Kitzhaber vetoes Clean Energy Works funds
Gov. John Kitzhaber vetoes $4.8 million that was intended to subsidize home energy retrofitting program Clean Energy Works Oregon.
OHSU gets $1.9M for Alzheimer’s study
National Institutes of Health awarded Oregon Health & Science University researchers a $1.9 million grant for Alzheimer’s research.
Life Flight adds new aircraft
Life Flight Network recently added new Koala helicopters into service.
LaCie moving from Hillsboro to Tigard
Storage device maker LaCie is moving its U.S. operations with 150 employees from Hillsboro to Tigard.
Convention Center hotel boon to local business
BY KEVIN SHETTERLY | OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR
Today, a funding plan for the proposed Convention Center hotel goes before the Metro council. Although $197.5 million seems expensive for a 600-room hotel, projections indicate the hotel would benefit Portland’s economy and workforce.
Olympic stuntman killed in wingsuit accident
Mirror: Mark Sutton, the Olympics stuntman who parachuted into opening ceremony as James Bond, dies in Swiss Alps.
South Dakota tribe ends prohibition
BBC: A South Dakota Native American tribe ravaged by alcohol abuse has voted to end prohibition, which critics say will only worsen the reservation’s problems.
Smartphones outsell basic mobile phones globally for the first time
Telegraph: Smartphones have outsold basic mobile phones, known as feature phones, globally for the first time.
Oregon unemployment rises back to 8 percent
Oregon gained only 900 jobs last month and unemployment rose from 7.8% in June to 8.0% in July.
Construction ending at Facebook’s Prineville data center
Final construction on Facebook’s Prineville data center is anticipated for the end of this year.