2012 Archives

The turnaround of the Portland Winterhawks is good news for more than just fans.

Despite Oregon’s early embrace of sustainability and many prominent green builders, the state ranks 18th for number of LEED projects.

CyArk Oregon preserves endangered sites.

A Hood River coffee shop hopes to break into the Los Angeles market this year, establishing itself in a place about as opposite its origin as it gets.

Maritime Services Corp. in Hood River had been enjoying a record workload heading into winter 2011.

Another Bend entrepreneur is hoping to make his mark on the city, this time with “land paddle boarding,” a recreational activity that looks a bit like someone contorting his way through a Monty Python School of Funny Walks episode.

Oregon’s nonprofit sector is a significant economic force.

Software startup EdCaliber helps track students’ learning.

Surgeons sometimes leave things inside patients — needles, scissors, even scalpels. Those items easily show up on X-rays, allowing doctors to find and remove them. But not surgical sponges.

Charles Wilhoite joined Willamette Management Associates in 1990 as a senior associate analyst. Today he is the firm’s managing director and the national director of its health care practice.