WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service issued the following news: While a cow grazing in a field isn't typically remarkable, United States Department of Agriculture scientists have identified potential ecological benefits of strategically applied livestock grazing in sagebrush communities across U.S. western rangelands. As recently published in the scientific journal Ecosphere, the collaborative research effort among Agricultural Resea  more

PORTLAND, Aug. 9 -- The U.S. Justice Department's Drug Enforcement Administration's Seattle Division issued the following news release: A Honduran national under federal indictment for conspiring with others to distribute fentanyl was extradited from Honduras to the United States this week to face charges in the District of Oregon. Orbin Alfredo Velasquez Layaire, 38, has been charged with one count of conspiracy to distribute fentanyl. According to court documents, in September 2022, as part  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: SEATTLE (August 5, 2024) -- Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced it will begin cleanup, also known as a time-critical removal action, at the JH Baxter facility in West Eugene, Oregon. The cleanup work will address the wood preserving chemicals abandoned when activities at the facility stopped in 2022. More than 500,000 gallons of hazardous chemicals and substances remain on the si  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- The Export-Import Bank of the United States Office of Inspector General issued the following news release: Wilsonville, Oregon Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) First Vice President and Vice Chair Judith Pryor and Director Owen Herrnstadt traveled to Oregon to celebrate and attend a ribbon-cutting event to mark the expansion of ESS Tech, Inc.'s long-duration battery production facility financed through EXIM's Make More in America Initiative (MMIA). This is the  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- The Export-Import Bank of the U.S. issued the following news release: * * * EXIM Financing Supports Hundreds of Good-Paying Jobs in Oregon * * * Wilsonville, Oregon - Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) First Vice President and Vice Chair Judith Pryor and Director Owen Herrnstadt traveled to Oregon to celebrate and attend a ribbon-cutting event to mark the expansion of ESS Tech, Inc.'s long-duration battery production facility financed through EXIM's Make Mor  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- 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 Elk Lane Fire burning in Jefferson County, 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 Tuesday, August 6, 2024, at  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- 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 Mile Marker 132 Fire burning in Deschutes County, 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 Friday, August, 2, 2  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Aug. 9 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon issued the following news release: A Honduran national under federal indictment for conspiring with others to distribute fentanyl was extradited from Honduras to the United States this week to face charges in the District of Oregon. Orbin Alfredo Velasquez Layaire, 38, has been charged with one count of conspiracy to distribute fentanyl. According to court documents, in September 2022, as part of an ongoing  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory issued the following article: * * * PNNL and OHSU joint research collaboration contributes to student success and impact * * * By Jesenia Hernandez Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) Computational Scientist Jason McDermott received his PhD in microbiology and immunology from Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU). Today he remains connected to his alma mater through the PNNL a  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey issued the following news release: The United States Magnetotelluric Array provides essential geophysical information about the electrical structure of the Earth which will aid in hazard assessments such as those that address the impacts of geomagnetic storms and space weather on electric power grids. The U.S. Geological Survey, in collaboration with the National Science Foundation, NASA, the EarthScope consorti  more