SAN FRANCISCO, California, Oct. 9 -- Holland and Knight, a law firm, issued the following news release: Holland & Knight earned two victories in one day in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit for firm client Cerner Corporation, a U.S. health information technology supplier. The Ninth Circuit's September 23 decisions reversed a pair of earlier rulings by the U.S. District Courts for the District of Oregon and the Western District of Washington to dismiss Cerner's proceedings to enfo  more

MCMINNVILLE, Oregon, Oct. 8 -- Linfield College issued the following news release: Nicholas Buccola, professor of political science at Linfield College, will present "The Fire is Upon Us: James Baldwin, William F. Buckley Jr., and the Debate over Race in America" on Wednesday, Oct. 16, at 7 p.m. in Fred Meyer Lounge located in Riley Hall at Linfield. In February 1965, James Baldwin and William F. Buckley Jr. -- two leading American public intellectuals -- met at Cambridge University to debate  more

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Oct. 10 -- Littler Mendelson, a law firm, issued the following news release: Renea Saade, a shareholder in the Anchorage office of Littler, the world's largest employment and labor law practice representing management, received the Northwest Human Resource Management Association (NHRMA) 2019 Distinguished Member award. She was presented with the award at NHRMA's 81st annual conference and tradeshow in Portland, Oregon, on Wednesday, Oct. 9. The Northwest Human Resource Manag  more

WESTBROOK, Maine, Oct. 8 -- The Maine Behavioral Healthcare issued the following news, dated Oct. 4: Spring Harbor Hospital, a division of Maine Behavioral Healthcare, will welcome Laura Edwards-Leeper, PhD, Associate Professor, School of Graduate Psychology, Pacific University, Oregon at the 12th Annual Glickman Symposium for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Dr. Edwards-Leeper will provide the Keynote presentation, "Affirming Mental Health for Transgender Youth and Their Families." The daylon  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Oct. 8 [TNSsociologyresearch] -- North Carolina State University issued the following news release: Another casualty of climate change will likely be shoreline recreational fishing, according to new research from North Carolina State University and Oregon State University. The study finds some regions of the U.S. may benefit from increasing temperatures, but those benefits will be more than offset by declines in fishing elsewhere. "If there are not significant efforts   more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Oct. 9 -- N.W. Natural (formerly Northwest Natural Gas) issued the following news release: NW Natural has selected five local organizations to receive multi-year grants totaling half a million dollars in support for children and families at risk. These five groups are chosen as NW Natural's Programs of Focus and will receive the company's highest level of philanthropic support. Recipients will receive $35,000 per year for three years from NW Natural shareholders' Corporate Ph  more

SALEM, Oregon, Oct. 7 -- The Oregon Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: In September 2018, the ODA regulatory lab was issued approximately $900,000 from the Emergency Board to investigate the possibility of developing a test to quantify levels of cyanotoxins in processed food products. In the case of future incidents, this test has the potential to turn into an ODA fee-for-service to provide market assurance to food processors. The Oregon Health Authority regulates the  more

SALEM, Oregon, Oct. 11 -- Gov. Kate Brown, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Today, Governor Brown thanked the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California for issuing an immediate injunction to temporarily prevent the federal "Public Charge Rule" from taking effect on October 15. The rule would allow the federal government to block immigrants who live in the United States legally from receiving a green card or visa if they apply for health care benefits like the Oreg  more

SALEM, Oregon, Oct. 10 -- Gov. Kate Brown, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * - Oregon will be the first U.S. host of world track and field championships in 2021 * * * Governor Kate Brown today welcomed home U.S. athletes returning from the 2019 World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar, which ended on Sunday. In addition to congratulating the returning champions, Governor Brown highlighted the upcoming August 2021 championships event, which will be hosted in Eugene. "We   more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Oct. 11 [TNSmedicalresearch] -- Oregon Health and Science University issued the following news release: * * * - Language mapping enables OHSU surgeons to remove tumors while preserving cognitive function * * * Oregon Health & Science University is the only center in Oregon at which brain surgery patients are actively involved in guiding the procedure - specifically language mapping - while they are awake. The procedure is a delicate undertaking. It involves a careful chore  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Oct. 11 [TNSmedicalresearch] -- Oregon Health and Science University issued the following news release: * * * - Findings may provide insight about development of neurodegenerative conditions like Parkinson's disease * * * Military veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder or concussion suffer from a thrashing form of sleep behavior at a rate that is far higher than the general population, according to a new study by researchers at the VA Portland Health Care System and O  more

SALEM, Oregon, Oct. 8 -- The Oregon Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: The Oregon Department of Agriculture and US Department of Agriculture have announced this year's recipients of Specialty Crop Block Grant Program funds. In Oregon, nearly $2.1 million will fund 14 projects to help boost the competitiveness of the state's fruits, vegetables, tree nuts, nursery crops, and other specialty crops. "Specialty crops are a critical part of agriculture in the state," says O  more

CORVALLIS, Oregon, Oct. 8 [TNSmedicalresearch] -- Oregon State University issued the following news: Oregon Medicaid enrollees are less likely to make unscheduled trips to the hospital following the implementation of the state's accountable-care model, new research by Oregon State University shows. The study suggests the Oregon system of coordinated care organizations, or CCOs, which have been serving Medicaid enrollees since 2012, can provide lessons to other states regarding the three-pronge  more

CORVALLIS, Oregon, Oct. 11 -- Oregon State University issued the following news: Hazelnut, walnut or chestnut trees in your home orchard can keep you supplied with nuts for months if you know the best ways to harvest, handle and store them. Harvesting hazelnuts means gathering them as they fall from the trees - before autumn rains, if possible, said Ross Penhallegon, a horticulturist with Oregon State University's Extension Service. You can shake branches lightly, but in most cases the nuts wi  more

CORVALLIS, Oregon, Oct. 9 [TNSbiologyresearch] -- Oregon State University issued the following news: Fossils preserved in Dominican amber reveal a new family, genus and species of microinvertebrate from the mid-Tertiary period, a discovery that shows unique lineages of the tiny creatures were living 30 million years ago. The findings by George Poinar Jr. of the Oregon State University College of Science give a rare look at a heretofore unknown clade of invertebrates, along with their fungal fo  more

PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 7 -- Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Oregon issued the following news release: Opioid misuse continues to be a national public health crisis. Today, Oregon has one of the highest rates of prescription opioid misuse in the nation. While statewide solutions have helped reduce prescription opioid overdose deaths over the years, an average of five Oregonians die every week from an overdose. Regence understands the urgency and widespread nature of the opioid crisis in our comm  more

ASHLAND, Oregon, Oct. 9 -- Southern Oregon University issued the following news: Southern Oregon University chemistry professor Hala Schepmann will co-direct a five-year, $999,899 National Science Foundation project to support mid-career women faculty members nationwide in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields. The project - Advancing STEM Careers by Empowering Network Development (ASCEND) - will focus in two directions. It will help individual faculty members advance   more

SALEM, Oregon, Oct. 8 -- The Oregon Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: * * * - 30 Resource Professionals Selected, Sessions Begin November 2019 * * * REAL Oregon (Resource Education & Ag Leadership) will launch its third leadership cohort in November. Following the successful graduation of Class 1 and 2, the organization proudly announces the selection of 30 new natural resource professionals from throughout the state for Class 3. Participants were selected from a p  more