WASHINGTON, June 14 (TNSres) -- The National Science Foundation issued the following news release: For the first time, NSF-funded researchers revealed a detailed look at the potential for a major earthquake off the coasts of southern British Columbia, Oregon and northern California. The new study characterizes the Cascadia Subduction Zone, which includes the "megathrust" fault, where the largest earthquakes initiate and spread, to inform potential earthquake and tsunami hazards. The Cascadia   more

WASHINGTON, June 14 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration issued the following news release on June 13, 2024: The Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has approved Illinois, Oregon, and Puerto Rico's Initial Proposals for the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program, a cornerstone of the Biden-Harris Administration's "Internet for All" initiative. This approval enable  more

WASHINGTON, June 12 (TNSres) -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Office of Sustainable Fisheries posted the following feature story: * * * The Secretary determined that fishery resource disasters occurred in one Oregon and two Alaska salmon fisheries. * * * The Secretary of Commerce has determined that fishery resource disasters occurred in: * Oregon 2023 ocean commercial Chinook salmon fishery * Alaska 2022 Chignik salmon fishery * Alaska 2023 Upper Cook Inlet East S  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, June 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon issued the following news release on June 10, 2024: A Gresham, Oregon man is facing federal charges today after he was caught using Telegram, an encrypted messaging service, to sell various controlled substances to minors. Timothy Jeffrey Monahan, 31, has been charged by criminal complaint with possessing with intent to distribute cocaine and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.   more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, June 10 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: When the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory science mission takes staff off-campus, the lab's safety principles follow. That's true even in the high mountain passes of Washington and Oregon, where ORNL scientists are tracking a tree species -- and where wildfires have become more frequent and widespread. For the past three years, ORNL environmental  more