WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: SEATTLE - Today, Sep. 5, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that eight Tribes in Alaska, Idaho, Oregon and Washington were selected to receive $78,441,385 in Climate Pollution Reduction Grants as part of the Biden-Harris Administration's Investing in America agenda. EPA selected 34 applications in total to fund projects nationwide to implement community-driven solutions to tackle the c  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: SEATTLE (September 4, 2024) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today it is proposing to add the J. H. Baxter site in West Eugene, Oregon, to the Superfund National Priorities List. The National Priorities List is a list of hazardous waste sites in the United States eligible for cleanup financed under the federal Superfund Program. Nearly 80 years of wood treating operations at the J.  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued the following enforcement news release: The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today announced Judge Mary Rowland of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois entered an order of final judgment against of Oregon and and imposing a judgment totaling $209,614,892. This order follows Judge Rowland's prior order granting summary judgment in favor of the CFTC on all counts of the CFTC's solicitation fraud  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 -- 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 Copperfield Fire burning in Klamath 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 Sunday, September 1, 2024  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Indian Affairs issued the following news release on Sept. 6, 2024: Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Bryan Newland today announced that Bryan Mercier has been selected to serve as the next director of the Bureau of Indian Affairs in the U.S. Department of the Interior. Mercier, an enrolled member of the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon, has served as the director of the BIA Northwest Regional O  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 (TNSres) -- The National Science Foundation issued the following news release: This week, NSF Director Sethuraman Panchanathan engaged with leaders and innovators at the University of Oregon and Oregon State University (OSU), focusing on the future of workforce development, the economic impact of public research universities, and NSF-supported research. In Fiscal Year 2023, NSF invested over $121 million in Oregon to advance research, innovation and education. At the Unive  more