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Data suggest consumers are consuming again
Posted in Local News Also tagged best of business, breaking news, business, economic, economic-recovery, economy, finance, fuels-optimism, portland rv show, retail, retail-report, shirley wilkerson, wilkerson Comments closed
How low can they go? Oregon truffle thieves stoop to steal valuable delicacies
They sneak onto private forestland at night with rakes and scratch up the ground, digging for the musty mushrooms that sell for up to $200 a pound.
Posted in Local News Also tagged dogs, douglas firs, forestland-at-night, ground, mushrooms, oregon, outdoors, pigs, sneak-onto, southern oregon, the-ground, the-musty, willamette valley Comments closed
Brown pelicans won’t flow south from Oregon coast and that worries scientists
Biologists are worried.
Google unveils bicycle mapping feature, gives you one more reason to bike today
Google just gave people one more reason to leave the car in the garage and go by bike. At today’s National Biking Summit in Washington, D.C., the Internet giant unveiled the latest feature of its wildly popular Google Maps navigation site: Biking Directions.
Posted in Local News Also tagged clackamas-county, garage, giant-unveiled, google-maps, internet, latest, leave-the-car, more-reason, national, oregon city, the-garage, unveiled-the-latest Comments closed
Portland City Council to take up $20 million for 2030 Bike Plan today
Last month the Portland City Council approved an ambitious new bike plan that will cost at least $600 million over the next two decades. Today, commissioners take up the mayor’s idea to use $20 million from sewers to pay for the boulevards.
Posted in Local News Also tagged 600-million, ambitious-new, bike-plan, breaking news, cycling, dan saltzman, dean marriott, green-streets, mayor, mayor sam adams, sam adams, the-mayor, traffic Comments closed
Water amenities should be an integral part of Beaverton redevelopment, consultant says
The city should improve existing natural features, which could entice development, according to consultants.
Posted in Local News Also tagged beaverton city council, beaverton urban renewal, breaking news, business, city-should, improve-existing, natural-features Comments closed
Sen. Wyden takes aim at Washington state in defending NOAA’s move to Newport
Sen. Ron Wyden writes a letter that not only is Newport a better option for NOAA to relocate its marine operations center and four research ships, but the runner-up in Bellingham, Wash.
Posted in Local News Also tagged bellingham, better-option, economy, marine-operations, newport, politics, relocate-its, ron wyden Comments closed
