A sustainable Oregon Business Plan

The sixth annual Oregon Business Leadership Summit filled the Oregon Convention Center in early December with 1,000 business and political leaders who braved the year’s worst storm to listen, learn and think about the economic issues facing the state.

 

A good start for ski resorts

SnowTubing.jpgA La Niña weather system cooling the waters of the Pacific Ocean has forecasters predicting above-average snowfall for the Northwest this winter and Oregonians thinking about the slopes.

 

Timber payments axed from energy bill

A four-year extension of federal timber payments to rural counties was approved in mid-December by the U.S. House of Representatives, tucked inside a major energy bill, then removed from the bill by the Senate days later, despite support from both parties.

 

New year, new you

It’s that time of year again. But instead of simply going through the motions and creating an average list of New Year’s resolutions (how many times can you vow to get organized or lose weight?), take a fresh approach.

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