Oregon

Joe's Sports & Outdoor In-Store Promotion Raises $18,000 for the Children's Cancer Association

PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Joe's Sports & Outdoor stores across the Pacific Northwest raised more than $18,000 during the months of August and September for the Children's Cancer Associ.. - Read more

Woman swept away during proposal

A woman has been swept out to sea in the US moments before her boyfriend planned to propose. 22-year-old Leafil Alforque is still missing. Her boyfriend, Scott Napper, took her to Proposal Rock in the state of Oregon to pop the...

Woman sentenced for torching tow truck

Published: Dec. 4, 2008 at 8:01 PM PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 4 (UPI) -- A 20-year-old woman in Oregon who set a tow truck on fire has been sentenced to two years' probation. Elizabeth Allen pleaded no contest to second-degree arson...

Umpqua Bank Commercial Banking President Dave Edson to Retire (Business Wire)

Thursday December 4, 3:25 pm ET PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Umpqua Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ:UMPQ - News ) announced that Dave Edson, its commercial banking president, will retire in March 2009 following 37 years in the...

Bicycling robber with "larger nose" strikes Corvallis, Ore.

No weapon, no injuries, but another bank robbery in Corvallis, Ore., leaves police with a suspect description and a blurry photo for the public to wonder over. The suspect fled by bicycle and had a "larger nose." Know him? Call...

Viewpoint V6 Software® Selected By Top 25 Canadian Construction Company

PORTLAND, Ore.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—December 4, 2008— McKay-Cocker Construction, ranked among the top 25 general contractors in Canada, has selected Viewpoint V6 Software® from Portland, Oregon-based Viewpoint Construction Software™...

Fusion reactors inch toward commercialization

PORTLAND, Ore. — MIT researchers said they have succeeded in using radio waves to mix the 1 million-degree C plasma at its Alcator C-Mod fusion reactor. "Ours is the first definitive result showing that high-power radio waves...

Aerosol printing boosts solar cell efficiency

PORTLAND, Ore. — Germany's Fraunhofer Institute is reporting a 2 percent efficiency gain for silicon solar cells by switching from conventional screen printing to a non-contact aerosol jet printer. Using a printer made by...

Shibui Spa in Sisters, Oregon Hires Jeanne Fairman as New Head Esthetician

SISTERS, OR--(Marketwire - December 4, 2008) - Ask many people to name the largest organ of the body and they'll likely start mentally calculating the size of the heart compared to the lungs or liver. But few will correctly...

NIKE, Inc. Announces Second Quarter Fiscal 2009 Earnings and Conference Call (Business Wire)

BEAVERTON, Ore.----NIKE, Inc. plans to release its second quarter fiscal 2009 financial results on Wednesday, December 17, 2008, at approximately 1:15 p.m. PT, following the close of regular stock market trading hours.

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