Oregon timber communities adapt
The nearly 1 million people that live in Oregon’s timber country are adapting to changes after the expiration of federal logging subsidies.
Salem Health seeks $20M
Salem Health wants to borrow $20 million in tax-free bonds to finance capital projects.
Portland startup raises $3M
Portland cloud computing startup Orchestrate raised $3M in venture capital.
Medical providers collaborate
Lane County’s major health care provider PeaceHealth is forming a strategic affiliation with nonprofit health care chain UW Medicine.
Kaiser Westside gets LEED Gold
Kaiser’s Westside Medical Center received LEED Gold status ahead of its August opening.
Portland unemployment falls to 7.5 percent
Portland unemployment fell in April in step with the national average.
Building community for minority professionals
Imagine being a person of color, raised in a diverse community and then moving to the Portland region only to find out that it is the whitest major city in the country, according to the U.S Census.
Teen activist to meet with Abercrombie CEO
Salon.com: Teen activist Benjamin O’Keefe’s petition calling on Abercrombie & Fitch to stop discriminating against people above a size 10 quickly seems to have caught the attention of company CEO Mike Jeffries.
Massive tornado leaves dozens dead
CBSnews.com: A monstrous tornado barreled through the Oklahoma City suburbs, demolishing an elementary school and reducing homes to piles of splintered wood.
Apple dodges taxes on offshore income
The Washington Post: A Senate investigation has concluded that Apple was able to avoid paying taxes on tens of billions of offshore income with a web of entities that had no employees or offices.