Columbia Sportswear to endorse gay marriage
Columbia Sportswear and CEO Tim Boyle will support the proposed 2014 initiative to repeal the ban and legalize same sex marriage in Oregon.
Year: 2013
80,000 visit Cover Oregon on first day
More than 80,000 people visited the new Cover Oregon website on its first day open.
South Korea ramps up trade with Oregon
South Korea spends more than $1 billion annually on Oregon crops, technology and other products, while Oregonians buy $1.6 billion in Korean products each year.
CRC could get special session
Supporters of the Columbia River Crossing are considering convening a special session of the Oregon Legislature.
Kaiser opens Tigard mall insurance center
Kaiser Permanente opened a retail site in Washington Square mall, coinciding with the launch of Cover Oregon.
Another beer growler dealer opens
In the past three months, at least four tap rooms or growler fill stations have announced plans to open in Eugene-Springfield.
Oregon GM wheat a mystery
The origin of the genetically engineered wheat found in an eastern Oregon field is still a mystery.
Website maps 1.2 billion Facebook faces
CNN: A new project, “The Faces of Facebook,” collects more than 1.27 billion Facebook profile photos on one site.
Spy novelist Tom Clancy dies
BBC: Best-selling US author Tom Clancy, known to millions for his Jack Ryan series of novels, has died aged 66.
Vaccine refusals fuel whooping cough epidemic
NPR: A 2010 whooping cough outbreak in California was found to be due to parents refusing to vaccinate their children.