07/10/11 The neat thing about a community event like the Chuckanut Foot Race is that you can always come back
07/08/11 The Greenbrier Companies today reported results for its fiscal third quarter ended May 31, 2011.
07/08/11 Union workers at two nuclear power plants on Lake Ontario are set to go on strike.
07/08/11 TriMet's assurances that it will maintain Oregon 43 bus routes are undercutting environmental and other arguments in favor of the locally preferred alternative, writes Jeff Gudman.
07/07/11 Business consultant Mark Reed has taken the CEO job on an interim basis and expects to stay on through the end of the year -- possibly longer.
07/06/11 Patty Birkholz, director of Michigan's Office of the Great Lakes, sketched out the contours of the state's bureaucracy that helps oversee more than 20 percent of the world's fresh water.
07/01/11 Constellation Brands Inc., which sells Robert Mondavi wine, Svedka vodka and Corona beer, said Thursday its first-quarter profit jumped 52 percent to $75 million on cost-cutting efforts and improved sales of wine, spirits...
07/01/11 "How to Land Your Kid in Therapy" is all the buzz, working moms in downtown Portland are invited to a lunch in July, and more.
07/01/11 Williams, Dame & White, a Portland real estate development firm, has been heading the effort to turn Lake Oswego's Foothills District, a 107-acre neighborhood, into a mixed-use area for housing, retail and offices. Project officials hope to develop a framework plan to the Lake Oswego City Council on how to redevelop the area this fall.
06/30/11 ROCHESTER, N.Y. - Constellation Brands Inc., which sells Robert Mondavi wine, Svedka vodka and Corona beer, said Thursday its first-quarter profit jumped 52 per cent to $75 million on cost-cutting efforts and improved sales of wine, spirits and imported beers in North America.
06/30/11 Residence: Baltimore, Md. Occupation: Director of instruction at The Elkridge Club, Baltimore, Md.
06/23/11 The intelligent social network poll reveals less than 14-percent of respondents support giving continued aid to Pakistan Portland, OR (PRWEB) June 22, 2011 Wordspreadz, the social network for intelligent discussion has released the results of its most recent poll. The poll, conducted among the globally dispersed users of the Wordspreadz platform, asked people to respond to the statement ...
06/23/11 Lake Oswego Mayor Jack Hoffman and councilors Bill Tierney, Sally Moncrieff and Donna Jordan will pool some of the money they receive as stipends to pay for membership in the Natural Step Network, an Oregon-based group providing resources for communities interested in long-term ...
06/22/11 SALEM -- The Oregon House changed course on Tuesday and narrowly approved a bill expanding online charter schools after defeating it a day earlier, handing Republicans a victory and putting back on track a package of education bills that had stalled. In the end, all 14 bills passed the House and Senate and were sent to Gov. John Kitzhaber, who has said he will sign them. Altogether, the bills ...
06/22/11 Oregon legislative negotiators remain deadlocked on congressional redistricting, but their differences largely appear to center around the 5th Congressional District held by Rep. Kurt Schrader, D-Ore.
06/22/11 Day 3 of the 102nd Oregon Amateur Golf Championships from Waverly Country Club in Portland.
06/22/11 The Community Sports Calendar on Columbian.com is updated each Tuesday. Submit items for the calendar by sending an e-mail to paul.danzer@columbian.com, or call 360-735-4521.
06/16/11 Eight Metro League players are on the 21-man North roster for the annual North-South all-star baseball series. The three-game series for Class 6A and 5A players will take place this weekend at Goss Stadium on the Oregon State University campus in Corvallis. The teams will play one game at 6 p.m. on ...
06/16/11 This year's special exhibit, "Language of Sculpture," features works by Oregon City's Ben Dye (metal), Portland's Bonnie Meltzer (mixed media) and Rhododendron's Jason Johnston (bronze). The festival also offers artist demonstrations, a juried crafts fair and kids' programs and activities.
06/16/11 SARANAC LAKE - Saranac Lake High School physics teacher Christopher Gosling has been awarded a federal Fulbright teaching grant to conduct research in Argentina next spring. Gosling, 31, will be one of 19 U.S. | 
