BOISE, Idaho, Feb. 14 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management's Idaho State Office issued the following news release: * * * - Strategically placed fuel breaks in Idaho, Oregon, Washington, California, Nevada and Utah will help firefighters control wildfires - Note: Please see attached infographic and photo * * * The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released the Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) for Fuel Breaks in the Great Basin. This Final P  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Feb. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following news release: Fatal work injuries totaled 62 in 2018 for Oregon, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. Assistant Commissioner for Regional Operations Richard Holden noted that the number of work-related fatalities in Oregon was similar to the previous year. Fatal occupational injuries in the state have ranged from a high of 88 in 1992  more

WILMINGTON, North Carolina, Feb. 12 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued the following news: Dredging in this area has many benefits for Dare County fishermen, both economic and recreational. The significance of the Oregon Inlet is that it is "a critical harbor of refuge." Roger Bullock, Deputy of Operations, informed us that there is not another inlet in a 60-mile radius. That means that there is 120 miles of coastline with no other way to get into safe haven. The Coast Guard has a high  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency issued the following news release on Feb. 13: The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced that Navy Fire Controlman 1st Class Robert L. Corn, 24, of Baker City, Oregon, killed during World War II, was accounted for on Jan. 29, 2019. On Dec. 7, 1941, Corn was assigned to the battleship USS Oklahoma, which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, when the ship was attacked by Japanese aircraft. T  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news release: The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Freedom's Sentinel. Spc. Branden Tyme Kimball, 21, from Central Point, Oregon, died Feb. 12, 2020, at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, from a non-combat related incident. The incident is under investigation. Kimball was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 10th Aviation Regiment, 10th Combat Aviation Brigade, Fort Drum, New Y  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- The Federal Trade Commission issued the following news release: * * * - Defendants misrepresented exclusivity of ads, when they would be disseminated * * * Two Oregon-based media production companies and their owner have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they deceptively pitched "exclusive" advertising placements to small businesses and misled them about when the ads would be printed and distributed. The stipulated court order settling the FTC's c  more

OLYMPIA, Washington, Feb. 15 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Northwest Regional Field Office issued the following news release: Asparagus value of utilized production in Washington totaled $21.2 million, down 19 percent from 2018. Washington accounted for 29 percent of national utilized production. Snap beans in Oregon had a $26.2 million total value of utilized production, up 11 percent from 2018. Oregon accounted for 11 percent of national u  more

OLYMPIA, Washington, Feb. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Northwest Regional Field Office issued the following news release: Total acreage of Oregon grown Ryegrass ano Tall Fescue decreased slightly to 329,000 acres for harvest in 2020, from 331,000 acres harvested in 2019. Acreage totals for 2019 were revised from preliminary intentions based on 2020 survey data for all grass seed types. Growers of tall fescue seed indicated an increase of   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey announced that it intends to award a $248,148 cooperative agreement to the University of Oregon for the improvement of seismic and infrasound constraints on surface flows at Cascade volcanoes. The agency description of the grant states: "The main objective of this project is capturing and analyzing seismic and infrasound signals of debris flows and lahars on the Cascades volcanoes of Washington State and Oregon   more