Business

Internal emails show a tax-funded agency created to educate people about forestry has acted as a public-relations agency and lobbying arm for Oregon's timber industry, in some cases skirting legal constraints that forbid it from doing so.

During the coronavirus pandemic, states have struggled with staggering revenue losses and budget shortfalls. Here's what is happening in Oregon.

More than 400 people in about 40 states, and Canada, have been sickened in the outbreak tied to red onions.

The coronavirus pandemic has served to remind many of us how much we count on strangers staying healthy so we can restock our cupboards and go about daily life. That's especially true for Alaskans who depend on a marine cargo lifeline from the Pacific Northwest for the majority of their goods.

The U.S. economy plunged by a record-shattering 32.9% annual rate last quarter, and the coronavirus is still cutting a path of destruction, forcing millions out of work and shuttering businesses.

The pandemic hasn’t closed the Cowlitz County’s largest employers — its three paper mills and a hospital — but local officials said the relief is welcomed by smaller firms that have been hit hard by closures.

Vancouver's Fourth Plain corridor is a constellation of multicultural businesses. Residents and businesses have fought gentrification for years. Now they're barely weathering the pandemic.

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee said Thursday he is tightening restrictions throughout the state in restaurants and bars, for weddings and funerals, and at gyms in a further effort to stem a surge in COVID-19 cases.

The Portland-based advertising agency said it has laid off 11% of its global workforce. And separately, Nike said it will be laying off an unspecified number of employees as part of a larger restructuring.

Lincoln County had Oregon's highest unemployment rate last month, at 17%. The state and national rates both rest at just over 11%.