The California Association of Nurseries and Garden Centers (CANGC) and the Oregon Association of Nurseries (OAN) today filed a suit in U.S. District Court in Columbia, South Carolina, seeking to overturn a new regulation aimed squarely at blocking California and Oregon nursery growers from shipping their plants to that state.
The USDA Animal and Plant Health [...]
The Nissan LEAF is an all-electric, zero-emissions vehicle coming to North America, with one if its first markets being Portland. On display at OMSI until December 23 as part of the Nissan LEAF Zero Emissions Tour, the LEAF will go 100 miles on a charge, have a top-speed of 90 mph, fully charge its [...]
Oregon State Police (OSP) Drug Enforcement Section will continue the investigation related to the arrest of two Bend residents Saturday morning after over 50 pounds of marijuana was found in a vehicle during an OSP traffic stop east of La Grande.
According to OSP Sergeant Larry Graves, on November 7, 2009 at approximately 10:26 a.m. an [...]
Portland filmmaker has an award-winning film The new independent film, “Unremembered,” is certainly memorable. North Portland resident, independent filmmaker, and PCC Cascade instructor, Greg Kerr (www.gregkerr.net) used his own money to produce this complex thriller and it’s beginning to get attention at film festivals around the country. It recently won Awards of Merit in three [...]
The travel section of CNN.com published a piece on ‘beer country’ and the 3 hubs for great beer in the US. Of course Portland was named to the list, along with southern California and the southern United States. Since just about no one agrees that So Cal and the South are beer mecca’s, here is [...]
There appears to be alot of rumblings in the Silicon Forest about the recent move of Jives CEO to sunny California. I think the big question is now that Jives CEO is in Silicon Valley and their VC is right down the street from them, is there any reason to stay in Portland.
From The Oregonian [...]
Oregon Duck Football Players Plead Guilty, Coach Hands Down Suspensions
City of Gresham Wants Google Fiber
March of Dimes Oregon Honors 6 Local Women
Oregon City Stalker Sentenced to 4 and a Half Years
City of Bend: You’re Doing it Wrong
Traffic Law Crackdown Planned Near McMinnville High School on Wednesday March 10th
In Horse vs Semi Truck, Semi Truck Wins
