Linda Baker Writer Jennifer Margulis contacted us this morning to report members of the Imnaha wolf pack were being killed by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife today following confirmed reports of attacks on lifestock. Margulis followed OR-4, one of the wolves killed today, for her July 2013 story on wolf tourism in Eastern Oregon. Read … Read more
Oregon’s rural airports face an uncertain future.
As high-speed rail inches forward, could new routes cut congestion and revitalize rural economies?
The arms race between Nike, Adidas and Under Armour continues to heat up. Ground zero is Portland. Under Armour announced last week its Portland footprint would be 60% bigger than the original design. On Monday Adidas announced it was hiring an additional 120 people by the end of the year. And Nike? As if its … Read more
The world of technology illustrates the power of ideas and how they create opportunity and transform the world. It’s heady stuff, with high-profile execs becoming celebrities, inventions changing commerce and the very fabric of society. The ability to turn sci-fi into reality is garnering big investments from venture capitalists and fueling IPO dreams. It’s the … Read more
Are people coming from out of state to make money on Oregon cannabis visionaries or carpetbaggers?
Globe-trotting is par for the course for Neal Keny-Guyer. In the past three months alone, the CEO of Mercy Corps has traveled to Uganda, Davos, Nigeria, China, Macedonia, Greece and Washington, D.C. Keny-Guyer has helmed the Portland-based international aid and development organization since 1994. Today the nonprofit employs 3,933 people worldwide; 180 in the U.S. Annual … Read more
Reports of a dining demise have been greatly exaggerated.
Fox News: Nancy Reagan, the widow of President Ronald Reagan, died Sunday morning of congestive heart failure at 94, according to her spokesperson. Reagan died at her home in Los Angeles. She’s set to be buried at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, next to her husband. Prior to the funeral, … Read more
CNN: The military plans to invest millions of dollars in an implant to facilitate brain-computer communications. The Pentagon’s research arm, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), hopes the implant will allow humans to directly interface with computers, which could benefit people with aural and visual disabilities, such as veterans injured in combat. … Read more