As the city expands and water demand rises, Beaverton’s Sorrento Water Works facility receives an upgrade.

City mulls design guidelines that emphasize density and walkability.

This won’t be an easy legislative session for health-care reform. It was one of the 2007 legislative session’s biggest stars; this year it plays second fiddle to the economy, jobs and economic stimulus.

The ravaged condo and residential markets in Oregon have received most of the attention in the housing collapse, but the downturn, which has sapped many retirement funds, finally is reaching another housing sector: senior-living communities.

Gabriel Rucker of Le Pigeon and Little Bird and Andy Ricker of Pok Pok and Ping's won James Beard Foundation awards.