SAN FRANCISCO, California, Dec. 27 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on Dec. 27, 2023, entitled "Employer-reported workplace injuries and illnesses in Oregon - 2022": * * * Private industry employers reported 50,600 nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses in Oregon in 2022, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table A.) Regional Commissioner Chris Rosenlund noted that thi  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Dec. 30 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release on Dec. 29, 2023: Associate Administrator Francisco Sanchez of the U.S. Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Recovery & Resilience today reminded small nonfarm businesses in five Oregon counties and a neighboring county in Washington of the Jan. 30, 2024, deadline to apply for an SBA federal disaster loan for economic injury. These low-interest loans are to offset economic losses  more

MEDFORD, Oregon, Dec. 30 -- The U.S. Justice Department's Drug Enforcement Administration's Seattle Division posted the following news release: A man believed to reside in Yakima, Washington who was caught transporting more than 55 pounds of methamphetamine and more than a thousand fentanyl pills in Southern Oregon was sentenced to federal prison on December 20, 2023. Daniel Martin Ponce-Gonzalez, 39, was sentenced to 60 months in federal prison and five years' supervised release. According t  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 30 -- The National Labor Relations Board issued the following decision (Case No. 19-RD-330627) by Region 19 Director Ronald K. Hooks: * * * FLOWR OF LYFE, LLC D/B/A FLOWR OF LYFE, Employer and JAMES KIETH POWELL, Petitioner and UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS LOCAL 555, Union DECISION AND DIRECTION OF ELECTION Flowr of Lyfe, LLC d/b/a Flowr of Lyfe ("Employer") operates a retail cannabis store in Eugene, Oregon. On November 22, 2023, James Kieth Powell ("Petitioner") file  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 27 -- The White House the following news release: On Tuesday, December 26, 2023, the President signed into law: H.R. 1722, the "Grand Ronde Reservation Act Amendment of 2023," which amends the Grand Ronde Reservation Act to clarify that the land claim settlement only extinguishes the Tribe's claims for a specified parcel of land; Thank you to Representative Salinas, Senator Merkley, and the entire Oregon Delegation for their leadership. H.R. 2839, which amends the Siletz Re  more