Economy and Finance

Oregon's economy continues to grow, but questions abound as societal issues take center stage and futuristic technology becomes a reality. 

Getting on the good side of your loan officer.

Oregon is dominated by small daily and weekly papers. While they haven't dodged the recession's wrath,  in today's declining newspaper market smaller is turning out to be better.

Welcome to Central Oregon, where the economic news is grim and the bottom is nowhere in sight.

A healthy dose of early season snowfall helped Oregon ski resorts tally more than 2 million paying visitors last year, an industry record that may prove difficult to match this year.

As the economy falters and more people lose their health benefits, hospitals brace for the impact of the uninsured.

BY JASON SHUFFLER

Bolstered by the education and manufacturing sectors, the unemployment rate fell to 8.8 percent, its lowest since November 2008.

Lucid Energy Technologies, a company that harvests power from turbines within water pipes, has set up its headquarters in Portland.