Mill closure affects local bar
Oregon City pulp mill workers have been coming to the 505 Tavern after work for five decades.
Portland bike builders take home national awards
Portland builders took home two coveted awards at the 2011 North American Handmade Bicycle Show in Austin.
Walmart on the way to Warrenton?
Permits have been filed with the state to develop a 17-acre piece of property in Warrenton along U.S. Highway 101, fueling rumors that Walmart is on the way.
Logging comeback uncertain
Oregon loggers’ hopes are high even though the industry needs home construction to return to prerecession levels in order to recover.
Boeing contract will create Oregon jobs
In a huge win for the Pacific Northwest, Boeing won a $35 billion contract with the Air Force to build aerial tankers.
Search is on for clean tech leaders
A program created by a Portland investment firm seeks to spearhead the development of hot new clean tech companies by identifying proven leaders and bringing them together.
PDC passes the torch to Quinton
Portland’s urban renewal agency celebrated a changing of the guard at its meeting on Wednesday, officially appointing Patrick Quinton as its new executive director while bidding thanks and farewell to the retiring leader he replaces, Bruce Warner.
Politics intrude on Oregon-Israel event
A new Oregon-Israel chamber of commerce that hosted businessmen and politicians last night to discuss potential business ventures was met at the door by pro-Palestine advocates denouncing a so-called “apartheid state.”
Clans compete over Morrison Bridgehead property
Multnomah County’s request for proposals to develop the Morrison Bridgehead property has pitted two powerful local families against each other: the Marks and the Goodmans.
Portland cab drivers want to form union
A group of 40 cabbies in Portland hope to form a unionized cab company.