Food carts remove illegal structures, business suffers
After Portland Commissioner Randy Leonard cracked down on illegal food-cart structures in December, cart owners say their business is suffering on bad weather days.
Manufacturing
Contact Industries invests in future
Prineville’s Contact Industries plant is installing its third “bag house” to replace two less efficient “cyclones.”
Intel pushes software ideas
At the second day of its annual developer forum, Intel touted a series of software initiatives.
Medford airport raises taxi fees 1,000 percent
Jackson County raised taxi fees at the Medford Airport by 1,000%, which is expected to put many people out of business.
Relief agencies find little money for Pakistan
Northwest relief agencies are having trouble raising as much money for Pakistan flood victims as they raised for Haiti last January.
Gerding Edlen primed to renovate former warehouse for Vestas
Gerding Edlen Development will begin work in October on a $66 million warehouse renovation for Vestas’ new headquarters.
Local man vs. Oregon over billboards
Jai Nicholson has placed billboards along Oregon highways to advertise for local companies, but ODOT says the signs are illegal.
Jamboree sees strong sales
Although attendance didn’t reach the record of 36,000, sales were strong at the Oregon Jamboree in Sweet Home.
Oregon bridges deficient
A study by the Oregon Department of Transportation cites 1,665 bridges as functionally obsolete or structurally deficient.
“Office” star sues PDX startup
Rainn Wilson responds to a suit against him by counter-suing Think Brilliant.