Wages, benefits grow at slowest pace in 33 years
ASSOCIATED PRESS: Hiring may be up, but paychecks are stagnating.
Street maintenance backlog exceeds $1B in Portland
A new report reveals high cost of fixing the city’s streets; city officials draw blank for a proposed solution.
Hooters owners buy Little Big Burger
Charlotte, N.C.-based company aims to scale the popular burger chain.
Portland mayor continues climate change tour
Charlie Hales heads to Washington, D.C. to discuss energy policies with the president.
Will it be another weak year for snow on Mt. Hood?
The executive director of marketing, sales and communications for Mt. Hood Meadows argues against notion that El Nino activity will hurt upcoming ski season.
Car2Go bailing out of far-flung Portland neighborhoods
The car sharing service will no longer serve East Portland, St. Johns.
Greenpeace (temporarily) prevents Shell oil ship from leaving Portland
BY JASON E. KAPLAN | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Greenpeace activists suspended themselves from the St. John’s Bridge in an attempt to prevent a ship from heading to the Arctic.
Wildcards
Uncertainty in Greece and China, along with potential interest rate hikes mean investors are looking at the market and nervously questioning where they should be invested.
Go global or go away? No way!
A look back at the shifting sands of Portland’s growth and development.
Wiggins Joins Lane Powell’s Corporate/Mergers and Acquisitions Practice Group
Robert S. Wiggins has joined Lane Powell as a Shareholder in the Corporate/M&A Practice Group. Wiggins is a well-known lawyer, entrepreneur, and investor with more than 30 years of experience leading and advising established and emerging companies in the Pacific Northwest. Wiggins will focus his practice on offering outside general counsel services, including general corporate and board representation, business transactions and capital events.