Google puts $100 million in Oregon wind farm
Google says it will be expanding its renewable energy portfolio by investing $100 million in the mega wind farm project Shepherds Flat.
High Five
Metro region is recovering
The Portland metro region’s 9.1 percent seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in March– about half of a full point below February’s — is one of the latest signals that an economic recovery is under way, an Oregon economist says.
LO streetcar vote tonight
The Lake Oswego City Council is scheduled to vote tonight on whether it should get on board or try to derail plans to extend a Portland streetcar line to the city.
Paul Allen tells all
Paul Allen said that when he began writing his life story he didn’t know if he would live long enough to finish it.
Mortgage payment help begins
Oregon’s Housing and Community Services has begun making mortgage payments on behalf of distressed homeowners through the Oregon Homeownership Stabilization Initiative’s Mortgage Payment Assistance program.
Recession brings unpaid housing association fees
Homeowners associations all over Oregon are being forced to sue members for unpaid association fees, brought on by the down economy.
Facebook officially opens Prineville data center
Facebook leaders, including founder and CEO Mark Zuckerburg, gathered in Prineville to celebrate the new data center’s opening.
Lake Oswego streetcar plan up for vote
The Lake Oswego and Portland city councils are set to vote this week on the controversial proposed streetcar line connecting the two cities.
Eugene gets flour mill
Farmer and entrepreneur Tom Hunton launched the Camas Country Mill in north Eugene, the area’s first commercial grist mill since the Great Depression.
Company will fund “rain garden” in settlement
A Eugene building materials company has agreed to pay for a Creswell school’s “demonstration rain garden” as part of a lawsuit settlement.