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Faced with higher costs, including rising energy and personnel expenses, and sagging demand for its power, the Emerald People’s Utility District is eliminating 10 jobs.

Jackson County’s construction employment grew 4 percent year-over-year, making it Oregon’s No. 2 region for job creation in the sector

Several commercial and residential developments are taking shape along the Interstate corridor between Northeast Columbia Boulevard and Broadway. Some of the projects have been years in the making.

The foreclosure rate in Oregon jumped in April compared with a year earlier, while the Portland area and across the country fell slightly.

Oregon government wants trucking companies to replace their aging diesel-powered vehicles with clean running electric ones — even though they can initially cost a lot more.

Oregon’s wildfire arson patrol will be back on duty beginning next month after a two year hiatus.

Home prices turned upward in Portland and across the country in April, remaining below levels seen a year earlier but adding to hopes the worst has passed.

Critics of increased logging on Oregon’s south coast took the Capitol by surprise.

A labor dispute at the Port of Portland that has disrupted shipping traffic in the Pacific Northwest for weeks entered a new phase this week.

Once an ambitious builder and buyer of senior continuing care facilities, Pacific Retirement Services has changed its focus to management, consulting and marketing.