BETHESDA, Maryland, April 17 -- The Uniformed Services University issued the following research news: The 2024 Military Health System Conference in Portland, Oregon continues with further discussion of the new MHS strategic plan. Panelists and speakers from USU continued discussion at the Military Health System Conference in Portland, Oregon, on day two, with topics ranging from exciting new research to the strength of the Uniformed Services University's (USU) Postgraduate Dental School, our   more

BETHESDA, Maryland, April 17 -- The Uniformed Services University issued the following faculty news: By Zachary Willis, Hadiyah Brendel, and Sharon Holland "Uncertainty is the killer of readiness." Opening the first Military Health System Conference in over a decade, the Honorable Ashish S. Vazirani, acting Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, delivered a bold proclamation that echoed through the ballroom of the Oregon Convention Center in Portland. His words fell upon the  more

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- The U.S. Air Force Auxiliary Civil Air Patrol issued the following news: Civil Air Patrol's Cadet Wings program is marking a major milestone after Cadet Maj. Thomas Clifton of the Alaska Wing's Southeast Composite Squadron became the 300th cadet to earn his private pilot certificate through the program. Clifton, 17, received his certificate after a check ride with a Federal Aviation Administration examiner April 9 at Eugene Airport in Oregon. "It is a great honor to be  more

BETHESDA, Maryland, April 19 -- The Uniformed Services University issued the following research news: By Zachary Willis and Hadiyah Brendel Day three of the Military Health System (MHS) Conference in Portland, Oregon featured diverse sessions addressing critical aspects of healthcare and education within the military medical community, including the Uniformed Services University's (USU) Health Professions Education program, how coaching strategies can mitigate the pressing issue of burnout, an  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, April 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon issued the following news release on April 18, 2024: The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Oregon announced today that it will join 10 other U.S. Attorney's Offices in establishing a multi-agency task force to address carjacking, an important public safety threat impacting communities in Oregon and beyond. "We are pleased to join our Justice Department colleagues from across the country in taking   more

WASHINGTON, April 13 -- The White House issued the following news release: Today, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. declared that a major disaster exists in the State of Oregon and ordered Federal assistance to supplement state, tribal, and local recovery efforts in the areas affected severe winter storms, straight-line winds, landslides, and mudslides from January 10 to January 22, 2024. Federal funding is available to state, tribal, and eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit o  more

SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota, April 20 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of South Dakota issued the following news release on April 19, 2024: United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced today that U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier has sentenced a Mount Angel, Oregon, man convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance. The sentencing took place on April 15, 2024. Anthony Romeo Osuna, a/k/a "Romeo", 25, was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison, followe  more

SACRAMENTO, California, April 16 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release on April 15, 2024: Low-interest federal disaster loans are now available to certain private nonprofit organizations in 11 Oregon counties and the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians following President Biden's federal disaster declaration for Public Assistance as a result of severe winter storms, straight-line winds, landslides and mudslides that occurred Jan. 10 - 22, 2024, announced Admin  more