PORTLAND, Oregon, Aug. 24 -- The Bonneville Power Administration issued the following news release: Each year, the National Hydropower Association recognizes Aug. 24 as National Hydropower Day. Here in the Northwest, BPA celebrates daily the clean and constant electricity provided by the region's rivers, which power on average more than half of every smart phone charged, movie watched and meal refrigerated. BPA has released a video of Administrator and CEO John Hairston and b-roll of federal d  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Sept. 2 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Portland District issued the following news release: In two virtual public information sessions, the Portland District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will discuss the role of hydropower at their Willamette Valley dams, and how they're answering Congress' call to look at the future of that hydropower. The Water Resources Development Act of 2022 provides authorization for Portland District to complete a report to Congress containing i  more

NEWPORT, Oregon, Aug. 31 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release on Aug. 30, 2023: * * * Supermarket Conciliates Federal Charge It Denied Reasonable Accommodation and Fired Newly-Hired Employee Due to a Disability * * * JC Market, Inc., doing business as JC Market Thriftway, a Lincoln County, Oregon grocery chain, has agreed to provide $50,000 in compensatory damages, backpay, and furnish other injunctive relief to resolve a charge of disability discr  more

MEDFORD, Oregon, Aug. 31 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon issued the following news release on Aug. 30, 2023: A southern Oregon man was sentenced to more than 15 years in federal prison today after he violated the terms of his supervised release by possessing a firearm and methamphetamine. James Charles Danis, 41, of Phoenix, Oregon, was sentenced to 188 months in federal prison and five years' supervised release. According to court documents, on March 20, 2020, w  more