Downtime with Matt Stringer

The executive director of Ontario’s Four Rivers Cultural Center talks about what he does when he’s not working at the multidimensional nonprofit.

Playing Defense

The Department of Defense is by far and away the federal government’s biggest spender — but few of those dollars flow into Oregon. Some trade groups are looking to bump up those numbers.

Lip Service

Makeup sales bucked a long-held economic trend last year — dipping downward rather than holding steady as they typically do at the onset of a recession. Two Oregon cosmetics makers say it’s been a wild ride.