The funding is open to state, county  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families announced that it expects to award up to two discretionary grants for Head Start services in Washington County, Oregon. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $5,832,335. 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, publ  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families announced that it expects to award up to two discretionary grants for Head Start services in Multnomah County East of Portland Public School District including East Portland, Gresham, Troutdale, Fairview, Wood Village and the town of Corbett, Oregon. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $7,151,830. The agency said the grant was associated with income security   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families announced that it expects to award up to three discretionary grants for Head Start services in Lane County, Oregon. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $8,049,032. 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 a  more

VANCOUVER, Washington, Sept. 19 -- The U.S. Army News Service issued the following news: A keel-laying ceremony took place Monday for the first of a new class of Army watercraft, the Maneuver Support Vessel (Light). The Army chief of transportation and other officials attended the ceremony at the Vigor shipbuilding facility near Portland, Oregon. Vigor has been awarded a 10-year contract to construct up to 36 of the new watercraft. The current Army objective is to build 13, officials said. Th  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Sept. 20 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Dam Safety team is conducting a geotechnical investigation at Cougar Dam beginning today, Friday, Sept. 20. Geotechnical investigations sample the constructed material of the dam. The investigation involves boring into the dam material to test soil grain size and related strength properties. The goals of this drilling investigation are to better understand the dam  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Sept. 20 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued the following news release: On Friday, September 13, over 1,500 cyclists spent the final night of a seven day, 485-mile ride at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Schwarz Campground near Dorena Lake. The event known as "Cycle Oregon" converted the campground into a "tent city" that included over 500 pup tents, portable showers, an outdoor cafeteria, an entertainment stage, a first-aid station, a massage therapy center and a b  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Department's Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $3 million grant to the city of Pendleton, Oregon, to make infrastructure improvements at Eastern Oregon Regional Airport needed for the development of an Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) test range. "President Trump is working diligently  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- The National Science Foundation issued the following news release: * * * - Partnership between Boeing, NSF focuses on providing new and better educational opportunities * * * The National Science Foundation is making five new awards to create and study open-source learning platforms to train and reskill workers in fields ranging from engineering to manufacturing, with the support of a $10 million gift The Boeing Company made in 2018. The University of Southern Califo  more

ASHLAND, Oregon, Sept. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's U.S. Forest Service unit - Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest - issued the following news release: Now georeferenced on the Avenza app (www.avenzamaps.com) courtesy of Rogue River- Siskiyou National Forest, the new Ashland Map Guide, produced by Travel Ashland and the Ashland Chamber, can be used on your phone when you are out on the trails of Ashland. Due to high demand of the Ashland Map Guide, Travel Ashland produced a new   more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Sept. 17 -- 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 student loan scams. Oregon and Washington college kids are packing up and heading back to class in the next couple weeks. That means more tuition, more books, and more bills. For many folks, the only way to get that education is to take out big loans  more

SEATTLE, Washington, Sept. 17 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, issued the following news: Storms, boat traffic, animal noises and more contribute to the underwater sound environment in the ocean, even in areas considered protected, a new study from Oregon State University, Cornelle University, National Park Service, and NOAA PMEL and NOAA Fisheries scientists shows. Using underwater acoustic monitors, researchers listened in on S  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service announced that it intends to award a $257,059 cooperative agreement to the Portland State University of Oregon for an ethnographic overview and traditional associations study of Channel Islands National Park and Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area in California The funding opportunity number is P19AS00618 (CFDA 15.945). For more information, contact William Nash, 415/623-2262, William_Nash@nps.gov.  more

TUALATIN, Oregon, Sept. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Farm Service Agency - Oregon Field Office issued the following news release: Agricultural producers affected by natural disasters in 2018 and 2019 can apply through the Wildfire and Hurricane Indemnity Program Plus (WHIP+). Sign-up for this U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) program begins Sept. 11. "There is no doubt that extreme weather has greatly impacted Oregon's agricultural producers over the last several years, and 2  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Sept. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Development - Oregon office issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development is seeking applications for loan guarantees and grants to support renewable energy and energy efficiency improvement projects. Eligible agricultural producers and rural small businesses may apply for funding through the Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) to install renewable energy systems or mak  more

SOUTHWEST, Oregon, Sept. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's U.S. Forest Service unit - Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest - issued the following news release: The Siskiyou (OR) Resource Advisory Committee (RAC), made up of local volunteers from across southwest Oregon, is scheduled to meet from 9 a.m. to 12 noon on Wednesday, October 2, 2019, in order to finalize recommendations for funding of natural resource project proposals on Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest administered land  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- The White House issued the following news release: NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE: Robert Anthony Dixon, of the District of Columbia, to be United States Marshal for the Superior Court of the District of Columbia for the term of four years, vice Michael A. Hughes, term expired. Danielle J. Hunsaker, of Oregon, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, vice Diarmuid F. O'Scannlain, retired. Grant C. Jaquith, of New York, to be a Judge of the United State  more