Occupy Salem to begin today
The Occupy Wall Street demonstrations are set to come to Salem starting today, with Occupy Salem.
Portland
Nike plans to build new Shanghai campus
Nike Inc. plans to build a campus in Shanghai similar to its world headquarters in Washington County.
Coos County hopes to get timber payments
Coos County residents hope a new bill introduced to Congress next week will renew federal timber payments.
Ideabox building green pre-fab development in Eugene
Ideabox is planning to build a neighborhood in Eugene filled with green pre-fab houses.
Integra Telecom’s CEO resigns
Tom Casey, the new CEO of Portland’s Integra Telecom, resigned after just seven months.
Willamette Valley families increasingly depend on emergency food assistance
One of every five families in the mid-Willamette Valley depends on food from an emergency pantry at least once each year.
OSU gets $9.8M for biofuel
The U.S. Department of Agriculture awarded two five-year research grants to Oregon State University to fund biofuel research.
Eastern Oregon chemical weapons incineration closing
The Umatilla Chemical Depot will cease destroying chemical weapons in November, resulting in a loss of danger but also a loss of 650 jobs.
Year-round farmers market coming to Springfield
An indoor, year-round farmers market may be coming to Springfield, in an effort dubbed the Community Food Hub Project.
PDC mishandles Centennial Mills
The Portland Development Commission’s handling of Centennial Mills with LAB Holding, the firm chosen to develop the site, has been marked with confusion and finger-pointing. A conflict of interest may be to blame.