Morning Roundup: Hydro Flask funds degree program; Portland workers earn more
Portland, Corvallis workers earn above national average, and Hydro Flask funds new degree program at OSU.
CLT award winners announced
Oregon BEST announces winners of CLT contest, while Beneficial State Bank CEO Kat Taylor honors sustainability pioneers by belting out a version of Brandi Carlile’s “The Eye.”
OnPoint Community Credit Union Names New Executives
Veronica Ervin and Cecile Milam appointed Senior Vice Presidents, join Executive Management Team
One click, sick fix
Zoom+ remade urgent care for the on-demand generation. Now the startup is setting its sights on new applications, including retail insurance and specialty care. The catch? Medicaid and Medicare patients need not apply.
Morning Roundup: Another health insurer shutters; Freight trumps Amtrak
Another insurer bites the dust, while freight trains may push ahead of Amtrak Cascades.
Big Baby: Launch, Startup Tip and Where They are Now
Babies are a miracle of nature. They are also a budding market for entrepreneurs in the smart-tech market. And BabyBit, a sensor that attaches to an infant’s clothes, takes child care to its logical, connected-future extreme.
Gubernatorial race tightens
Kate Brown still leads, but Oregon’s gubernatorial race is closer than expected.
Morning Roundup: Another shot at a carbon tax; Evergreen museum sold
Legislature may consider carbon tax, Evergreen Space Museum has a brighter future.
