WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 -- The Federal Communications Commission issued the following news release on Aug. 9, 2023: The Federal Communications Commission today announced it is committing $46.3 million in a new funding round through the Emergency Connectivity Fund Program, which provides digital tools and services to support students in communities across the country. Today's funding commitment supports applications from the third application window, benefitting approximately 125,000 students nation  more

WOODS HOLE, Massachusetts, Aug. 5 (TNSres) -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Northwest Fisheries Science Center issued the following news: * * * Researchers are tracking indicators for signs of impacts, such as harmful algal blooms. * * * A large marine heatwave that developed offshore has reached the coast of Oregon and Washington. It increases the potential for harmful algal blooms and other impacts on the coastal ecosystem and marine life in the coming weeks and mon  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 (TNSres) -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Office of Communications issued the following news: * * * How the restoration of the Klamath watershed, the largest dam removal project in the world, will reopen access to habitat for the threatened and endangered native fish of the area. * * * The restoration of the Klamath watershed, spanning 15,000 miles of California and Oregon, is the largest dam removal project in history. It will reopen access to more  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 56649) involving Georgia-Pacific Toledo LLC, Oregon: * * * Rep Org: OR Dept of Health Rad Protection Licensee: Georgia-Pacific Toledo LLC Region: 4 City: Toledo State: OR License #: ORE-90708 Agreement: Y NRC Notified By: Todd Carpenter HQ OPS Officer: Bill Gott Notification Date: 08/01/2023 Notification Time: 14:30 [ET] Event Date: 08/01/2023 Event Time: 08:30 [PDT] Last Update Da  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 56649) involving Georgia-Pacific Toledo LLC, Oregon: * * * Rep Org: OR Dept of Health Rad Protection Licensee: Georgia-Pacific Toledo LLC Region: 4 City: Toledo State: OR License #: ORE-90708 Agreement: Y NRC Notified By: Todd Carpenter HQ OPS Officer: Bill Gott Notification Date: 08/01/2023 Notification Time: 14:30 [ET] Event Date: 08/01/2023 Event Time: 08:30 [PDT] Last Update D  more

MEDFORD, Oregon, Aug. 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon issued the following news release on Aug. 10, 2023: The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Oregon announced today that an order granting summary judgment in favor of the U.S. Forest Service was entered in a civil case challenging the agency's commercial thinning of timber conducted as part of forest restoration efforts in the Fremont-Winema National Forest. In December 2021 and May 2022, after an env  more

SAN DIEGO, California, Aug. 12 (TNScapv) -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of California issued the following news release: Danny Lamar Miller-Kidd was sentenced in federal court to 15 years in prison for his leadership role in a Baja California-based drug trafficking organization that imported and distributed hundreds of pounds of methamphetamine, cocaine, fentanyl, and heroin to various sub-distributors throughout the United States, including California, Arizona, Or  more