WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: Portland, Ore. - The Bureau of Land Management has funding for projects that maintain and improve public lands across western Oregon. BLM leaders are encouraging individuals, organizations, and local governments to submit funding applications for consideration. "Title II funds are used to make investments in public lands and create employment opportunities," said Heather Whit  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: Medford, Ore. -- The Bureau of Land Management is hosting a public field trip to see ongoing conifer mortality in Southwest Oregon. During the field trip, BLM foresters will discuss the Bureau's plan to strategically address the crisis. More trees in Southwest Oregon died between 2015 and 2019 than in the previous four decades. Increasing tree mortality is leading to concerns  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management issued the following news release on Feb. 13, 2024: In support of the Biden-Harris administration's goals for deploying 30 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind energy capacity by 2030 and 15 GW of floating offshore wind energy capacity by 2035, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) today announced the designation of two final Wind Energy Areas (WEAs) offshore Oregon. The WEAs were developed followin  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the Nevada Department of Corrections - Silver State Industries have announced a saddle-started wild horse and burro adoption event at the Northern Nevada Correctional Center (NNCC) on Saturday, February 24, 2024. Up to 20 saddle-started wild horses, and one burro, trained by the NNCC inmates, will be offered for adoption. The once-wild   more

BOISE, Idaho, Feb. 15 -- The U.S. Justice Department's Drug Enforcement Administration's Seattle Division issued the following news release on Feb. 14, 2024: Efren Avilez-Lopez, 81, and Maria Medina-Zeveda, 70, husband and wife, and both Mexican nationals illegally living in Ontario, Oregon, were sentenced for trafficking large amounts of methamphetamine in Idaho, U.S. Attorney Josh Hurwit announced today. On February 12, 2024, Chief U.S. District Judge David C. Nye sentenced Avilez-Lopez to n  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory issued the following abstract of a journal article: Oregon State University (OSU) is requesting technical assistance for design configuration, assembly, and bench testing of 4 state-of-the-art drifting hydrophone systems per OSU technical specification and aligned with IEC TS 62600 -40 Acoustic Characterization of Marine Energy Converters. The technical assistance objective of this request will  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: BOISE, Idaho - Efren Avilez-Lopez, 81, and Maria Medina-Zeveda, 70, husband and wife, and both Mexican nationals illegally living in Ontario, Oregon, were sentenced for trafficking large amounts of methamphetamine in Idaho, U.S. Attorney Josh Hurwit announced today. On February 12, 2024, Chief U.S. District Judge David C. Nye sentenced Avile  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued the following enforcement news release: The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today announced that the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon entered a consent order for permanent injunction, monetary sanctions, and equitable relief against defendants Erik J. Hass and his company Simply Gains, Inc. The order resolves a CFTC action filed against the defendants on June 9, 2020, alleging they fraudulently solicited m  more

BOISE, Idaho, Feb. 15 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Idaho issued the following new release on Feb. 14, 2024: Efren Avilez-Lopez, 81, and Maria Medina-Zeveda, 70, husband and wife, and both Mexican nationals illegally living in Ontario, Oregon, were sentenced for trafficking large amounts of methamphetamine in Idaho, U.S. Attorney Josh Hurwit announced today. On February 12, 2024, Chief U.S. District Judge David C. Nye sentenced Avilez-Lopez to nine years in federal pri  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- The Smithsonian Institution issued the following news release: The 82nd anniversary of President Franklin D. Roosevelt signing Executive Order 9066, this Presidents Day, Feb. 19, will be commemorated with a panel discussion at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. The order granted the U.S. Army the authority to remove civilians from military zones established in Washington, Oregon and California during World War II, resulting in the forced removal and wr  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service issued the following statement on Feb. 15, 2024, by Pacific West Regional Director David Szymanski regarding Aramark operations at Crater Lake National Park: * * * The National Park Service (NPS) has provided notice to Crater Lake Hospitality, LLC, a subsidiary of Aramark, that NPS intends to terminate Crater Lake Hospitality's contract to provide lodging, food and beverage service, retail, boat tours, and other  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release on Feb. 16, 2024: An Oregon man has been arrested on felony and misdemeanor charges related to his conduct during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the 2020 presidential election. David Medina, 34, of Sherwood, Oregon,  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Feb. 15 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon issued the following news release on Feb. 14, 2024: The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Oregon announced today that it has seized a vehicle purchased for Jon Harder, the former CEO of Sunwest Management and associated companies, who previously admitted to orchestrating a $120 million fraud scheme--one of the largest in Oregon history--and that the proceeds of the vehicle's sale will be applied to   more

EUGENE, Oregon, Feb. 15 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon issued the following news release: A Southern California drug trafficker convicted at trial for possessing with intent to distribute methamphetamine and heroin was sentenced to federal prison Wednesday, announced the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Oregon. Pedro Keny Verganza, 39, of Los Angeles County, California, was sentenced to 75 months in federal prison and three years' supervised release. A  more

KLAMATH FALLS, Oregon, Feb. 15 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued the following news release on Feb. 14, 2024: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today announced nearly $64 million in funding from President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for ecosystem restoration activities that address high-priority Klamath Basin water-related challenges in southern Oregon and northern California, with an additional $6 million in funding from other infrastruct  more