Dairy forced to end use of reusable containers
After 30 years, Lochmead Dairy is reluctantly ending its use of reusable plastic bottles called merlon.
Hotlips Pizza makes millionth soda
Portland’s Hotlips Pizza produced their 1 millionth bottle of soda recently, a product the company hopes can compete in the crowded field of small soda makers.
Police arrest Occupy Portland protestors over the weekend
Police arrested 25 Occupy Portland demonstrators this weekend after they refused to leave Jamison Square.
Big banks backing off fees
A month after Bank of America dealt with the wrath of customers for announcing new debit card fees, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. decided not to charge similar fees.
Portland company to build Facebook data center in Sweden
Portland-based Fortis Construction will help build Facebook’s new data center in Sweden.
Grimm brings visibility and jobs to Portland
Grimm, the only show on a major broadcast network to be filmed and set in Portland, premieres today.
Promotional Coke cans coming from Wilsonville
Coca-Cola announced plans to make its holiday cans benefit polar bears, and the white cans will be filled and distributed at its Wilsonville bottling plant.
Lumber mill dismantled
Diamond West Lumber mill on the outskirts of Philomath is being dismantled after shutting down in 2008.
Walmart to open in Lake Oswego and West Linn by 2013
Walmart plans to open two new stores in Lake Oswego and West Linn by early 2013.
Condit Dam breached
Crews blasted a hole in the nearly century-old Condit Dam in Washington’s south Cascades in order to restore habitat for endangered and threatened fish. The dam once produced enough power for 7,000 homes, but PacifiCorp decided to remove the dam instead of install expensive fish passage structures.