WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 -- The Environmental Protection Agency announced that it expects to award up to four discretionary grants for environmental education in Alaska, Idaho, Oregon and Washington. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $300,000 with a ceiling of $100,000 for each award in the program. The agency said the grant was associated with environment. The agency description of the grant states: "The purpose of the Environmental Education Local Grants Program in Region   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: A fugitive and former Hillsboro, Oregon, tax fraud promoter, who had been on the run since he was supposed to start serving a 10 year prison sentence, was caught in Arizona and apprehended on Nov. 1, 2019, by the U.S. Marshals Service, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department's Tax Division. Winston Shrout, 70, was convicted by a jury in April 2017  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Nov. 5 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service Oregon office issued the following news release: This month the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is encouraging farmers to "keep the stubble" on their harvested crop fields and improve soil health during No-Till November. First launched in 2017 by NRCS Iowa, the No-Till November campaign is mirrored after the national cancer awareness No Shave November movement that encoura  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Nov. 8 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon, Billy J. Williams, issued the following news release: Jason Paul Schaefer, 28, of Beaverton, Oregon, was sentenced today to 40 years in federal prison and 5 years' supervised release for detonating an improvised explosive device on October 11, 2017, assaulting two members of the Portland Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF). In May 2019, Schaefer was convicted after a six-day trial of two counts of assaulting a federal offi  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Nov. 5 -- 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 Medicare scams. More and more companies are offering services to test your DNA, allowing you to explore your genetic heritage. Eastern European? Chilean? Something super exotic that you never even considered as part of your ancestry? These tests can be  more

KLAMATH FALLS, Oregon, Nov. 8 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation issued the following news release: The Bureau of Reclamation and Klamath Water Users Association (KWUA) today announced that two Klamath Project and Upper Klamath Basin power reports are available for public comment. The draft reports, called The Klamath Basin Affordable Power Studies Power Cost Benchmark Report and Klamath River Basin America's Water Infrastructure Act Affordable Power Measures Report,  more

SEATTLE, Washington, Nov. 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Washington issued the following news release: * * * - Co-Founder of Vancouver, Washington, lab pleads guilty to conspiracy to pay kickbacks involving federal healthcare programs * * * One defendant has pleaded guilty, and three others and a physician- owned testing lab have been indicted following the investigation of kickbacks in connection with laboratory testing services. The grand jury returned ind  more