Newport getting marine energy center
The Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center plans to build its first utility-scale wave energy test site in the U.S. in Newport.
Year: 2013
Vigor buys country’s largest floating drydock
Portland-based ship repair firm Vigor Industrial has agreed to buy the largest floating drydock in the country for $40 million.
Oregon state parks could get tobacco ban
State parks could become the next place in Oregon where tobacco use is prohibited.
Rose Garden could get naming-rights sponsor
The Portland Trail Blazers are again trying to find a naming-rights sponsor for the Rose Garden arena.
PGE proposes shortening transmission project
Portland General Electric wants to cut 101 miles off the proposed Cascade Crossing transmission line project.
Nike signs McIlroy
Nike announced a multiyear sponsorship deal with Rory McIlroy, joining Tiger Woods.
Judicial foreclosures up
Court-supervised foreclosures jumped in Oregon in December.
Hillsboro Downtown Business Association dissolved
The Hillsboro Downtown Business Association is now out of commission, and the organization owes $96,000 to the Internal Revenue Service.
High-speed rail inches forward
Twenty years after the Pacific Northwest was designated a high-speed rail corridor, Oregon begins planning a Eugene-to-Portland high-speed rail project.
Fitch: debt-limit delay imperils U.S. credit rating
Los Angeles Times: A failure by Congress to raise the debt limit “in a timely manner” could lead to a downgrade of the nation’s AAA credit rating, Fitch Ratings said Tuesday.