Astoria City Council avoids fluoride debate
Officials voted narrowly against a ballot measure that would scrutinize the need for fluoride in the city’s drinking water.
Officials voted narrowly against a ballot measure that would scrutinize the need for fluoride in the city’s drinking water.
More than 10,300 workers in Oregon will receive a pay raise March 10. This includes 1,000 workers in the Medford, Grants Pass area, and 1,600 in the Portland area.
Local power companies agreed to allow Google Fiber to use utility poles for fiber-optic network.
The acquisition makes the Bend-based bank the second-largest in the state.
The Portland-metro unemployment rate fell to its lowest point since May 2000.
Going into software development was a no-brainer for Ryan Comingdeer. “I took my first programming class in seventh grade,” he says. “I was kind of a geek from day one.” But when he started technology firm Five Talent in 2004, he discovered he had a knack for something in addition to writing code. Many clients … Read more