ZoomCare expands rapidly in Portland area
Started in Portland in 2006 by two doctors, ZoomCare recently opened its eighth Portland clinic and has plans to continue expanding.
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Portland cloud computing startups land venture capital
Portland cloud computing startups AppFog and Cedexis landed $14 million in combined venture capital this week.
Back-to-school shopping begins in Portland
Despite many national retailers launching their back-to-school campaigns in June, local retailers are just beginning to roll out their shopping specials.
Seismic retrofit business growing
Earthquake Tech, a seismic retrofitting business based in Portland, is growing quickly after the recent quake in Japan.
Ted Wheeler passes on Portland mayor run
Even though Ted Wheeler has huge name recognition and ambition, it looks like running for mayor of Portland isn’t in the future.
Federal budget crunch likely to hurt new I-5 bridge efforts
One casualty of the coming federal budget crunch could be a new $3 billion bridge carrying Interstate 5 across the Columbia River.
Eugene sees green building business boom
What began as a loosely knit gang of idealistic carpenters, designers and architects working in relative obscurity in Eugene has become a multimillion dollar niche market. But the local green construction market is still seeing mixed success.
Greenbrier loads up on railcar orders
The Greenbrier Cos. have landed orders for 3,700 railcars worth about $285 million as the freight industry shifts to double-stack trains.
Small town grows huge quantities of medical pot
Medical marijuana has taken root in the idyllic town of Williams like nowhere else in Oregon.
Warrenton mill back in business with huge upgrade
Hampton Lumber’s Warrenton Mill came back to life this week. Former owner Weyerhaeuser Co. sold the operation to Hampton, who shut the doors for 20 months to make a multi-million dollar upgrade.