The Oregon Department of Transportation will test a road tax based on miles driven, and tracked by smartphone, as an alternative to the gasoline tax.

University of Oregon has named Michael Gottfredson as sole finalist to replace ousted president Richard Lariviere.

A Chilean wood products firm is buying Flakeboard, a Canadian company with seven plants, including one in west Eugene.

A proposal is headed to the Portland City Council to charge a 2 percent hotel tax to pay for tourism advertising.

Vernonia’s new school is expected to achieve LEED Platinum certification, even though it was built with a conventional school’s budget.

Oregon Department of Transportation crews are working on the northbound crossing of the Willamette River Bridge project, their largest replacement project ever.

UnitedHealth Group, the nation’s largest health insurer, said it will keep parts of President Obama’s health care overhaul even if a Supreme Court ruling overturns them.

Hundreds of Hewlett-Packard employees in Corvallis are weighing buyouts before the company slashes 8% of its worldwide work force.

Sen. Ron Wyden introduced an amendment to the federal farm bill that would allow farmers to grow the industrial variety of Cannabis.

A European consumer watchdog group said many jerseys in the Euro 2012 tournament contain harmful toxic substances.