News

Oregon’s economy is showing signs that it continues to improve, despite the fact that state unemployment numbers aren’t being released due to the government shutdown.

State Treasurer Ted Wheeler wants to create a state-funded endowment for education beyond high school, to be decided in the November 2014 general election.

Corvallis-based NuScale Power devised a system to submerge nuclear reactors in an underground pool, dramatically limiting the potential for accidents.

Oregon lawmakers face hurdles ahead of a proposed special session on the Columbia River Crossing.

SnoTemp is adding 94,280 square feet of mostly deep-freeze space to its 165,000 square foot cold storage facility in west Eugene.

A fire at a nut drying facility north of Salem destroyed tons of nuts.

The Metropolitan Wastewater Management Commission’s Eugene sewage treatment plant is dumping more sewage into the river than might be good for the environment.

Bend has drawn many new national or regional retailers in the past six months, but some of the biggest names aren’t ready to open stores in the area yet.

Retailers are optimistic that the Halloween season will bring big business for costumes, candy and decorations this year.

Pendleton hosted the Northwest’s conference for unmanned aerial vehicles, its latest attempt to become a leader in the drone industry.