Portland General Electric’s Boardman coal-fired power plant is down for at least a month after a temperature shock July 1 in a 36-inch steam pipe made the pipe fall out, creating a “thermal water hammer.” The company hasn’t released cost estimates yet, but the accident comes at a bad time during peak air conditioning season.
Pacific City’s Pelican Brewing is opening a $1.4M brewery in downtown Tillamook. Gov. Kitzhaber’s office helped with a $150,000 forgivable loan.
The Oregon Legislature approved new regulations for medical marijuana dispensaries, part of a larger effort to legitimize hundreds of dispensaries that are currently operating in a legal gray area.
Last winter, 40% of beehives in the Portland urban area died, similar to losses around the country. Now, two Northeast Portland beekeepers are working to breed a queen bee that can survive harsh Portland winters.
Northwest Natural Gas reached an agreement with the Oregon Public Utility Commission on how to charge ratepayers for Portland Harbor cleanup costs. The gas company manufactured gas near the St. Johns Bridge between 1913 and 1956, and now has to recover pollution cleanup costs from current ratepayers.
Foxnews: Cory Monteith the actor was found dead in a Vancouver hotel on Saturday.
Reuters: Thousands of demonstrators demanding “Justice for Trayvon” marched in major cities across the United States on Sunday to protest the acquittal of George Zimmerman.
CNET: Facebook’s games business is doing better than ever, despite dissolving a relationship with Zynga.
Oregonians have paid 10 times more for top-selling prescription drugs due to deals between drug manufacturers to delay generics.
Wilsonville-based Trellis Earth Products is moving its manufacturing plant from China to Rochester, N.Y.