OSU chemistry professor Mas Subramanian and his colleagues unexpectedly discovered a new type of blue pigment, a compound that has since been patented.

This month’s powerlist ranks commercial real estate firms by number of licensed agents.

Oregon’s homegrown film and TV businesses are getting savvier, growing up and going places.

Photographer Matthew Ginn documents the building of the Baldock Solar Highway Project near Wilsonville.

Founder Seth Tibbott moves his vegetarian empire to the next generation.

Portland’s niche vinyl shops defy the national trend and continue to grow.

Years of effort are finally paying off as several high-profile projects, like a new shipping dock and a festival park, are finally realized.

The timing couldn’t have been worse. In 2008 Pacific Retirement Services, a Medford-based senior-living nonprofit, opened the Mirabella, a luxury continuing-care retirement facility in downtown Seattle. Two years later, a second Mirabella opened in Portland’s South Waterfront district.

The state’s 13 newly forming coordinated care organizations are choosing a variety of business and tax structures, arguing for different reasons that it’s the best way to do business and provide patient-centered coordinated care.

Oregon brewers are not just kicking back sipping a top-quality pint. They have an economic impact of about $2.44 billion and employ about 5,650 workers in breweries and pubs.