Oregon’s Cone family built a fortune from federal timber beginning in the late 1800s, parlaying this into considerable economic and political power. Now, the Cone children are fighting in state and federal court over the ownership and control of the Cone fortune.
The National Science Foundation awarded an Oregon green chemistry center a $20 million grant to develop greener chemical processes.
The Greenbrier Cos. have landed orders for 3,700 railcars worth about $285 million as the freight industry shifts to double-stack trains.
A Bend mortgage broker involved with the collapse of central Oregon’s Desert Sun Development, was sentenced to 15 months in prison for health-care and mortgage fraud.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced a $45 million federal funding effort to back biofuel production in the western United States.
McMinnville’s Matt Haughey is the founder and CEO of MetaFilter, one of the most active blogging communities on the Web.