First olive trees for Douglas County
Douglas County joins the Southern Oregon trend of olive orchards with eight acres planted by Jan and Dave Leroue.
High Five
1 in 5 homeowners underwater on mortgage
More than 22 percent of Portland-area homeowners owe more than their home is worth, according to Zillow.com’s Home Value Index.
Churches fill mall vacancies
With mall vacancies at a 10-year high, churches are moving in to fill the space.
Measures 66, 67 haven’t driven away business
Opponents of Measures 66 and 67 warned it would drive business from Oregon, but that doesn’t seem to be the case after seven months.
Jobs losses chart unsettling
Calculated Risk blogger creates quite the stir by releasing a graph depicting job losses post-World War II.
Ernest Hemingway shoes target male boomers
Tualatin-based Ernest Hemingway Footwear Co. is finding a huge market for their handcrafted leather shoes in men aged 45-to-65.
Knife River construction backlog means busy summer
A wet spring kept Knife River Materials crews from paving roads until July, so now the company has many months worth of work lined up in Southern Oregon.
Craft Brewers buy Kona
Portland-based Craft Brewers Alliance Inc. announces that they will buy Hawaii’s Kona Brewing Co. for $13.9 million.
New breed of wind farm
Entrepreneur Ormand Hilderbrand is developing PaTu wind farm, Oregon’s first small, independent wind farm near Wasco.
Plywood plant invests in future
Boise Cascade in Medford prepares for an uptick in demand by spending $11 million to install a new dryer.