Oregon Business

Recognizing that tourists love to shop, the  Woodburn Company Stores, a collection of retail outlets, has made it easier for them with the introduction of the Outlook Express shopping shuttle.

The Coffin Butte Resource Project, a power plant that turns methane gas into electricity, will be able to stretch out a bit when its $5 million expansion opens in October.

While soaring gas prices grab all the headlines, few people realize the price of rubber has nearly quadrupled since 2006.

Driven by the collapse of the federal timber payments to rural counties, a joint project between Oregon State University, the Association of Oregon Counties and the Ford Family Foundation will study the effect of the loss of that annual $280 million, and use the information to help chart the next chapter for rural Oregon.