PGE launches demand response program
Portland General Electric is starting its first automated demand response program for business customers to pitch in during times of peak energy demand.
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Development firm repurposes big box stores
Corvallis-based Dickerhoof Properties buy vacant shopping outlets and big box stores and convert them into smaller retail spaces.
Judge voids Vernonia foreclosure in far-reaching verdict
A Columbia County judge has blocked U.S. Bank from evicting a Vernonia woman in a case with far-reaching implications that her lenders had not properly recorded mortgage documents.
Portland feminist bookstore heading towards financial collapse
In Other Words, the Northeast Portland feminist bookstore parodied on Portlandia, is heading towards financial collapse.
Eugene-area realtors embrace QR codes
Increasingly, realtors in Eugene and Springfield are putting QR codes on for-sale signs to provide potential buyers with more information about the property for sale.
Wind farms generate electricity and cash for Sherman County
Wind farms bring money to Sherman County, where residents of four towns get $590 a year in compensation for the wind turbines blocking their views.
Portland cab drivers want to form union
A group of 40 cabbies in Portland hope to form a unionized cab company.