PORTLAND, Oregon, Dec. 28 -- Oregon Health and Science University issued the following news release: * * * - Respiratory complications due to nontuberculous mycobacteria most likely to impact females, people older than 65 * * * More than 160 different species of nontuberculous mycobacteria, or NTM, exist naturally in the environment. While these germs are commonly found in water and soil, they traditionally have not been associated with severe illness. New research conducted at Oregon Health  more

ANAHEIM, California, Dec. 27 -- Disneyland issued the following news release: * * * - Coaches and players visited Disneyland Park, their first official stop on the way to the New Year's Day Rose Bowl Game * * * The No. 6 Oregon Ducks and the No. 8 Wisconsin Badgers have won berths in the 2020 Rose Bowl presented by Northwestern Mutual in Pasadena, Calif., and their first stop along the way was a traditional visit to the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, Calif., on Thursday, Dec. 26. The teams w  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Dec. 24 -- N.W. Natural (formerly Northwest Natural Gas) issued the following news release: In recognition of customers who signed up for NW Natural's Smart Energy program in 2019, NW Natural is making a $24,000 donation to the Oregon State Parks Foundation. Smart Energy has more than 57,000 Oregon and Southwest Washington residential and business customers enrolled in the voluntary carbon offset program, a key component of NW Natural's Low Carbon Pathway, along with energy e  more

OLYMPIA, Washington, Dec. 24 -- The Washington State Utilities and Transportation Commission issued the following news release: * * * - Wave Division Capital, LLC to purchase company's Washington operations * * * Yesterday the Utilities and Transportation Commission staff reached a settlement in the proposed sale of Frontier Communications Northwest, Inc, to Wave Division Capital (WDC) and Northwest Fiber, LLC. In June, the companies filed a sale proposal with the commission that would allo  more