Ken and Penny Durant of Red Ridge Farms are betting that olives will grow in the Willamette Valley. In fact, they’re already selling oil made from the type of olives, arbequina, that they’ve planted on their property.

“The company started from nothing in 1936, back in the days when there was plenty of timber. My father was a real pioneer — he had the foresight to take some strong risks.”

Deschutes County — in the high desert of Central Oregon — has seen explosive growth in the past five years.

Annual Oregon filings for new corporations have hovered around 13,000 during the last 10 years, declining just slightly during the last two. State filings for new limited liablity companies (LLCs), on the other hand, have grown by leaps and bounds.

Almost 2,000 white-collar workers at Freightliner were offered voluntary buyouts.

Oregon is poised to make some vital public investments in our future. The State’s diverse investment in both established and emerging industries will create family-wage jobs in every corner of the state.

The Archimedes plan for health care reform calls for federal waivers and local control. Will business back it?

Financial planning firms ranked by Oregon assets under management.

Each year, more and more businesses drop their employee health care coverage because they can’t afford health plans. Each year, more and more Americans — almost 50 million now — become uninsured because they can’t afford health plans.

Wine pioneer Dick Erath sells his operation but takes his beloved vineyards with him into a new future.