Filling the Void
The growth of wind and solar industries brings a critical source of revenue and jobs to rural counties, and the occasional dustup over land use.
- Published in Energy and Environment
Solar Study Highlights Rural Potential
Rural land with older energy grids creates ideal conditions for solar energy companies, according to a new industry report.
- Published in Energy and Environment
Startup to Expand Fiber Network
A newly formed company plans to bring high-speed internet to parts of the Coast and Eastern Oregon.
- Published in Tech
Community Connector
A net-neutrality activist is pioneering cheap, fast internet in a rural Oregon town. Could this be a solution to bridging the digital divide?
- Published in Tech
Expanding Rural Horizons
Business Oregon director Chris Harder on bridging the economic urban-rural divide.
- Published in Economy and Finance
Fertile Future
Rural economies, seeded with connectivity, are bridging the digital divide and growing a local crop of tech-based business.
- Published in Tech
Photo Essay: On the Job with Darkside Shearing
A creative intersection of farming and tech
- Published in Farms and Forests
Oregon businesses pay $84 million in extra tariffs
New data show effect of trade war on the state.
- Published in Economy and Finance