Oregon senators fight to keep postal centers
A bi-partisan group of Oregon state senators lead by rural Republicans say they are petitioning Congress to maintain vital postal links in Oregon.
Gold Hill miner takes federal trial against him in stride
With a straw in his teeth and sunglasses pushed back on his head, Gold Hill miner Clifford R. Tracy served as his own attorney in the first day of a lively federal trial in which he is charged with illegal mining.
Salaries of private college presidents soar
The widening economic gap between Wall Street and Main Street is reaching the campuses of private higher education, according to a study by The Chronicle of Higher Education.
Feds approve CRC project
Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber and Washington Gov. Christine Gregoire have announced that federal transportation agencies gave formal approval for the Columbia River Crossing project plan.
Wind generators win dispute with BPA
Federal regulators rule in favor of Northwest wind power generators who objected to being ordered to shut down this spring when the Columbia River hydropower dams were running at maximum capacity.
Iraq, OSU partner on education, building
Approximately $100 million is being invested in a partnership between OSU and the Iraqi government to bring hundreds of engineers to Corvallis and possibly send Oregon contractors to the Middle East.
Oregon’s high court to decide PERS case
The Oregon Supreme Court will decide whether the state will get a chance to recoup $10 million lost by the public-pension fund after it bought stocks from one of the largest providers of insurance and brokerage services.
Master bladesmith keeps rare tradition alive
Master bladesmith Murray Carter is a 17th-generation Yoshimoto bladesmith, one of a handful of people who can officially trace the lineage of their training back to one of the traditional bladesmithing families of feudal Japan.
PDX: More St. Louis, not so much Austin
Portland’s urban peers aren’t quite who we thought they were. That’s one of the takeaways from a new metro area economic study released this week by the Value of Jobs Coalition. Oregon Business managing editor Linda Baker looks at what cities Portland really resembles.
Employed women dropping out of labor force
The latest jobs report reveals that the entirety of the decline in the unemployment rate recently was due to the departure of women — and particularly employed women — from the labor force.