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Real estate roundup: BPA leases Vancouver space (The Portland Business Journal)

6 October 2008, 10:42 am

The Bonneville Power Administration leased 9,980 square feet at One Park Place, 7600 N.E. 41st St., Vancouver and will occupy the space by Dec. 1. Rich Sabel of CB Richard Ellis represented BPA; Jan Bottcher of CB Richard Ellis represented the lessor, Alco Holdings Inc. In a related transaction, BPA... read more

Nursery’s failure sprouts worries among county plant growers (Portland Tribune)

1 October 2008, 7:21 am

While the nation’s eyes were turned to the fiscal turmoil on Wall Street last month, the recent bankruptcy of one of Oregon’s largest nurseries has sown the seeds of worry among Washington County growers. Hines Nurseries filed under Chapter 11 with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in ...... read more

Contentious race for District 26 heats up (Portland Tribune)

30 September 2008, 7:36 am

The Oregon House seat representing Wilsonville, Sherwood, Aloha and Gaston ordinarily is safe territory for Republicans, but not this year. The duel between Republican Matt Wingard and Democrat Jessica Adamson is turning into a barnburner, thanks to Wingard’s 2001 child-abuse conviction and ...... read more

Custody battle of deer rises to appeals court (Corvallis Gazette-Times)

27 September 2008, 10:30 pm

PORTLAND (AP) — A Molalla couple who rescued a deer named Snowball say their pet should be returned but state officials have gone to the Oregon Court of Appeals to keep the animal with rare white fur.... read more

Watercooler Stories (UPI)

25 September 2008, 3:39 am

Residents complain of pig farm stench ... Oregon court mulls deer ownership ... Teacher warned for giving pupils cat food ... Charges dropped in banana prank case ... Watercooler stories from UPI.... read more

Oregon court mulls deer ownership (UPI)

24 September 2008, 8:10 pm

HILLSBORO, Ore., Sept. 24 (UPI) -- An Oregon appellate court is hearing a case about a deer that a couple in the town of Molalla adopted as a pet seven years ago.... read more