Forest Grove gets Shop Local Tuesdays
A group of Forest Grove business owners created Shop Local Tuesdays.
Year: 2013
Tourist breaks finger off Florence statue
BBC: A 14th-Century statue in the Italian city of Florence has lost a finger after it was handled by an American tourist.
Tech pioneer buys Washington Post
Reuters: Jeff Bezos, 49, who is buying the Washington Post as a personal investment for $250 million, has funded an eclectic array of ventures.
Tablet buyers wait for new iPads
Information Week: The table market is slowing down in the second quarter, as customers anticipate a new iPad release.
Oregon reboots foreclosure mediation program
Oregon’s revamped foreclosure mediation program launched this week.
Oregon politicians, state workers get pay raises
After years of freezes and unpaid furloughs, state workers and some politicians are getting pay hikes in Oregon.
SEIU deals with major lawsuit
Oregon’s largest union is in a legal dispute with a former leader over how the organization should be governed.
Oregon wildfires still growing
Wildfires in Oregon are continuing to grow, with unstable weather conditions that encourage fires still in the future.
Wyden pushes wave energy
Sen. Ron Wyden wants to encourage more investment in Oregon’s wave energy development.
Blue Heron mill uses compost to filter water
Roof runoff and seepage under the shuttered Blue Heron mill in Oregon City is getting a 6-foot wall of compost to filter the water before it returns to the Willamette River.