Portland school repair bond fails
Portland-area voters narrowly rejected a $548 million facilities bond for Portland Public Schools.
Building something crazy in Bend
Greg Cole and his growing team at Windward Performance recently sawed a hole in the wall of one of the seven hangars they occupy at Bend Municipal Airport to make room for their newest project: a non-motorized glider designed to soar to 90,000 feet above sea level. That would set a new world record for manned, wing borne, sustained level flight.
Oregon unemployment drops to 9.6 percent
Oregon’s jobless rate fell to 9.6% in April, its lowest point in more than two years.
Kitzhaber urges Legislature to pass job growth package
Gov. John Kitzhaber urged the state Legislature to pass bills on his economic agenda aimed at creating jobs.
OWET offers grant-matching program
The Oregon Wave Energy Trust will provide matching grants to companies who receive funding from the U.S. Department of Energy for offshore wind-wave energy platform development.
Team considers Memorial Coliseum as movie facility
A local team wants to turn Portland’s city-owned Veterans Memorial Coliseum into a multimedia production facility.
How Facebook tested its new Prineville data center
Facebook explained how it had to stress-test its software in preparation for the move to the company’s new data center in Prineville.
Frustration grows over Oregon jobs bills
Frustration is building in the Oregon Legislature over stagnant bills aimed at increasing jobs in the state.
Perpetua Power closes $4M investment
Perpetua Power Source Technologies Inc. closed on $4 million, representing a portion of the company’s Series B.
Group fears Wilsonville’s URA plans
The citizens group behind the fight against Wilsonville’s URA for SoloPower wants to know what the city will do with the property now that SoloPower has moved on.