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E&E News
3 days ago
- Business
- E&E News
NuScale secures NRC approval for second small reactor design
Nuclear developer NuScale Power on Thursday won approval from federal regulators for its second small modular reactor design. Under pressure to act more quickly on advanced reactors, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission completed its technical review of NuScale's 77-megawatt US460 SMR in just under two years. NuScale, an Oregon-based nuclear startup, holds the only other SMR standard design approval from the NRC, granted in 2020. 'This completes the NRC's technical review ahead of schedule and under budget, demonstrating the agency's commitment to safely and efficiently enable new, advanced reactor technology,' the agency said in a statement. Advertisement SMRs are less than one-tenth the size of conventional nuclear plants. They're built in factories and can be put together to form a six-pack of mini nuclear reactors, a process that nuclear advocates say will drive down costs and speed up delivery of new electricity supplies.
Associated Press
3 days ago
- Business
- Associated Press
Mobile Anesthesia Now Expanding Availability for Dental Offices in the Portland Metro Area
Oregon-based Nightlight Anesthesia has announced mobile service availability for Portland-area dental offices SHERWOOD, OREGON - MAY 29, 2025 - Oregon-based Nightlight Anesthesia has officially announced that it will now be expanding availability of it's mobile services for dental offices in the Portland Metro area. Now, Portland Metro dental offices can take advantage of this convenient service to ensure the height of patient satisfaction, comfort, and safety. Nightlight Anesthesia brings anesthesia services to medical and dental offices and surgery centers. The company's team brings everything needed to provide quality anesthesia, including equipment, medications, and talented experts who are committed to providing the best in care. 'Whatever the needs of your facility, we make the process of providing anesthesia care for your patients smooth and stress free,' said the team at Nightlight Anesthesia. The team at Nightlight Anesthesia includes trained and expert CRNAs with decades of combined experience. Founders Brad Johnson, MN, CRNA, and Josh Dillard, MN, CRNA, are committed to providing exceptional client services and have demonstrated that through years of service. By offering mobile services, Nightlight Anesthesia makes it easy for facilities to provide world-class anesthesia for their patients. In fact, Nightlight Anesthesia has been the recipient of a long list of five-star reviews from clients. One recent client said, 'Brad and Josh have allowed me to implement anesthesia services into my dental practice with ease. They are professional, great communicators with our team, provide exceptional treatment for our patients, and are enjoyable to work with.' Nightlight Anesthesia truly helps facilities provide the best care for their patients and even offers patient papers including pre-anesthesia instructions, aftercare directions, and pediatric aftercare directions. Clients can simply scan a QR code at the Nightlight Anesthesia website to access the pre-anesthesia forms. At every step of the way, this locally owned and operated company is ensuring quality mobile anesthesia solutions for facilities across Oregon. Now, dental offices in the Portland Metro area are being serviced by Nightlight Anesthesia. This opens up a new option for trustworthy, expert anesthesia services for dentists in the surrounding areas. 'We are committed to supporting local dentists, their staff, and their patients with quality mobile anesthesia,' said Nightlight Anesthesia. Local dentists who are interested in partnering with a mobile anesthesia provider are welcome to connect with Nightlight Anesthesia to learn more. Further details, including how to contact the company, can be found at ABOUT NIGHTLIGHT ANESTHESIA Nightlight Anesthesia offers mobile anesthesia services for Oregon medical and dental offices and surgery centers. Media Contact Company Name: Nightlight Anesthesia Contact Person: Josh Dillard Email: Send Email Country: United States Website: Source: Oregon Web Solutions
Yahoo
5 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Homestead Capital Hires Luke McCarthy to Lead Loan Origination; Expands U.S. Agricultural Lending Operations
SAN FRANCISCO, May 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Homestead Capital USA LLC (Homestead), a diversified investment manager that acquires and finances high-quality farmland across the United States, today announced that Oregon-based industry veteran Luke McCarthy has joined the firm's credit team as a director. In this new role, McCarthy will lead loan origination efforts to accelerate the firm's expansion of its agricultural lending operations. San Francisco-based Homestead manages more than $1.6 billion in equity and credit assets for pension plans, endowments, foundations, insurance companies, and family offices. McCarthy has more than 15 years of national and sector-wide experience in agricultural financing, including credit analysis, collateral valuation, due diligence and loan syndications. At Homestead, he will focus on expanding the firm's lending operations and building relationships with farmers, ranchers, agricultural executives and fund managers across the United States. Before Homestead, McCarthy was executive director for PGIM Real Estate where he originated and managed more than $1.3 billion in agribusiness and farm real estate loans. Previously in his career, he was vice president of loan syndications for Rabo AgriFinance, where he managed the firm's sell-side syndicated loan portfolio in the central and western United States and oversaw buyside deal flow and execution. "As sophisticated investors continue to explore alternative asset classes and as we continue to expand our private credit business, Luke's expertise in agricultural finance and his first-hand farming knowledge will be of great benefit to Homestead clients," said Justin Burns, managing director. McCarthy was raised on his family's pear, apple and cherry farm in Oregon and remains active in its operation. He holds a bachelor's degree in applied economics and management in finance from Cornell University, a master's degree in agricultural economics from Purdue University, and a master's degree in business administration from Indiana University's Kelley School of Business. With 22 employees and operations in the Pacific, Pacific Northwest, Mountain West, Delta and Midwest regions of the United States, Homestead primarily works with small and mid-sized farmers to provide capital solutions and improve profitability. Homestead is majority employee-owned and led by Daniel Little and Gabe Santos, Co-Founders and Co-CEOs. About Homestead Capital Established in 2012, Homestead acquires and manages high-quality farmland properties and is a lender to agricultural operators. Homestead focuses on acquisitions with opportunities for value enhancement through capital improvements, tailored farm management, economies of scale, crop selection and rotation, and customized farm operating strategies. For more information, visit Media contacts Newton Park PR, LLC Margaret Kirch CohenE: margaret@ +1 847-507-2229 Kathy Panagopoulos E: kathy@ T: + 1 773-710-7433 View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE Homestead Capital
Yahoo
5 days ago
- Health
- Yahoo
In suit, another Trails Carolina camper alleges sexual assault at wilderness therapy camp
This story includes descriptions of child sexual assault. Another camper who attended Trails Carolina has filed a lawsuit alleging they were sexually assaulted at the now-shuttered Western North Carolina wilderness therapy camp. The lawsuit, filed in Wake County Superior Court on May 22, claims Trails Carolina's owner, Oregon-based Wilderness Training & Consulting — which does business as Family Help & Wellness — engaged in "unfair and deceptive trade practices" and 'negligent, grossly negligent and wanton acts and omissions' that led to the alleged sexual assault and the former camper's subsequent post-traumatic stress, depression and emotional pain. This lawsuit is not the first filed this year against Family Help & Wellness related to alleged sexual assaults that occurred at Trails Carolina, which closed in 2024 following the death of a camper. A federal lawsuit filed in March, alleges one of the camp's adult male field instructors sexually abused a 12-year-old camper in 2015. Two other federal lawsuits involving alleged sexual assaults at the Transylvania County camp were settled in 2024. In the May 22 lawsuit, the former camper, whom the Citizen Times is not naming since they might be a victim of sexual assault, alleges they were sexually assaulted at Trails Carolina in 2018 by an older camper who held a 'metal object' to their throat while the two shared a tent. The suit claims that the older camper was 18 years old and had a known history of sexual activity with other campers at the time of the alleged incident. It also claims that Family Help & Wellness "deceptively hid the fact its policies and practices permitted individuals who were over the age of 18 and who engage in same-gender sex with minors to participate in their same-sex adolescent program" for children. According to the suit, the former camper, who was 16 years old at the time, reported the sexual assault to field staff. In response, the camper claims staff members wrapped the child up in a 'burrito' restraint and said they would discuss the incident the following day, only for staff to dismiss the report. The camper also claims to have reported the incident to a camp therapist. The therapist doubted the camper's report, according to the suit, 'explaining that people often tried to use sexual assault as an excuse to leave the Trails Carolina program.' According to the suit, the therapist did not document the alleged assault, nor did Family Health & Wellness disclose the alleged assault to the child's parents. The camper attempted to escape from Trails Carolina multiple times, the lawsuit contends. In one instance, according to the suit, the camper told a local law enforcement officer who arrived at the camp that 'something bad had happened' to them, only for the officer to leave 'without intervening to assist' the child. Two days later, according to the suit, the camper's father picked up the camper from Trails Carolina, the same day Family Health & Wellness told him his child had 'an encounter' with another camper. 'FH&W (Family Health & Wellness) has failed to adequately investigate claims of sexual abuse and other neglect by minor enrollees,' attorneys for the camper wrote in the complaint. 'Instead, FH&W has spent years intentionally concealing incidents of physical neglect, child deprivation, injury, and sexual assault and battery from its regulators, organizations like CARF (the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities) who certified it, and the public for the deceptive purpose of lulling parents into false sense of security and causing them to entrust their children to FH&W's custody.' The lawsuit seeks compensatory and punitive damages under state law. Attorneys for the former camper did not respond to a request for comment from the Citizen Times. In a May 27 email to the Citizen Times, a spokesperson for Wilderness Training & Consulting disputed the claims raised in the lawsuit. "We take any allegations concerning the care and well-being of our residents seriously,' the spokesperson said. 'While we cannot discuss specific situations or ongoing legal matters due to privacy, we believe the portrayal of our care and the resident experience is inaccurate, and we are prepared to defend our case in court." Family Help & Wellness continues to operate therapeutic camps and residential treatment programs in North Carolina, Idaho, Utah, Arizona and New Mexico. According to its website, it runs Asheville Academy, a therapeutic boarding school and residential treatment center in Weaverville for girls as young as 10. In May, an Asheville Academy student died by suicide, the Citizen Times previously reported. More: Former Trails Carolina camper alleges sexual abuse at WNC wilderness therapy camp in suit More: WNC camper death: NC Health records show prior child death violations; delayed search Jacob Biba is the Helene recovery reporter at the Asheville Citizen Times, part of the USA TODAY Network. Email him at jbiba@ This article originally appeared on Asheville Citizen Times: Lawsuit: Another camper alleges sexual assault at Trails Carolina
Toronto Star
5 days ago
- Business
- Toronto Star
Layoffs, logos, leases: What the latest release of Hudson's Bay court docs revealed
TORONTO - Hudson's Bay made a whopping, 590-page court filing late Monday that offers insight into how Canada's oldest company is winding down. Here are some of the new things the document revealed: Trademarks Canadian Tire will get the rights to 350 pages of trademarks and domain names belonging to Hudson's Bay if the $30 million deal the retailers brokered gets court approval. Included in the trademarks are rights to several variations of the multicolored stripe motif, the Hudson's Bay name, its coat of arms, its Distinctly Home brand, its luxury fashion business The Room and its Hudson North apparel line. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW There are also tag lines like the Zellers 'Lowest price is the law' slogan, as well as 'Shopping is good,' 'More than you came for,' 'Everything under the sun' and 'Bring it home.' Private labels Nordic Fleece, Beaumark Appliances and Black Brown 1826 also make an appearance on the list as do advertising lines like 'Official store of Christmas' and 'the official photographer of growing up.' The domains include website addresses connected to the Bay and its businesses but also and Stripes As part of the intellectual property deal, Canadian Tire will take over a contract the Bay had with Pendleton Woolen Mills, an Oregon-based blanket and clothing maker. The Bay and Pendleton disagreed about the use of some multistripe and 'point' motifs, a 2009 settlement and trademark licensing agreement filed in court shows. To end the spat, Hudson's Bay granted Pendleton a 'perpetual, royalty-free, worldwide non-exclusive trademark license.' Layoffs When the 80 Hudson's Bay and 16 Saks stores close by June 1, more than 8,300 workers will have lost their jobs. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW The job cuts will leave about 1,000 staff to work two additional weeks to let people pick up furniture and fixtures they bought and help the retailer vacate its properties. After June 15, about 118 employees will remain with 50 dedicated to the company's retail operations, 58 in its corporate division and 10 at distribution centres. Leases After filing for creditor protection in March, Hudson's Bay started looking for businesses wanting to take over its leases. It received 12 offers for 39 leases, including 28 covered by a deal it recently inked with B.C. mall owner Ruby Liu. That deal still needs landlord consent and court approval. Art and artifacts Hudson's Bay has 1,700 pieces of art and more than 2,700 artifacts, including the royal charter that birthed the business. It has court permission to begin exploring an auction of the items but Indigenous communities and some governments fear the pieces up for sale might include sacred or cultural items. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW Hudson's Bay now says the pieces have been catalogued and government entities, public institutions and Indigenous stakeholders are being invited to sign non-disclosure agreements to view the virtual database. The company has yet to settle on processes that will guide how the auction will run. This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 27, 2025.
