
Christen McCurdy
Freelance Reporter and Editor at Freelance
Editor at Oregon Business
Editor, @OregonBusiness. Cat fancier, plant parent, enthusiast. She/her. [email protected].
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1 month ago |
oregonbusiness.com | Christen McCurdy
Trump’s purge of the national workforce has hit hundreds of thousands of workers across the country, with bigger cuts expected soon. Share this article!As the Trump Administration continues to fundamentally reduce and restructure the federal government, with major layoffs expected soon, Oregon employment officials are preparing for an influx of unemployed federal workers.
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Nov 22, 2024 |
oregonbusiness.com | Christen McCurdy
The storied Willamette Valley creamery is expanding its product line this year to include kids’ products — and probiotic butter. Share this article!Blake Thompson’s grandparents, Chuck and Sue Kesey, started the Springfield Creamery and Nancy’s Probiotic Yogurt 65 years ago. In 2012, Thompson began working on the production floor alongside his brothers; then he went to grad school. After obtaining his MBA, Thompson went back into the family business as the company’s chief innovation officer.
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Nov 5, 2024 |
oregonbusiness.com | Christen McCurdy
AuCoin spoke to Oregon Business about being honored by Pacific University, the 2024 elections — local and national — and why civics education is more important than ever. Share this article!Les AuCoin represented Oregon in Congress from 1975 to 1993 — a period during which both national and local politics took a very different shape than they do in 2024.
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Oct 23, 2024 |
oregonbusiness.com | Christen McCurdy
Under Canvas announces plans for 50-tent ‘glamping’ site in White Salmon. Share this article!The upscale hospitality firm Under Canvas announced plans Tuesday to open a 50-tent luxury camping site in the Columbia River Gorge in May 2025. The site, situated on 120 acres outside White Salmon, Wash., will be the 13th for the Denver-based company, which launched in 2012 with a 102-tent site in Yellowstone, and the first in the Pacific Northwest.
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Jun 21, 2024 |
oregonbusiness.com | Christen McCurdy
The brewery, which partially collapsed in 2022 and experienced a second partial collapse in December, began demolition this week. Share this article!A former insurer for Buoy Beer Company is suing the City of Astoria, Rickenbach Construction, Stricker Engineering and Columbia Dockworks for $9.5 million in damages from the 2022 partial collapse of the Buoy Beer Company’s waterfront building in Astoria. The building, which collapsed in June 2022, began demolition this week.
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