By Oregon Small Business Association Foundation, J.R. Johnson, a Portland company that focused on disaster restoration, is closing its doors by Oct. 31 and laying off 55 employees, according to The Portland Business Journal. Watterson Environmental Group in Illinois, parent company of the business at 9425 N. Burrage Ave., gave […]

BY Oregon Dept. of Fish & Wildlife, THE DALLES, Ore. – Several California bighorn sheep along the John Day River have recently tested positive for Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae (M. ovi), the respiratory pathogen associated with pneumonia outbreaks in wild sheep. The detections mark the first known cases of M.ovi in the […]

By Archdiocese of Portland, With great sadness, the Archdiocese of Portland in Oregon mourns the passing of Fr. Patrick McNamee. Fr. Pat devoted more than five decades of his life to serving Christ and His Church in western Oregon. Those who knew him remember not only his years of priestly […]