TriMet union wants better security
The TriMet union is calling for more security after three stabbings of drivers on duty in the last 10 months.
Year: 2013
Oregon VC back to normal
Oregon venture capital activity slowed in the second quarter.
Mozilla expanding Portland office
Mozilla plans to expand its Portland office and move into its own space.
Flipping houses down in Oregon
Home flipping is down in Oregon, but profits have increased significantly.
Corvallis company delivers smallpox drug
Corvallis-based Siga Technologies will get a $79 million payment for a smallpox drug it developed as part of U.S. defenses against terror and biological attacks.
Hillsboro getting 2 new hotels
Two large hotels are breaking ground in Hillsboro, after years of near misses.
Hermiston watermelon season begins
Hermiston’s famed watermelon harvest has begun, and is expected to run until early October.
Device turns any bike into electric one
CNET: The Rubbee on Kickstarter is a clever take on the concept of electric bike conversion kits.
Physicists closer to understanding how world began
AP: Two scientific teams have for the first time precisely recorded an extremely rare event in physics that adds certainty to how we think the universe began.
Oregon needs a raise
BY BRANDON SAWYER | OB RESEARCH EDITOR
Oregon’s per capita personal income has been slipping further behind levels in Washington and California as well as the nation as a whole since the late ’90s. The recession of the early 2000s seems to have dealt a heavier blow here than other states and income wasn’t as quick to bounce back.