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Kyra Buckley/OPBThe Port of Coos Bay is planning a $2.3 billion project that would create a massive deep-water terminal where large cargo ships drop off 20 to 40-foot-long shipping containers full of goods from across the Pacific Ocean. -
Walden Kirsch/Intel CorporationTina Kotek is getting ready to dole out $240 million that could lead to more than $40 billion in investments.
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Oregon鈥檚 17 community colleges generated more than $9 billion in annual economic impact for the state in the 2021-2022 fiscal year, according to a report released last week by the Oregon Community College Association. -
Efforts to make the Port of Coos Bay a major shipping facility got help from the Oregon Legislature this week. -
The Port of Coos Bay is the only shipping facility between San Francisco and Portland. Efforts are underway to expand its capacity and create what would be called the Pacific Coast Intermodal Port. -
The economic study comes as lawmakers mull options for $200 million in investments to spur the semiconductor industry鈥檚 growth. -
And they can鈥檛 afford the infrastructure to prepare that land for development. -
Kotek outlined her economic agenda to a group of business, civic and elected leaders on Monday, many of whom have been skeptical of Democratic leadership and worked to elect her opponents. -
Performing arts organizations in Oregon say they鈥檙e still struggling to recover from the economic blow of COVID-19. They鈥檙e asking the Legislature for another round of funding to help them get back on their feet. -
After decades of traditional economic development efforts, authorities are now trying some unusual experiments to spur activity in rural Oregon. -
Recent decades have not been kind to rural Oregon. As natural resources come under increased pressure -- and the economy becomes more globalized -- small,鈥� -
Many rural Oregon towns share the same problems; the natural resources they traditionally based their economies on no longer support them, and isolation鈥� -
Port Orford is perched on the Pacific coast, less than ten miles from the westernmost point in Oregon. And while it鈥檚 only about 60 miles as the crow鈥� -
Like many rural towns, Port Orford, on Oregon鈥檚 south coast, has struggled with shifting economic tides. The Port of Port Orford has long been a key鈥�
