The new coffee window for Fernie's Coffee in Government Camp. It is in the wall at Vallian's Sports with a bench and plants in front.

Business

Fernie’s Coffee fuels adventurers on Mount Hood

Unassuming expansion brings caffeine fix, specialty drinks to Government Camp

Business

Downtown Gresham’s NW Creations forced to close after lawsuit

Former commercial landlord Kimco Realty filed $250,000 suit for breaking lease, rent owed

Business

Portland Timbers lock in $25M, 13-acre deal for Beaverton performance center expansion

Portland’s professional soccer club is expanding its training footprint in Beaverton The Portland Timbers have signed the dotted…

Business

Rick Wright, Market of Choice CEO and grocery industry leader, dies at 62

Rick Wright, CEO of the Oregon-based grocery chain Market of Choice, died Sunday. He was 62. Wright, who…

Business

ODOT director calls legislature’s transportation bill failure ‘shocking,’ ‘scary’ warns of layoffs

In an email to ODOT staff Saturday, Director Kris Strickland said the agency will be forced to eliminate…

Business

Statewide minimum wage increases 35 cents, the lowest rise in ten years

The standard statewide hourly wage will rise to $15.05 per hour, while Portland’s minimum wage will rise to…

Business

Oregon Legislature’s last-ditch attempt for 3-cent gas tax increase fails

Oregon Democrats’ last-ditch effort to stave off hundreds of layoffs at the Oregon Department of Transportation by passing…

Local News

Legislature earmarks $45 million for Willamette Falls Trust Inter-Tribal Public Access Project

Public access to Willamette Falls from the West Linn side of the Willamette River took a huge step…

Government

Transportation package clears committee hurdle, goes to Oregon House for Friday vote

It’s been a bumpy road for the now $11.7 billion Transportation Reinvestment Package that moves closer to passage…

Environment

Two Republican state senators attempt to kill bipartisan proposal to raise lodging tax for wildlife

Raising the state hotel tax by 1.25 percentage points could send millions to the Fish and Wildlife Department,…