WASHINGTON, July 26 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: SEATTLE -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced $19,555,386 in environmental and climate justice community change grant funding for Lane County, Oregon and United Way of Lane County. Lane County's grant application is among 21 applications selected to receive funding to help disadvantaged communities tackle environmental and climate justice challenges through projects that reduce pollutio  more

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: SEATTLE - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the general competition selection of the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality to receive a $197,181,796 Climate Pollution Reduction Grant. Oregon is among 25 selected applications to receive $4.3 billion in funding to implement community-driven solutions that tackle the climate crisis, reduce air pollution, advance environmental justice  more

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: BOTHELL, Wash. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) authorized the use of federal funds to help with firefighting costs for the Boneyard Fire burning in Grant County, Oregon, and the Battle Mountain Complex Fire, which includes the Monkey Creek, Snake, and North Fork Owens Fires burning in Grant, Morrow and Umatilla counties, Oregon. The state of Ore  more

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: BOTHELL, Wash. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) authorized the use of federal funds to help with firefighting costs for the Durkee Fire burning in Baker and Malheur counties, Oregon. The state of Oregon's request for a federal Fire Management Assistance Grant (FMAG) was approved by FEMA Region 10 Administrator Willie G. Nunn on Monday, July 22, 20  more

WASHINGTON, July 26 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration issued the following news release: Today, Deputy Assistant Secretary Cristina Killingsworth will visit the Pacific Northwest Mass Timber Tech Hub, serving Oregon and Washington. The Biden-Harris Administration, through the U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration (EDA), designated the Pacific Northwest Mass Timber Tech Hub, led by Oregon State University, as a Regional Technolog  more

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- The White House sent to the Senate on July 23, 2024, the nominations of five individuals for positions in the federal government: * * * * Lisa T. Ballance, of Oregon, to be a Member of the Marine Mammal Commission for a term expiring May 13, 2027, vice Frances M.D. Gulland, term expired. * Gabriel Escobar, of Texas, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of Ameri  more

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news: For the first time since 1918, an astonishing 420 miles of salmon habitat in the Klamath River watershed in California and Oregon will be fully connected by September. This results from the world's largest dam removal effort, the Klamath River Renewal Project. The amount of habitat opened up on the Klamath is equivalent to the distance between Portland, Maine, and Philadelphia-a journey through  more