KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Nov. 5 -- The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics issued the following news release: Adrian Parsons of MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) is the NAIA Football Offensive Player of the Week, Blaine Shaw of Eastern Oregon has been named the NAIA Football Defensive Player of the Week and Jakobi Spence of Sterling (Kan.) has been named the NAIA Football Special Teams Player of the Week. The trio was selected based on their performances from October 28 - November 3 and we  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Nov. 7 -- The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics issued the following news release: The Saints of Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) and defending national champions, step to the plate and open the 2025 NAIA Softball Coaches' Top 25 Rating in first place, garnering 15 first-place votes. Science & Arts (Okla.) ranks second earning a pair of first-place votes. Cumberlands (Ky.) opens the year in third, while Southern Oregon received the final two first-place votes   more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Nov. 8 -- Portland Community College issued the following news: By Misty Bouse Portland Community College alum Christopher Bryde will compete in the Vancouver Whistler 2025 Invictus Games. Bryde recently earned five medals at the U.S. Marine Corps trials, qualifying in skiing, wheelchair rugby, rowing, and swimming events. Invictus organizers anticipate more than 500 competitors from over 20 nations to attend and compete in adaptive sports, including the new winter sports.   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 -- Americans for Tax Reform issued the following commentary on Oct. 31, 2024: * * * A Look into the Real Motivations Behind Oregon's Most Misleading Ballot Measure By Atticus Vernacchio Measure 118, for those who may be unaware, functions as a severe sales tax, despite the novel methodology which allows supporters to claim it isn't. That said, what's arguably more interesting, and less often talked about, is the question not of what, but of who. A lie is always concealing   more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Nov. 9 -- The Mercy Corps issued the following statement on Nov. 8, 2024, by Chief Climate Officer David Nicholson: * * * "As world leaders prepare to arrive in Baku, Azerbaijan, for the 29th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, more commonly known as COP29, Mercy Corps urges them to set an ambitious new international climate finance target of $1 trillion. This target is critical for enabling countries most impacted by climat  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 -- The National Association of Attorneys General issued the following statement on Nov. 4, 2024: * * * The National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) released the following statement today on behalf of a bipartisan coalition of 51 attorneys general, led by Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, Oregon Attorney General and NAAG President Ellen Rosenblum, Connecticut Attorney General William Tong, and Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach: "Regardless of the outcome of Tuesday'  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Nov. 7 -- Oregon Health and Science University issued the following news: * * * Steve Stadum, J.D., returns to OHSU as board launches search for permanent president * * * The Oregon Health & Science University board of directors on Monday approved a resolution to appoint Steve Stadum, J.D., interim president of the academic health center, effective Tuesday. "The process for selecting OHSU's permanent president will be appropriately vigorous, guided by our values and incl  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Nov. 5 (TNSres) -- Oregon Health and Science University issued the following news on Oct. 4, 2024: * * * OHSU research suggest Medicaid waivers may be necessary but insufficient to tackle the national opioid epidemic * * * By Erik Robinson For generations, the federal government has largely refrained from paying for mental health and substance use treatment in large residential facilities. That changed in 2015 when, in response to increasing overdose deaths nationwide fro  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Nov. 6 (TNSres) -- Oregon Health and Science University issued the following news: * * * Model developed in study will pave way for more discovery about important but mysterious process * * * By Angela Yeager Multiple sclerosis, a neuroinflammatory disease that affects nearly 3 million people worldwide, causes a loss of myelin, the fatty sheath that covers nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord. Chronic loss of the protective myelin harms neurons. This damage leads to   more

EUGENE, Oregon, Nov. 7 -- The Western Environmental Law Center issued the following statement on Nov. 6, 2024, by Executive Director Erik Schlenker-Goodrich and Deputy Director Sristi Kamal: * * * "This morning, we are reminded of Terry Tempest Williams' haunting declaration: "Finding beauty in a broken world is creating beauty in the world we find." In the coming months, we will need--more than ever--to create that beauty. For we now find ourselves, once again, facing a challenging and chaoti  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 [Category: Union] -- The International Brotherhood of Teamsters issued the following news release: (CLACKAMAS, Ore.) Teamsters are demanding the Oregon Beverage Recycling Cooperative (OBRC) remain neutral as workers at five sorting facilities and 27 redemption centers begin the process of organizing with the union. "Cooperative workers are concerned over low wages and want to improve their benefits and working conditions, which is why they reached out to the Teamsters," said  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Nov. 5 -- Medical Teams International issued the following news release: (KAMPALA, Uganda) November 3, 2024 - The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM) awarded a new grant to Medical Teams International to deliver life-saving health care services to refugees and host communities in Uganda. The $3.25 million project started on August 1, 2024, and will run until July 31, 2025, with additional years that will run until 2027. It will be im  more