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Ashland Home Net – The Little Engine that Could
September 24, 2019 E2E Meeting By Cynthia Scherr You can’t escape kindergarten without hearing the story of The Little Engine that Could. It’s the right encouragement for small children and certainly anyone who starts a business. Business is an uphill battle, especially when you have something vitally important to deliver,…
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Apollo 50: New Perspectives
Small Steps to a Giant Leap at ScienceWorks Hands-On Museum’ By Dan Ruby, Executive Director I was born the year that the twin Voyager spacecraft began their audacious journey to the cosmos, so I missed the world-gripping excitement of Apollo. I grew up with the Shuttle program throughout the ‘80s,…
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Seasonal Losses in Local Government Education Reduce Total Employment
By Guy Tauer, Regional Economist Guy.R.Tauer@oregon.gov Total payroll employment fell by 1,930 jobs in July, mostly due to a typical seasonal loss of 2,040 jobs in local government education. Employment changes in most other published industries were modest. Professional and business services added 80 jobs in July. The goods-producing industries…
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Jordan Cove will provide economic benefits to Southern Oregon
by Todd Goergen Those who have lived in Southern Oregon for most of their lives know that $10 billion private investments don’t come along very often. Well, never, to be exact. Slightly less rare is a business investment that has the ability to provide economic benefits to so many Oregon…
Read MoreLithia Motors Promotes Tina Miller to Chief Financial Officer
Lithia Motors, Inc. (NYSE: LAD) one of the nation’s largest providers of personal transportation solutions, announced today that Tina Miller has been promoted to Senior Vice-President, Chief Financial Officer.”Tina’s finance and accounting leadership and her talented teams have been instrumental in us achieving sector leading growth while maintaining low leverage,”…
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Smoke Season
For 6 weeks last year, smoke filled most of southern Oregon’s air and for many days we had the worst air quality in the nation. We were told to stay indoors and we downloaded AQI (Air Quality Index) apps that sent us daily alerts and we watched wind shifts…
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Oregon’s Minimum Wage Increases on July 1, 2019
NICK BELEICIKS Oregon’s minimum wage increases on July 1, 2019, but the raises won’t be the same across the state. The minimum wage increases to $12.50 per hour inside the Portland urban growth boundary, $11.00 per hour in nonurban counties, and $11.25 in other areas of the state. Oregon’s three…
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Retention and Engagement in the Modern Workplace: 4 Flexible Work Arrangements to Consider
In the age of rapidly advancing technology and constantly evolving work-life balance priorities, workers expect more flexibility than ever before. And, given the current talent crunch many businesses are facing, companies that do not embrace at least some flexibility may end up a casualty of the talent war. In a…
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Data Beginning to Clear the Way for a Rate Cut
Central Takeaway If You Don’t Have Any Time This Morning: The Fed hastily delivered a soothing message last week by promising to act appropriately to maintain the expansion. It was hard not to read that as dovish. That combined with the employment data puts a rate cut in play this…
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Aviation Board awards $1.5 M to support $3.2 M in commercial air service projects
By Mary Buell Grants of up to $500,000 were approved by the Oregon State Aviation Board for projects that will assist commercial air service to rural Oregon. On April 4, 2019, the Oregon State Aviation Board approved funding for three grants totaling $1.5 million to support $3.2 million in projects…
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OSU launches The Global Hemp Innovation Center
The Global Hemp Innovation Center will be based in OSU’s College of Agricultural Sciences with research taking place across the state and world. STORY BY: Heidi Happonen,541-737-9180, heidi.happonen@oregonstate.edu SOURCE: Alan Sams, 541-737- 2331, alan.sams@oregonstate.edu; Jay Noller, 541-737- 2821, jay.noller@oregonstate.edu Oregon State University launches largest, most comprehensive hemp research center in…
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Support your county fair. It’s good business.
Be sure to visit county fairs this summer. Did you know that the county fair is a key economic driver is Oregon? Below is a list of all county fairs in Oregon from oregonfairs.org
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