Oregon Business Team All “latest” numbers are for January 2010 unless otherwise noted. Latest Month Previous Month Previous Year Annual Change EMPLOYMENT/BUSINESS LISTINGS Total employment State of Oregon, thousands 1,759.5 1,776.3 1,726.7 1.9% Total unemployment State of Oregon, thousands 218.8 205.0 234.6 -6.7% Unemployment rate Ore. civilian labor force, seasonally adjusted 10.4% 10.6% 11.0% -0.6 Portland/Vancouver MSA; … Read more
Researchers investigate what attacked thousands of acres of wheat in Eastern Oregon last fall—and whether it could happen again.
Lincoln City finds its way to recovery through risk-taking, collaboration and building its tourism base.
It’s the color of the shirts, the grass in the revamped stadium and the money locals hope will flow from the new MLS franchise.
Portland-based AboutUs is launching a new product today designed to help small businesses make the most of their websites.
Vestas Wind Systems and some of the company’s key executives have been hit with a class-action lawsuit.
Tillamook oyster farmer Mark Wiegardt wants to help Japan’s shellfish industry recover from the recent tsunami, so he is donating larvae to Japanese farmers.
A bankruptcy court judge ruled that Blue Heron paper mill must give laid-off employees two months pay and whatever benefits they are due.
Although a year has passed since President Obama signed The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act into law, many Oregonians still don’t understand how health care reform affects them.
A group of Portland-based printers have formed the C.C. Stern Type Foundry as a working museum to preserve the art of metal type casting.