There aren’t a lot of counties in Oregon with unemployment rates lower than the national average, but there are three of them in the Columbia River Gorge. Even as the state’s economy has stagnated, the awesome rise of the robot plane pioneer Insitu as an aerospace powerhouse and other positive developments have done wonders for communities on both sides of the river, especially in the vicinity of Hood River.
The Portland Development Commission chooses Jim Huston and Angela Jackson over Josh Friedman’s team
Umpqua Dairy is recalling milk, half-and-half, cream, buttermilk and fruit juice from its Roseburg facility after finding salmonella on its equipment.
Foreclosures are rising faster in affluent suburbs such as Lake Oswego and Hillsboro than in the city of Portland.
2010 college graduates have notoriously had trouble finding jobs, but the good news is that may finally be turning around.
The ever-growing bike traffic on Portland’s North Williams Ave. is great for local businesses.
The technological challenges of healthcare reform offer a potentially lucrative opportunity to the estimated 5,000 open source software developers working in Oregon.
Veteran Oregon tech entrepreneur Craig Barnes launches social couponing business CauseOn.
Cindy Grossman converted a hay and alfalfa ranch into a destination resort in Terrebonne.
An online farmers market gives residents of Brownsville, Scio, Sweet Home and Lebanon access to fresh, local food year-round.