Whiting fishermen tie up boats and wait
Whiting fishers have volunteered to tie up their boats until July 20 due to intermingling with overfished canary rockfish.
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Pilot solar program fills in 15 minutes
Oregon’s solar pilot program opened for applications at 8 a.m. and was full 15 minutes later.
Majority of U.S. workers have felt hardship
A new study finds that over half of U.S. workers have lost wages in the recession.
DeBoers going all-electric
Lithia Motors Chairman and CEO Sid DeBoer and his wife, Karen, have put down deposits on two all-electric Nissan Leafs.
Oregon group advocates for Green Chemistry
An Oregon group advocates for “Green Chemistry” to make local businesses more sustainable and environmentally sound.
Ten years later, no more raw sewage
A sewer system that has been in the works since 1999 finally opened in the Miles Crossing Sanitary Sewer District, near Astoria.
SEO fundamentals seminar
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Keeping PDX a hot spot for app development
The City of Portland is using an innovative approach to improve city life. After opening up government data sets to outside developers in September the city went one step further by creating an open source design contest for applications or “apps” using PDX data sets to address civic issues.
Pilot project pays Oregonians for solar power
A first-in-the-nation pilot program that will pay homeowners for generating solar power began accepting applications in Oregon today.
Credit history checks by employers now prohibited
A new Oregon law prohibits most employers from using credit history as a factor in hiring, firing, demoting or suspending employees.