PORTLAND, Oregon, June 19 -- The Bonneville Power Administration issued the following news release: New BPA-backed bonds certified green by the Climate Bonds Standard Board fund transmission projects that connect new carbon-free generation resources, support expanding electrification across multiple sectors of the economy and enhance overall grid reliability in the Pacific Northwest. BPA worked with the Port of Morrow and Wells Fargo Bank to price and sell approximately $76 million of green or   more

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security issued the following news release: The Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has imposed a three-year denial order against USGoBuy LLC of Portland, Oregon, prohibiting USGoBuy from participating in all exports under BIS jurisdiction from the United States. BIS activated this denial order--originally included as a suspended penalty pursuant to a 2021 settlement agreement with USGoBuy  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, June 22 -- The U.S. Justice Department's Drug Enforcement Administration's Seattle Division issued the following news release on June 21, 2024: The leader of an international drug trafficking organization operating in Lane County, Oregon, responsible for trafficking large quantities of methamphetamine, heroin, and cocaine into the state between 2018 and 2020, was sentenced to federal prison today. Victor Diaz-Ramirez, 33, was sentenced to 135 months in federal prison and five  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, June 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon issued the following news release on June 18, 2024: The leader of an international drug trafficking organization operating in Lane County, Oregon, responsible for trafficking large quantities of methamphetamine, heroin, and cocaine into the state between 2018 and 2020, was sentenced to federal prison today. Victor Diaz-Ramirez, 33, was sentenced to 135 months in federal prison and five years' supervised rel  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, June 18 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon issued the following news release on June 17, 2024: A local man was sentenced to federal prison today for distributing counterfeit Oxycodone pills containing fentanyl in and around Portland and stealing federal funds intended to help small businesses during the Covid-19 pandemic. Yuriy Viktorovich Vasilchuk, 33, a Portland resident, was sentenced to 49 months in federal prison and three years' supervised re  more

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury issued the following news release: Oregon Becomes First State to Offer New Free Tax Filing Option Next Year Made Possible by President Biden's Inflation Reduction Act Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced that Oregon will be the first new state to join IRS Direct File in Filing Season 2025. IRS Direct File was made possible by President Biden's Inflation Reduction Act, which provided ne  more