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.
Walmart, Sam’s Club workers to see boost in pay
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.
Google Fiber partners with Pacific Source, PGE
Local power companies agreed to allow Google Fiber to use utility poles for fiber-optic network.
Bank of the Cascades closes purchase on 15 Bank of America branches
The acquisition makes the Bend-based bank the second-largest in the state.
Portland unemployment falls to 4.4%
The Portland-metro unemployment rate fell to its lowest point since May 2000.
Blue Zones Project, Klamath Falls To Kick Off Community-Wide Well-Being Movement
Launch features healthy living expo and Dan Buettner, New York Times best-selling author of ‘The Blue Zones’
OSF Joins Arts and Economic Prosperity Study
Festival partners with Americans for the Arts
Smart Technology Putting Business First
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
Destination: Oregon
Backed by coordinated travel and tourism industry efforts, international visitation to Oregon keeps climbing.
