GM offers free car insurance
General Motors is experimenting with a deal that gives a free year of car insurance to customers who buy certain new vehicles in Oregon and Washington.
Oregon Business Team
NuScale Power brings back workers
NuScale Power Inc. is recalling furloughed workers and hopes to raise new rounds of capital.
Hillsboro primed for expansion
A Metro report says Hillsboro areas are the leading candidates for expanding the urban growth boundary this fall.
Grow Oregon releases action plan
Grow Oregon is a
“pre-startup-phase” effort to build a political advocacy group expanding on the 2011 Oregon Business Plan.
Development firm repurposes big box stores
Corvallis-based Dickerhoof Properties buy vacant shopping outlets and big box stores and convert them into smaller retail spaces.
Oregon regulators investigate rural phone problems
State regulators are investigating issues that rural phone customers are having with long-distance calls in Oregon.
Eugene considers herbicides
The Eugene district of the Bureau of Land Management is considering using herbicides to fight weeds, after 27 years of going without.
Tektronix buys Vancouver company
Beaverton-headquartered Tektronix has bought Veridae Systems, a Vancouver, B.C. semiconductor testing company.
Linn County gets first straw-bale house
A couple in Brownsville, Oregon is building Linn County’s first straw-bale house.
Oregon Convention Center gets outdoor plaza
A vacant block in Northeast Portland is being made into an outdoor plaza for the Oregon Convention Center.