Up until last week, it appeared Mayor Bill White was going to get a free pass from Houston-area legislators this session. Area ‘heroes’ honored at College of the Mainland The College of the Mainland Foundation raised $17,000 at its Mainland Heroes gala. The annual fundraiser provides scholarships to COM students throughout the year.

Driving record relevant information for readers
After a bicyclist died when crushed by a garbage truck, The Oregonian’s reporters checked the truck driver’s record with the Driver and Motor Vehicle Services. They discovered, as reporter David Austin wrote in his article the next day, that…

Typhoons kill 5 in Taiwan, 55 in Vietnam
A storm drenched China’s southeast on Sunday after killing five people on Taiwan and prompting the evacuation of 1.4 million people on the mainland, officials said. In Vietnam, the death toll from a separate storm rose to 55. Rita anniversary sparks flurry of lawsuits The second anniversary of Hurricane Rita has brought a […]

Chip sales jump in September
Global chip sales rose 5.9 percent in September as demand for cell phones and personal computers increased, the Semiconductor Industry Association said Monday. The association said global chip sales totaled $22.6 billion during the month, compared with $21.3 billion in…

Readers react to Lovelle Svart story
Readers continue to react to the coverage online and in print of Lovelle Svart, the cancer patient who intimately shared her last months and final hours. Although Lovelle trusted Rob Finch and Don Colburn with full access, we struggled…

Customers filed into Meier & Frank to see renovations
Thousands of people filed into the remodeled downtown Macy’s store in downtown Portland Friday morning following a 9:30 a.m. ribbon-cutting ceremony. Many were eager to see how a $100 million renovation had changed the landmark former Meier & Frank store….

Nautilus tries to block activist shareholder
Nautilus Inc. on Monday said its board has adopted a plan that would prevent an activist shareholder from acquiring a majority stake in the troubled fitness-equipment maker. The Vancouver-based company said its new shareholder rights plan - also known as…

A bittersweet day for Gerry Frank
Gerry Frank, once vice-president of the old Meier and Frank Co., which his family had owned since 1857, signed his new book Friday near the elevators of the downtown store that was re-opening as Macy’s. The new owners have pared…

Readers, the next generation
The Oregonian’s public editor desk recently received this e-mail: My name is Mles and I am 6 years old. My Dad is typing this for me. I like looking at the weather page of the newspaper. I figured out a…

Ashland doctor gets prison time for failing to file taxes
Federal judge Anna J. Brown sentenced an Ashland doctor to ten months in prison on Monday in Portland for willfully failing to file his federal income tax return. Franklin H. Ross Jr., 63, pleaded guilty in August to not filing…

New blogs launch
Confused about all that political news out there? How do you know what to read or who’s telling the truth? Senior political reporter Jeff Mapes sorts the wheat from the chaff, telling you what you need to know. Check…

Market close numbers for Oct. 29
The Dow Jones industrial average rose 63.56, or 0.46 percent, to 13,870.26. Broader stock indicators also gained. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index rose 5.70, or 0.37 percent, to 1,540.98, while the Nasdaq composite index rose 13.25, or 0.47 percent,…

Is her personal life relevant?
On Oct. 1, the Portland School Board announced it had chosen Carole Smith for the superintendent job. She had been chief of staff to Vicki Phillips, the previous superintendent. As a box with the two articles in the Oct….

3Q earnings up 24% for Northwest Pipe
Northwest Pipe Co. earnings rose more than 24 percent in the third quarter, the company said today. The Portland manufacturer of welded steel pipe and other products said net income for the quarter ended Sept. 30 was $5.1 million, up…

TV changes announced
Readers will see changes in Sunday’s TV Click section. Comcast rolls out SportsNet, its all-sports channel, on Thursday. It airs on Channel 37 and appears in the programming grids with a CSN designation. The channel features live Portland Trail Blazer…

This entry was posted on Tuesday, October 30th, 2007 at 11:16 am and is filed under Portland News. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.