Yesterday’s Gorge Angel Conference 2011 event produced plenty of ideas: a new winch for securing loads on flatbed trucks, a simple cloth wrap to keep babies warm and safe in the neonatal intensive care unit, an electronic product registration system to do away with the annoying rebate’s-in-the-mail ritual and more. Now they need cash.
The three designers behind the Official Manufacturing Company, or OMFG, are responsible for the branding of Portland’s hottest businesses.
In a rare interview, Nike co-founder and chairman Phil Knight appeared on the last season of Oprah Winfrey’s show.
The Oregon House passed House Bill 3543, which will give future kicker rebates as tax credits rather than cash.
A new website designed to teach consumers about well-made, earth-friendly wines launched from Ashland on Earth Day.
Oregon coffee chain Dutch Bros. released a comic book, published by Milwaukie-based Dark Horse Comics.
A $48 million grant from the federal government to create a health insurance exchange in Oregon is endangered.
At the Green Microgym in Portland, exercisers generate electricity by working out on machines fitted with compact generators.
The Oregon Department of Transportation says that after 2012, it will stop receiving federal stimulus money and state bonding, resulting in less highway projects.
EcoApprentice, a new online community out of Hood River, aims to help businesses solve sustainably-oriented issues.