LAKEWOOD, Colorado, Aug. 22 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management Colorado State Office issued the following news release on Aug. 21, 2023: The Bureau of Land Management has selected six organizations and universities in Colorado, Oregon and Utah to receive grants totaling more than $1 million aimed at empowering community-level action to support the BLM's mission of managing and protecting wild horses and burros on public lands. "We at the BLM are dedicated to fost  more

SHERIDAN, Wyoming, Aug. 25 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the City of Sheridan and Stella-Jones Inc. established a unified command to coordinate the response to a spill of diesel-containing wood preservative at the Stella-Jones facility in Sheridan. A mixture of diesel and dichlorooctylisothiazolinone (DCOI) spilled from a retort at the Stella-Jones facility at 7  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Aug. 25 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on Aug. 24, 2023: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a series of settlements today with companies based in California, New Jersey, Oregon, and Washington state that had illegally sold "defeat device" products throughout the United States that altered vehicle emissions control systems. These products are designed to "defeat" emissions controls, enabling increased emis  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: The state of Oregon's request for a federal Fire Management Assistance Grant (FMAG) was approved by FEMA Region 10 Administrator Willie G. Nunn on Wednesday, August 23, 2023, at 10:00 p.m. PT. He determined that the Liberty Fire threatened to cause such destruction as would constitute a major disaster. This is the second FMAG declared in 2023 to help fight Ore  more

BOISE, Idaho, Aug. 22 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Idaho, Joshua D. Hurwit, issued the following new release on Aug. 21, 2023: Two multi-faceted, large-scale Organized Crime and Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) investigations have resulted in the federal indictments of 25 defendants on drug trafficking and firearms charges, U.S. Attorney Josh Hurwit announced today. Seventeen indictments were issued over the last several months by federal grand juries sitting in Idaho along with  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 56635) involving Cardinal Health Nuclear Pharmacy, Portland, Oregon: * * * Rep Org: OR Dept of Health Rad Protection Licensee: Cardinal Health Nuclear Pharmacy Region: 4 City: Portland State: OR License #: 90509 Agreement: Y NRC Notified By: Thomas Pfahler HQ OPS Officer: Donald Norwood Notification Date: 07/24/2023 Notification Time: 00:28 [ET] Event Date: 07/24/2023 Event Time: 1  more

WOODLAWN, Maryland, Aug. 26 (TNSrep) -- The Social Security Administration's Office of the Inspector General issued a management advisory report (No. 062307) on Aug. 22, 2023, entitled "Match of Oregon Death Information Against Social Security Administration Records:" * * * MEMORANDUM To: Kilolo Kijakazi, Acting Commissioner From: Gail S. Ennis, Inspector General Subject: Match of Oregon Death Information Against Social Security Administration Records The attached final report presents th  more

EUGENE, Oregon, Aug. 22 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon issued the following news release: On August 16, 2023, a Deschutes County, Oregon woman was sentenced to federal prison for trafficking large quantities of methamphetamine and fentanyl to Oregon for distribution. Krista Vela, 39, was sentenced to 84 months in federal prison and five years' supervised release. "Today marks a significant victory in our ongoing fight against the scourge of methamphetamine and f  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Aug. 22 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued the following news release on Aug. 21, 2023: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) is announcing the finalized listing of sand dune phacelia as threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The Service also designated 181 acres of critical habitat and completed a 4(d) rule for the coastal plant. "The ESA provides a critical safety net for species such as sand dune phacelia," sai  more