GM Chevy Spark electric car's price 38 pct less than Volt's

Veresen Inc.'s Jordan Cove Energy Project LP has filed an application with the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to construct and operate a liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facility (Jordan Cove) on the west coast of the United ...

There's money in them thar Petri dishes. Now the folks at Oregon Health and Science University are using skin cells scraped off dead babies to make matching embryos. This is not science fiction. It is real. They used to do it with monkeys. It's ...

Unemployment in Oregon ranges from 5.8 percent in Benton County to more than twice that in Crook, Grant and Harney counties. An updated state map illustrates those differences, using jobs data through April. The Oregon Employment Department map ...

Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) introduced an amendment to the farm bill Monday that would allow farmers to grow industrial hemp, an aide

CAVE JUNCTION -- Here lies Rough & Ready Lumber. The last sawmill in Josephine County closes next week, a grim milestone in the persistent stalemate over logging that's peculiar to this unique corner of Oregon. In much of western Oregon, the 1990s ...

A second report out Monday again shows the very different economic realities across the state. The University of Oregon's Regional Economic Indexes take into account housing, hiring and other data to gauge the health of five metro-area economies.

Late spring and early summer can be a glorious time to visit Yamhill County. The chances of getting clear days increase with every turn of the calendar page, and when it's sunny you can enjoy dramatic vistas from the tasting rooms of wineries like ...

Several weeks to several months have passed since The Oregonian profiled the following startups. In that time, a lot has happened to all six, including changes in product development, revenue growth and new funding. Here's a snapshot of how each has ...

Legislative leaders continue to talk behind the scenes about a possible deal on new taxes and cuts to public pensions, despite last Thursday's deadline imposed by Gov. John Kitzhaber. Partisan chatter echoed through the Oregon Capitol Monday as each ...