Author: KGW Staff PORTLAND, Ore. (KGW) — Oregon Governor Tina Kotek plans to convene a new task force that will tackle economic revitalization in downtown Portland, focusing on issues like crime, homelessness and taxation. The Portland Central City Task Force ...
Author: Joe Raineri (KGW) OREGON, USA — Intel is apparently making plans for an upgrade of its two Washington County factories. That growth will likely boost the local economy and potentially set the stage to bring in new jobs. While ...
MEDFORD, Ore. – Southern Oregon is home to the new president of the Oregon Home Builders Association. Tim Alvarez, the current president of Claudio Alvarez Restoration and Construction in Medford, was just sworn into the role. Last week’s event at the ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (CNN) – The Biden administration is launching a website for its new student loan repayment plan. The new approach comes weeks after the Supreme Court rejected the president’s effort to wipe out student debt for millions of borrowers. ...
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (CNN) – One of the nation’s largest trucking companies is calling it quits, putting 30,000 workers out of a job. “Yellow Corp” has been in the freight carrier business for 99 years. But the company halted operations ...
LOS ANGELES, Calif. (CNN) – The entertainment world is facing a blockbuster breakdown. The contract for the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists expired one minute before midnight, Pacific Time, and the actors are taking to the ...
(CNN) – A marathon negotiating session between UPS and the Teamsters’ Union ended early Wednesday without a deal to avoid a strike. Both sides accused the other of walking away from the table. The Union hasn’t publicly disclosed how big ...
MEDFORD, Ore. – Tourism all over Oregon took a positive turn last year, especially in Jackson and Josephine counties. “The travel and tourism industry specifically in Oregon and really the global economy was hammered hard by the impacts of the ...
Author: Tim Gordon (KGW) PORTLAND, Ore. (KGW) — Starting July 1, the minimum wage in Oregon will go up 70 cents an hour. The minimum wage won’t be the same dollar amount across the state, however, as Oregon’s minimum wage ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (CNN) – The S&P 500 index entered bull market territory last week which means it hit a 20% rally from the low it fell to in October. This may be an especially sunny month for Wall Street and ...