Mike Rogoway

1 week ago | oregonlive.com | Mike Rogoway

Oregon has more residents over 65 than it does people under 18, a striking demographic reversal that has enormous implications for the state’s economy. “We are an aging population,” state economist Carl Riccadonna told Oregon legislators at a committee hearing earlier this month, where he presented figures showing the state’s population has been racking up the years. As recently as 1985, Oregon had more than twice as many children as seniors.

2 weeks ago | oregonlive.com | Mike Rogoway

The FBI has seized $6.7 million allegedly stolen by online scammers who tricked a city of Portland employee into sending funds meant for a legitimate city contractor. In February, someone posing as a city vendor wrote asking to change payment deposit information for the contractor. A city employee authorized the switch and Portland unwittingly sent $6.7 million to the thieves in March. The money had been intended to pay for work on Portland’s $2 billion Bull Run water filtration project.

2 weeks ago | oregonlive.com | Mike Rogoway

A battery fire broke out in a Hillsboro data center Thursday morning, prompting evacuation of the site but causing no injuries. “Right about 10:20 this morning our crews got called to a fire involving a battery or batteries,” said Piseth Pich, a Hillsboro Fire & Rescue spokesperson. “When they arrived they found batteries inside a room inside what we understood to be a data center.

2 weeks ago | oregonlive.com | Mike Rogoway

State tourism agency Travel Oregon said Thursday that CEO Todd Davidson, 66, is retiring from the organization he has run since 1996. The pandemic triggered a prolonged declined in Oregon tourism, especially in the Portland area, with hotel bookings significantly below pre-pandemic levels. Passenger volumes at Portland International Airport have recovered much more slowly than elsewhere in the country.

2 weeks ago | oregonlive.com | Mike Rogoway

AT&T said Wednesday that it plans to buy the CenturyLink fiber-optic business that provides high-speed internet services to homes in 11 states, including thousands of customers in the Portland area. The $5.5 billion deal brings one million internet customers now served by CenturyLink’s corporate parent, Louisiana-based Lumen Technologies. Lumen will retain its business internet service and the small portion of CenturyLink’s landline phone business that still runs on old-fashioned copper lines.