WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 (TNSFR) -- The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has withdrawn 103.92 acres of public land in Douglas County, Oregon from mining for 20 years. The move aims to protect the recreational value of three public sites: Island Creek Recreation Area, Iron Mountain Recreation Area, and Olalla-Thompson Day Use Recreation Area. These sites offer amenities like gravel parking areas, restrooms, picnic tables, and trails. The withdrawal will allow for future improvements without the compli  more

GREENSBORO, North Carolina, Jan. 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina issued the following news release: * * * Landlord Cortland Agrees to Cooperate with Justice Department and Enter into a Settlement to End the Use of Common Rental Pricing Algorithms and Competitively Sensitive Data to Set Rents Attorneys General of Illinois and Massachusetts Join Suit Against RealPage and Apartment Landlords, Bringing Total State and Commonwealth Co-Plaintiffs to 10  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: Jan. 7, 2025 Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced the appointment of 36 members to serve on the newly formed Greenhouse Gas Technical Assistance Provider and Third-Party Verifier Program Advisory Council, informally referred to as to the Growing Climate Solutions Act Advisory Council. The council will support the Greenhouse Gas Technical Assistance Provider and Third-Party Verifie  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 (TNSfact) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet on Jan. 6, 2025: * * * President Biden Protects Atlantic and Pacific Coasts from Offshore Oil and Gas Drilling - President Biden has now conserved over 670 million acres of America's lands and waters, more than any other president in history Today President Biden will take action to protect the entire U.S. East coast, the eastern Gulf of Mexico, the Pacific off the coasts of Washington, Oregon, and California, an  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news: There is a new mouth to feed in the coastal waters of the Northwest where juvenile salmon first enter the ocean, and it's a hungry one. Over the last two decades large numbers of juvenile sablefish have increasingly spread into coastal waters from central Oregon north to northern Washington. New research (link is external) published in the journal Marine and Coastal Fisheries shows the influx   more