WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management announced that it expects to award up to 10 cooperative agreements for cultural and paleontological resource management in Oregon and Washington. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $400,000 with a ceiling of $50,000 for each award in the program. The agency said the grant was associated with natural resources. The funding is open to state, county, city, township and special district g  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management announced that it expects to award up to 10 cooperative agreements for invasive and noxious plant management in Oregon and Washington. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $750,000 with a ceiling of $250,000 for each award in the program. The agency said the grant was associated with natural resources. The funding is open to state, county, city, township and special district governments  more

NEWPORT, Rhode Island, Dec. 17 -- The Naval War College issued the following news: Department of the Navy Chief Learning Officer John R. Kroger visited the U.S. Naval War College on Dec. 16 to get a closer look at the institution's historic war-gaming abilities. Kroger took the new chief learning officer position in September, following a career that included the presidency of Portland, Oregon's Reed College from 2012 to 2018. He also had served as Oregon attorney general and a federal prosecu  more

NEWPORT, Rhode Island, Dec. 18 -- The U.S. Navy issued the following story: Department of the Navy Chief Learning Officer John R. Kroger visited the U.S. Naval War College on Dec. 16 to get a closer look at the institution's historic war-gaming abilities. Kroger took the new chief learning officer position in September, following a career that included the presidency of Portland, Oregon's Reed College from 2012 to 2018. He also had served as Oregon attorney general and a federal prosecutor and  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Dec. 16 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued the following news release: Join Portland District park rangers for the 10th annual Eagle Watch at The Dalles Dam visitor center on Saturday, Jan. 18, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. to view bald eagles roosting in their natural habitat along the Columbia River. During this Eagle Watch event, the visitor center will be open for live raptor presentations, provided by the U.S. Forest Service, Columbia Gorge Discovery Center and Rowena Wildlif  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Dec. 21 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's Federal Bureau of Investigation Portland Field Office issued the following news release: Lieutenant Chris Baldridge, Marion County Sheriff's Office, has completed one of the toughest challenges available to local law enforcement officers: the FBI National Academy. Lieutenant Baldridge and two other Oregon law enforcement officers graduated a 10-week training session at the FBI National Academy in Quantico, Virginia. There is a highl  more

OLYMPIA, Washington, Dec. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Northwest Regional Field Office issued the following news release: Potato stocks in Idaho on December 1, 2019 totaled 95 million cwt. Disappearance of the Idaho crop to date was 39.0 million cwt. December 1 potato stocks in Oregon totaled 17.9 million cwt. Disappearance to date was 4.78 million cwt. In Washington, December 1 potato stocks totaled 58.5 million cwt. Disappearance to dat  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Dec. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service Oregon office issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) seeks public comments on its interim rule for the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP), USDA's flagship program that helps producers plan and implement 150-plus conservation practices on working lands. The rule - now available on the Federal R  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Dec. 21 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's Federal Bureau of Investigation Portland Field Office issued the following news release: Lieutenant Jay Bates, Portland Police Bureau, completed one of the toughest challenges available to local law enforcement officers: the FBI National Academy. Lieutenant Bates and two other Oregon law enforcement officers graduated a 10-week training session at the FBI National Academy in Quantico, Virginia. There is a highly competitive process   more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Dec. 21 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's Federal Bureau of Investigation Portland Field Office issued the following news release: Lieutenant Treven Upkes, Salem Police Department, has completed one of the toughest challenges available to local law enforcement officers: the FBI National Academy. Lieutenant Upkes and two other Oregon law enforcement officers graduated a 10-week training session at the FBI National Academy in Quantico, Virginia. There is a highly competitive   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development issued the following news release: * * * - Increase in California Higher Than All Other States Combined; Continued Declines Noted Among Veterans and Families with Children * * * Ahead of the release of the 2019 Annual Homelessness Report to Congress, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Ben Carson certified data related to the study. While the rest of the country experienced a combined dec  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey announced that it intends to award a $1,196,000 cooperative agreement to the University of Oregon for the operation of the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network. The agency description of the grant states: "The main objectives of the agreement in support of the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network are operation and maintenance of seismic stations and associated station metadata that meet ANSS standards ensuring deliver  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 -- The Department of Veterans Affairs' Office of Inspector General issued the following oversight report (No. 19-00052-54) summary on "Comprehensive Healthcare Inspection of the VA Southern Oregon Rehabilitation Center and Clinics, White City, Oregon": Summary: This Comprehensive Healthcare Inspection Program provides a focused evaluation of the quality of care delivered at the VA Southern Oregon Rehabilitation Center and Clinics, covering leadership, organizational risks, a  more