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(October 6, 2014, 9:42 am) PORTLAND, Ore. Completes More Than $1 Million in Foundation Giving for 2014
PGE Foundation, the corporate foundation of Portland General Electric, announced a $100,000 grant in support of Oregon Health & Science University's Knight Cancer Challenge, a fundraising campaign inspired by a pledge from Phil and Penny Knight to provide $500 million to fund pioneering cancer research if OHSU can raise an equal amount in two years.
(October 2, 2014, 2:00 pm) PORTLAND, Ore. A recent Wells Fargo survey showed that 27 percent of Americans are more worried about their financial health than their physical health.
In an effort to help customers succeed financially, Wells Fargo is offering its customers in Oregon and S.W. Washington their free consumer credit score, and complimentary credit report now through Nov. 15.
(October 2, 2014, 7:09 am) AMITY, Ore. The Samuel Robert Winery Historic Restoration project transformed a 1913 building, which had provided for various uses and received several historically inappropriate updates over the century, back to its original structural framework.
The Samuel Robert Winery received an Excellence in Downtown Revitalization Award for the "Best Historic Restoration Project" from Oregon Main Street on Oct. 1 during the Oregon Main Annual Conference in McMinnville.
(September 30, 2014, 4:57 pm) WILSONVILLE, Ore. City staff indicated that taxing marijuana may cause a reduction in the potential number of sellers in the Wilsonville area.
The Wilsonville City Council concluded a public hearing Monday evening on Ordinance No. 748, and approved an amended version of the ordinance by a vote of 4 to 1 on second reading.
(September 30, 2014, 9:15 am) SALEM, Ore. Currently, the Oregon National Guard has nearly 1,000 Guard members mobilized in support of overseas operations, with the majority serving in Afghanistan.
The fiscal year 2014 contract for the Oregon National Guard's Joint Transition Assistance Program, known as JTAP, which assists service members and veterans with civilian job placement, has expired.
(September 30, 2014, 4:02 am) PORTLAND, Ore. A potential major player in next year's economic mix is whether the state will shift from its current position of allowing medical marijuana to full legalization.
Will marijuana legalization, if approved by voters on Nov. 4, puff up the state's economy or produce a cloud of risky behavior and increased crime? That topic, a perspective on the health of Wall Street and how population shifts may affect Oregon will be among the subjects covered during the 11th annual Oregon Economic Forum.
(September 25, 2014, 8:30 am) SALEM, Ore. The biggest price drop in Oregon occurred in Medford-Ashland where the price fell 9-cents to $3.68.
The average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gas in Salem, and throughout the state of Oregon took one huge plunge over the past week.
(September 24, 2014, 4:08 pm) RICKREALL, Ore. If all goes according to plan, the new restaurant will open sometime in November.
A once famous restaurant along N Pacific Highway next to the Polk County Fairgrounds in the small farming community of Rickreall, Oregon is about ready for some good old time rock and roll, along with some famous, great tasting food.
(September 23, 2014, 4:00 pm) SALEM, Ore. Bob's will be opening this October in the food court of the Salem Center mall in downtown Salem, through the holiday season, seven days a week.
For Salem, the summer of 2014 could go down in the record books as the summer of Bob’s Hamburgers.
(September 22, 2014, 12:30 pm) SALEM, Ore. This is also a good time for anyone that owns or rents a building in a flood prone area to buy flood insurance.
Areas in Oregon downstream of wildfires are at greater risk for flooding this year, and the Oregon Office of Emergency Management, Oregon Deptartment of Land Conservation and Development, and FEMA are urging home and business owner in affected areas to purchase flood insurance.