Mysterious makers of cheaper wine
Four vintners make up Guild Winemakers, a group that produces affordable wine from high-quality excess fruit and finished wine.
Willamette Valley
Quality makes local choice
Hillsboro-based Quality Production Ltd. is committed to hiring locally for manufacturing jobs, rather than outsourcing.
Poverty rises in middle class
An Oregon State University study of first-time food stamp users finds that the recession has increased poverty among Oregon’s middle class.
EnviroTech rides the rails
EnviroTech Services opened a facility in Prineville that plans to make extensive use of the City of Prineville Railway.
Local meat processing pushed
The owner of Mt. Joseph Family Foods wants to bring a mobile slaughter unit to Joseph so local ranchers can market their meat locally.
Intel’s mind-reading smart phones of the future
Intel researchers are delving into the creepy but promising “contextually aware” computing of the future – machines that would know who you are and what you’re doing.
Beaverton OKs tax rebate
The Beaverton City Council approved a property-tax rebate for developers willing to build on 26 open acres across the street from Nike.
PDX firm relies on cloud computing
Portland project management firm Inici Group relies on cloud computing to complete a project spread over 36 cities.
Measure 66 tax revenues coming up short
Indicators suggest Oregon won’t receive nearly as much revenue from Measure 66 as originally thought.
Families carefully spending more for back to school
Consumers are expected to spend more this year for back to school supplies, but they are still keeping an eye out for deals.