Umpqua Holdings plans to buy Novato, California-based Circle Bancorp for $25 million.

Many food cart owners are making the change to traditional indoor restaurants, because of the benefits of a stable location and ability to sell liquor.

Some of Portland’s craft brewers say fluoridation won’t affect their beer’s taste, but they have concerns about public perception.

Clark County’s fledgling commercial wine industry has grown from three to 14 wineries in a few years, and is quickly becoming a tourism destination.

Officials broke ground on the new Face Rock Creamery factory and retail shop on the site of the former Bandon Cheese Factory that closed 10 years ago.

Oregon’s tax revenues are $80 million ahead of projections for the current two-year budget, but economists say the outlook for the next two years is more pessimistic.

Public employers will pay a lot more next year toward their employees’ retirements—an average of 21% of payroll.

Oregon Republican delegates cast 23 of their 28 delegates for Mitt Romney.

Schnitzer Steel Industries will lay off 7% of its workforce company-wide due to higher scrap prices and reduced demand.

More neighborhoods in Portland are segregated by income today than 30 years ago.