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Sports

Nike Signs Portland Raised NFL Hopeful »

Nike today announced a partnership with 2009 AP National Player of the Year and top NFL prospect Ndamukong Suh. One of the nation’s premiere collegiate defenders, Suh is projected to be drafted at the top...

February 4 2010 / No comment / Read More »

Interested in (de)Regulating Oregon Wrestling, Boxing and MMA? »

The Oregon State Athletic Commission is charged with regulating ring sport events in Oregon including Entertainment Wrestling, Professional Boxing, and Mixed Martial Arts. The Commission is comprised of five volunteer members and an Executive Director...

January 29 2010 / No comment / Read More »

Business

2010 Business Computers Leave the Starting Gate »

By Peter S. Kastner Hillsboro, OR (February 4, 2010) The 2010 model business personal computers and notebooks begin arriving today from the likes of Acer,...

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McGrath’s Files Chapter 11 »

According to the Portland Business Journal, Salem based McGrath’s Publick Fish House has filed for Chapter 11. The chain of 20 restaurants filed for...

Feb 5 2010 / No comment / Read More »

Adidas Announces Portland Layoff’s but News Not All Bad »

From the Oregonian: Adidas has launched a restructuring of its North American headquarters in Portland that will ultimately increase employment by 60. But the job mix...

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Chicago Aims to Attract Oregon Companies »

The Chicago Sun-Times reported on Thursday that the cities mayor wants to see Oregon businesses move to the windy city. Mayor Daley says that...

Jan 29 2010 / 1 comment / Read More »

Living Green

Gresham to Flip Switch on New Solar Installation »

On Tuesday February 9th, the City of Gresham with REC Solar and SunEdison will celebrate the activation of a 419kW ground mounted solar power system at the Gresham Wastewater Treatment Plant. This is the largest ground mount solar power system in the Pacific Northwest to...

Feb 8 2010 / 1 comment / Read More »

Philomath Now a Green Power Community »

Philomath, which began in 1867 as a beacon of learning in the Wild West, is pioneering a new era of enlightenment as the nation’s newest Green Power Community. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is recognizing Philomath for its leadership, achievement and dedicated support of renewable...

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Vancouver to Host Styrofoam Block Recycling Party »

What’s white, rigid and takes up a lot of space in garbage carts and landfills? The answer: Block foam. The solution: A free collection event for Clark County residents from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., this Saturday, Feb. 6, at the Fisher’s Landing Transit Center, 3510...

Feb 1 2010 / No comment / Read More »

Portland Building Goes Green, Literally »

From the New York Times: Urban gardening used to seem subversive. People planted tomatoes in public parks, strung their hops to rooftops to make homebrew and reclaimed empty lots as community farms, never mind the property owner. Yet here in one of the more thoroughly tilled cities...

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