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 Randy Alcorn, Eternal Perspectives Ministry Ministry headquartered in Oregon A reader wrote our ministry to share her pain over putting down her elderly dog, who had aggressive cancer. She explained she had saved the dog from a kill shelter, and helped him through various medical issues over the years. […]