‘Safety Break’ encourages Oregon employers, workers to stand down May 13

Oregon - The Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division (Oregon OSHA) urges employers and workers across industries to join Oregon's annual Safety Break event for a celebration of the importance of creating and maintaining safe and healthy working conditions.

Safety Break for Oregon – the Wednesday, May 13, stand-down for worker safety and

Department of Revenue offers information to help taxpayers claim correct Oregon Kids Credit amount

Salem, OR— The Oregon Department of Revenue is offering new guidance today for taxpayers claiming the Oregon Kids Credit, ensuring that taxpayers can claim the correct credit amount when they electronically file their tax year 2025 return.

During preparation for the 2026 tax season, the department provided incorrect information

DFR fines LoanMart $660,000 for charging excessive interest in consumer loans; company to repay $900,000 to Oregon borrowers

Oregon - The Oregon Division of Financial Regulation (DFR) issued a cease-and-desist order against Wheels Financial Group LLC, doing business as LoanMart, for facilitating consumer finance loans that exceed the 36 percent interest rate cap under Oregon law. The company agreed to remedy all illegal loans and repay $900,000 in excessive interest charges to Oregon consumers. The order also included fines totaling $660,000 that will be suspended and waived after three years as long as the company complies with the terms of the final order.

From 2019 to 2023, LoanMart solicited and brokered consumer finance loans as part of an

Pickathon Music Festival Announces 2026 Lineup in Portland Area

Pickathon 2026 Music Festival Logo -- Meet the Pickathon Frog!

After 26 years of elevating artists like Geese and Billy Strings, the festival returns with a lineup pairing discovery with icons including Steve Earle.

HAPPY VALLEY, OR, UNITED STATES, January 26, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Pickathon returns to Pendarvis Farm July 30–August 2, 2026, continuing its tradition as the country’s most distinct music festival experience. For its 26th year, the Portland-area

Televero Behavioral Health Grows Nationwide Footprint, Now Serving Patients in 21 U.S. States

Televero Behavioral Health

Televero Behavioral Health is now serving 21 states nationwide

Driven by data and outcomes, Televero expands access to personalized, measurement-based behavioral health care across the country.

We won’t stop at 97% satisfaction. We are relentlessly focused on closing that final gap. Our goal is 100%—in access, in accountability, in outcomes.”

— Ray Wolf, CEO of Televero Behavioral Health

PORTLAND, OR, UNITED STATES, January 22, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Televero Behavioral Health announced a major milestone in its national growth strategy: expansion into its 21st state. As the

EDRM Releases an Open Call for Contributors for Key Projects

Four cornerstone initiatives seek community contributors to advance global eDiscovery best practices

This work invites professionals to step beyond the limits of their own roles and contribute to solutions that reflect the full complexity of the legal and technology ecosystem.”

— Khrhysna “Khrys” McKinney, Principal at EDRM Trusted Partner KL McKinney

CORBETT, OR, UNITED STATES, January 22, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Leading the way for global best practices in eDiscovery, the Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM) announced that several key projects

Chris Russell Looks to the Light with New Ambient Album, LUMEN

Lumen by Chris Russell (Spotted Peccary Music)

Chris Russell is a music artist and composer based in Illinois.

Portland-based Spotted Peccary Music celebrates its 40th Retrospective throughout 2026.

A Sense of Wonder, Light and Spiritual Confirmation: Lumen is the latest album by Illinois-based Recording Artist Chris Russell, out now on Spotted Peccary.

Lumen is an album about light, natural light or spiritual illumination and knowledge.”

— Chris Russell

PORTLAND, OR, UNITED STATES, January 23, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Lumen, the stunning new album from Chris Russell, and Russell’s 4th solo release on Spotted Peccary Music, renders both physical and metaphorical forms of light as an audio experience. Inspired by natural light and spiritual illumination,