Nordstrom landlord sues TMT Development
Parr Financial, the investment firm that owns Portland’s Nordstrom building, has filed a lawsuit against TMT Development for its crane on the Park Avenue West site.
Willamette Valley
Grocers tweak self-checkout options
Less than a decade since self-checkout operations spread throughout the country in 2003, some grocers are abandoning the concept.
New Seasons screens over 1,000 job applicants
New Seasons Market held a job fair at Beaverton Christian Church, where over 1,000 people applied for only 100 job openings.
Homeowners’ associations foreclosing on residents
Increasingly, homeowners’ associations are foreclosing on residents unable to pay their fees.
Oregon timber industry files lawsuit
The Oregon timber industry filed a lawsuit against the Obama administration in an effort to double the amount of logging allowed in Western Oregon.
Bedbug problem spurs new businesses
As more and more bedbugs arrive in Lane County, new businesses are springing up to deal with the pests.
Pioneer Place food court goes gourmet
Pioneer Place is looking to ditch the usual humdrum food court offerings for more gourmet and locally-made fare.
Oregon cities will take years to recover lost jobs
A new report from IHS Global Insight says that Oregon cities will take many years to recover the number of jobs they had before the recession.
Multinational firm buys Eugene biotech company
Abcam PLC, a multinational biotech firm headquartered in Cambridge, England, bought MitoSciences, a Eugene biotech company.
Oregon allowed to ship blueberries to Korea
Oregon is the first state allowed to export blueberries to South Korea, beginning this summer.