CLARK COUNTY, WA-The August rate is the highest since March 1994, says Scott Bailey, labor analyst with the Washington State Department of Employment Security.
PORTLAND-The three-story development would require a zone change from single-family residential, just like the drive-thru restaurant that was proposed but never built on the property.
SALEM, OR- Supporters of proposal say it would create jobs and pump more than $5 million a year into the city's economy; opponents worry about the $600,000 in annual city subsidies necessary to support the convention center.
SEATTLE, WA-The company, preparing for an October launch of its commercial real estate website but struggling to find new financing, decides to lay off 17 of its 40 employees.
SEATTLE-The local startup, founded by former Pinnacle Realty Management executive Dan Sanchez, cut deals with Rent.net and Pinnacle this week, and is negotiating a third
SUBLIMITY, OR-The new structure, which will cost approximately $500,000 to build, will be named Ditter's Town Square as a memorial to the grocery store that opened in 1890.
EUGENE, OR-Guard Publishing Co., which owns the Eugene Register-Guard newspaper, wants to develop the Summer Oaks Business Park on 20 acres next to its newspaper office on Chad Drive.