2010 Archives

Oregon State University food microbiologist Mark Daeschel has figured out a way to keep wine from getting funky.

How many of you know someone out of work, or have someone in your own family who can’t find a job? How many of you sat next to a colleague that was fired? How many of you have had to downsize your business to keep the doors open?  No one has gone untouched by this so-called jobless recovery.

Problems continue to plague Oregon’s economy. Here’s how 704 of our readers ranked ways to help the recovery in a survey conducted in late September by research partner CFM Strategic Communications.

Noble Coffee Roasting in Ashland has built its success on sustainable ethics and a reverence for quality.

City efforts to reduce barriers to construction along with some substantial loans to downtown projects have helped boost Eugene’s economy.

Oregon gained about 75,000 more residents than it lost from 2003-2008 with Californians accounting for the lion’s share of immigrants.

The pro football draft day of 1994 was the worst day of Brian Cassidy’s life. Once ranked among the top prospects in the nation, Cassidy watched as player after player was drafted and he was overlooked.

Big deals, mergers and transactions of the month.

The ongoing construction of a $124 million geothermal plant near Neal Hot Springs was made possible by a $102 million Department of Energy loan this summer, the largest of its kind given to a geothermal project in the country. The DOE investment and other proposed government incentives are making geothermal development in the state more feasible after years of complications from large overhead costs and environmental concerns.

SAM Medical Products in Wilsonville created a better way to treat battle injuries after its co-founder, Sam Scheinberg, served in Vietnam as a medic and saw how poorly splints worked on burned skin.