Oregon’s minimum wage will climb 15 cents an hour to $8.95 beginning in January 2013.

A $125 million gift from Nike cofounder Phil Knight and his wife, Penny, could launch Oregon Health & Science University into the country’s top cardiovascular research centers.

Environmental activists want to ban paper as well as plastic bags in Eugene, to move residents away from the “single-use lifestyle.”

The Portland metropolitan region’s health care industry expects to add over 17,000 jobs in the next five years.

The Office of the Inspector General of the Environmental Protection Agency has recommended the agency get $9 million in stimulus back from a Engene nonprofit that planned to upgrade trucks with clean diesel technology.

Oregon State University scientists landed a $2 million grant to study algae with the potential to make biofuel.

FedEx says the global economy is worsening, and cut its forecast again.

Cottage Grove-based Territorial Seed Co. is growing steadily as the weak economy has prompted more people to try growing and preserving their own food.

Some Oregon activists are observing the one-year anniversary of Occupy Wall Street.