Oregon named the most entrepreneurial state in the US Oregon ranked top of the list with close to 20,000 new businesses opening in the state last year Idaho and Montana share second place, each having a 10.5% increase in business openings Washington finished last with nearly 28,000 fewer businesses opening in 2023 New research […]
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Orchid Health’s Orion Falvey Receives Prestigious UOAA Outstanding Young Alumni Award
EUGENE, OREGON – [January 2024] – Orion Falvey, Executive Director and co-founder of Orchid Health, has received the 2023 University of Oregon’s UOAA Outstanding Young Alumni Award. This award honors outstanding professional achievement and personal dedication to the community before the recipient’s 41st birthday. Falvey’s contributions to the field of healthcare earned him this recognition. […]
Read more...Scandal-marred Oregon Secretary of State audit will remain online
A memo about former Secretary of State Shemia Fagan’s consulting work with La Mota will accompany the audit BY: BEN BOTKIN – NOVEMBER 20, 2023 5:21 PM Oregon Capitol Chronicle Oregonians still can access the audit of the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission after former Secretary of State Shemia Fagan’s moonlighting scandal with cannabis company La Mota put […]
Read more...Dink’s Market, an old favorite, reopens with new owners and new look
By GEORGE CUSTER/Editor/The Herald — Fresh with a new coat of cheery red paint on the exterior, Dink’s Market has reopened under new owners. Rareinder Singh, his wife Kamaljeet, and their son Paramjot recently purchased the market. New Oakridge residents Rareinder, who goes by Robin, and his family moved to Oakridge from the Portland area […]
Read more...Tears in our beer: Climate change could hurt beer drinkers
Climate change may be very bad news for beer drinkers. BY: DARRELL EHRLICK – Oregon Capitol Chronicle – NOVEMBER 18, 2023 A new report in the journal Nature Communications shows that climate change is responsible for the decrease in quantity and quality of hops produced in Europe. And that trend is projected to continue as climate change is projected […]
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