ORLANDO, Florida, Feb. 4 -- The Amateur Athletic Union issued the following news, dated Jan. 31: Vanessa McClendon is fast becoming a well-known name in the Pacific Northwest AAU district. Her team the Northwest Magic has grown exponentially since its inception in 2009. McClendon, a former professional basketball player, began her basketball career playing fifth and sixth grade boys before she joined a travel team under the AAU umbrella. From there, McClendon played for the University of Oregon  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- The American Institutes for Research issued the following news release: Experts from the American Institutes for Research (AIR) will lead and participate in several presentations at the Council for Exceptional Children's (CEC) 2020 Special Education Convention and Expo, which will be held Feb. 5-8 at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, Oregon. The annual convention is one of the nation's largest gatherings of special education researchers, policymakers and practition  more

RESTON, Virginia, Feb. 5 -- The American Society of Civil Engineers issued the following news: The old Bonner Bridge had seen better days. The new Basnight Bridge hasn't - for those days are now. And at $252 million, the 2.8-mile-long crossing should still be around 100 years from now. What was merely an addition to North Carolina's wishlist in 1989 now spans the Atlantic Coast's most dangerous channel, Oregon Inlet, and connects Hatteras Island to the beautiful Outer Banks. The Marc Basnight  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Feb. 7 -- The Center for Biological Diversity issued the following news release: State wildlife agency officials announced that wolf OR-54 was found dead yesterday in Shasta County. The radio-collared wolf from Oregon made California her home nearly two years ago. No cause of death has been announced, but state officials said an investigation is underway and that the illegal killing of a wolf is subject to serious penalties, including fines and jail time. In January, of  more

COLUMBIA, Maryland, Feb. 4 -- The Foundation Fighting Blindness issued the following news release: The Foundation Fighting Blindness, a national nonprofit focused on funding cutting-edge retinal disease research, and the Casey Eye Institute at Oregon Health & Science University will co-host the seventh annual Retinal Cell and Gene Therapy Innovation Summit in Baltimore, Maryland, on Friday, May 1st, 2020. Representatives from biotech and pharma industries come together with physicians and scie  more

MANHATTAN, New York, Feb. 7 -- Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, a campaign of Everytown for Gun Safety, issued the following news: Yesterday, more than 200 volunteers with the Oregon chapter of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both a part of Everytown for Gun Safety, spent the day at the statehouse to call on lawmakers to prioritize gun safety during the legislative session. Volunteers from across the state held more than 75 meetings with legislators, urging them to pa  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Feb. 6 -- The Mercy Corps issued the following news release on Feb. 5: * * * - Mercy Corps to conduct further investigation into co-founder, will also appoint Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer * * * The global organization Mercy Corps published an independent, external review examining what steps were taken when reports of sexual abuse by Mercy Corps' late co-founder Ellsworth Culver were brought to the organization's attention in 2018. The review, conducted by New York-  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Feb. 6 -- The Mercy Corps issued the following news release: As hostilities escalate in northwest Syria, eight aid agencies are warning that hundreds of thousands of people, mainly women and children, fleeing the unrelenting violence are caught in a humanitarian catastrophe and are calling for an immediate ceasefire. At least 150,000 people have been forced to flee their homes since January 20, bringing the total number of people who have been displaced since December 1 to ov  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Feb. 5 -- The Oregon State Public Interest Research Group issued the following news release: OSPIRG, a statewide public interest group, released their 2020 legislative agenda. The full legislative agenda is available here (https://ospirg.org/sites/pirg/files/reports/OSPIRG%202020%20Legislative%20Agenda.pdf). While OSPIRG is monitoring a number of important issues this session, their top three priorities are: Controlling Prescription Drug Costs: The high cost of prescription   more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Feb. 7 -- Vet Voice Foundation issued the following statement by Army Veteran Will Goodwin on Feb. 6 regarding the Trump Administration's plan to revoke protections for two Utah national monuments: "Donald Trump, first with Secretary Zinke and now with Secretary Bernhardt, has made attacking our public lands and undermining the Antiquities Act a top priority from day one. But today's announcement that the Trump Administration will revoke protections on two treasured national   more

EUGENE, Oregon, Feb. 7 -- The Western Environmental Law Center issued the following news release: The ACLU of Montana, Western Environmental Law Center, and the Bahr Law Offices challenged two Montana state agencies' refusal to release public records relating to the Keystone XL Pipeline. The documents in question pertain to the government's plans in response to protests. The ACLU is concerned that such plans may include spying on protesters, suppressing constitutionally protected free speech ri  more