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We love a bad news story. Crime and scandal sell newspapers and capture TV viewership.

After a rough 12-year slog with more drought than profit, Oregon wheat growers are finally back in the black, thanks to record wheat prices that are not expected to drop any time soon.

MARCH 2008: 100 BEST COMPANIES 100 BEST ALPHABETICAL INDEX LARGE COMPANIES SMALL COMPANIES COMPANY RANK COMPANY RANK AmeriTitle 21 ACME Business Consulting 38 Avista Utilities 31 Arlie & Company 48 Bank of the Cascades 50 Ashland Food Cooperative 25 Barco MIS 39 Boly:Welch Staffing Services 43 Bend Metro Park and Recreation District 35 Cascade Employers … Read more

Problem for the day: $2.9 million + X = Y.

A coalition that includes nursery, restaurant, wine, dairy, wheat and homebuilders associations, the Hispanic Metro Chamber of Commerce, the Oregon Business Association and tourism industry groups has been formed to address growing concerns among business and agriculture interests over immigration issues.

WHAT DOES IT TAKE to make our list of the 100 Best Companies to Work For in Oregon for 12 years — the most of any company, ever — and at the same time twice make Fortune magazine’s national list of best companies?

In February, the scrap over liquefied natural gas terminals in Oregon jumped from being a heated topic on the coast to a major talking point in state politics.

Readers remain divided regarding the benefits and burdens brought by illegal immigrants to Oregon.

Better-than-average snowfall covered Oregon ski resorts this winter, creating a deep base that bodes well for spring runs.

In a cartoon car dealership, the Imagine LMV would sit somewhere between the Flintstone-mobile and the Jetsons’ flying space-age sedan.