Dufur...
One of the state’s organic farming pioneers is beginning construction on a 63,000-square-foot space in Sherman County. more >
Arlington...
The Oregon Department of Transportation gave the Port of Arlington a $1.89 million Connect Oregon grant to help fund the planning and building of a new barge dock. more >
La Grande...
Boise Cascade has slowed operations at its sawmill because of a pokey housing market and falling lumber prices. more >
Chemult...
After a campaign to find the employees to staff it, a Pilot Travel Station opened on Highway 97 in Chemult in late October. more >
Klamath Falls...
A new biodiesel rendering facility got off the ground in Klamath Falls last month. more >
Vancouver...
One hundred workers will join the staff of 850 at SEH America as the company expands. more >
Gresham...
Mt. Hood Community College plans to use a grant from the U.S. Department of Labor to start a practical nursing program, more >
Portland...
A 14.7-Mile TriMet rail line between Beaverton and Wilsonville will be the first suburb-to-suburb train for commuters in Oregon and one of just a few in the country. more >
Lake Oswego...
Greenbrier has purchased Meridian Rail Holdings Corp. for $227.5 million. Meridian manufactures replacement wheel sets for railcars at its locations throughout the United States and Mexico. more >
Corvallis...
Landis Kannberg, a program manager at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, became the new director of the Microproducts Breakthrough Institute (MBI) in November when former director Kevin Drost retired. more >
Eugene...
Lunar Logic, maker of websites and electronic supplements to textbooks, lost 120 workers over the past year to outsourcing. more >
Central Point...
The Southern Oregon construction industry will have new competition when J.F. Shea Co. sets up shop in Central Point. more >
St. Helens...
After a year of competitive bidding, USIA was awarded an $8 million contract by the U.S. Coast Guard to manufacture lightweight dry suits. more >
Tillamook...
A new retail center has broken ground near Fred Meyer. more >
