Energy Trust of Oregon was established in 2002 as a nonprofit organization that invests in energy efficiency and renewable energy in order to reduce greenhouse …

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With its stiff, sharp-pointed needles and scaly bark, Engelmann spruce are hard to miss among the firs and hemlocks of Oregon's forests. Moisture-loving trees, they …

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Entek International, LLC—one of Oregon's innovative high-tech manufacturing industries—is a plastics products manufacturer in Lebanon. Its primary business is the manufacture of polyethylene …

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Enterprise, the county seat of Wallowa County, is situated at the northern end of the Wallowa River Valley, the traditional homeland of the Wal-lam-wat-kain (Wallowa) …

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Tourism and recreation have been the most visible economic elements for central Oregon in the post-industrial period, but retailing, agriculture, and professional services have also …

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Despite the plans of the New Urbanists, the shift in the region’s industrial base to electronic technology has induced the outward flow of population. Between …

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On the far northwest margin of the high desert country, Pine Mountain rises up from the sagebrush plains to an elevation of over 6,300 feet …

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From its beginnings as a mission in the late 1890s, Epworth United Methodist Church in Portland has been an important religious and community center for …

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Designed by Pietro Belluschi, Portland's Equitable Building (also known as the Commonwealth Building and the Equitable Savings & Loan Building) was the first …

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Eric A. Kimmel is Oregon’s most prolific writer of children’s and young adult books, with more than 120 books published and over half of them …

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