<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title><![CDATA[Oregon - Newslocker]]></title><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/oregon/</link><atom:link rel="self" href="https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/oregon/rss/" /><atom:link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com" /><description><![CDATA[Find your latest news about Oregon with just one click. Don't miss out on anything happening in your region!]]></description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright (C) 2026 newslocker.com</copyright><lastBuildDate>Wed, 14 May 2025 22:52:00 +0200</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[Portland HR leaders on benefits that attract and retain top talent]]></title><description><![CDATA[HR leaders are finding innovative ways to support employee well-being beyond traditional health insurance, with a focus on mental health and work-life balance.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/oregon/portland-hr-leaders-on-benefits-that-attract-and-retain-top-talent/</link><pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2025 22:52:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/oregon/portland-hr-leaders-on-benefits-that-attract-and-retain-top-talent/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oregon No. 2 in preschool funding, but lags in enrollment]]></title><description><![CDATA[Oregon's preschool funding is among the highest in the nation, but the state faces hurdles in getting more young children into classrooms.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/oregon/oregon-no-2-in-preschool-funding-but-lags-in-enrollment/</link><pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2025 22:45:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/oregon/oregon-no-2-in-preschool-funding-but-lags-in-enrollment/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reporter's Notebook: Inside a reimagined NedSpace]]></title><description><![CDATA[As the Portland's startup community comes out of a pandemic-era hibernation, one of its foundational organizations, NedSpace, is also reemerging and reimagined.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/oregon/reporters-notebook-inside-a-reimagined-nedspace/</link><pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2025 22:42:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/oregon/reporters-notebook-inside-a-reimagined-nedspace/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Demolished Lotus bar site to become food cart pod]]></title><description><![CDATA[The site previously housed the Albion Hotel and Lotus Cardroom and Cafe, a historic bar that opened in the middle of Prohibition and closed in 2016.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/oregon/demolished-lotus-bar-site-to-become-food-cart-pod/</link><pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2025 22:32:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/oregon/demolished-lotus-bar-site-to-become-food-cart-pod/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tariff uncertainty hits Oregon budget forecast to tune of $750M]]></title><description><![CDATA[State economists don't expect recession, but do see "near stagnant growth."]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/oregon/tariff-uncertainty-hits-oregon-budget-forecast-to-tune-of-750m/</link><pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2025 22:26:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/oregon/tariff-uncertainty-hits-oregon-budget-forecast-to-tune-of-750m/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Former California Closets exec launches Portland professional sports team]]></title><description><![CDATA[The owner is a former college ultimate frisbee player.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/oregon/former-california-closets-exec-launches-portland-professional-sports-team/</link><pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2025 17:16:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/oregon/former-california-closets-exec-launches-portland-professional-sports-team/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Portland's top permitting officer warns layoffs would delay projects, add costs]]></title><description><![CDATA[Portland's permitting department director said his office is already operating with a minimum level of staff necessary to meet demand. Proposed layoffs would leave it 'woefully understaffed.']]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/oregon/portlands-top-permitting-officer-warns-layoffs-would-delay-projects-add-costs/</link><pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2025 16:46:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/oregon/portlands-top-permitting-officer-warns-layoffs-would-delay-projects-add-costs/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft to cut up to 3% of its global workforce]]></title><description><![CDATA[The tech giant laid off 10,000 workers in 2023 as the industry went through a downturn following a pandemic boom.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/oregon/microsoft-to-cut-up-to-3-of-its-global-workforce/</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2025 23:45:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/oregon/microsoft-to-cut-up-to-3-of-its-global-workforce/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oregon cannabis industry lost third of jobs since 2021]]></title><description><![CDATA[As sales and business licenses decline, Oregon is shedding jobs in its once vibrant cannabis industry.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/oregon/oregon-cannabis-industry-lost-third-of-jobs-since-2021/</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2025 22:41:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/oregon/oregon-cannabis-industry-lost-third-of-jobs-since-2021/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Schnitzer family donates $25M to UO]]></title><description><![CDATA[The funding will go to raising the school's national and global profile for international studies.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/oregon/schnitzer-family-donates-25m-to-uo/</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2025 19:50:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/oregon/schnitzer-family-donates-25m-to-uo/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Small and scrappy businesses may fuel downtown Portland's comeback]]></title><description><![CDATA[Portland's rise some 25 years ago coincided with the same commitment to, and from, small businesses that's occurring today.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/oregon/small-and-scrappy-businesses-may-fuel-downtown-portlands-comeback/</link><pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2025 01:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/oregon/small-and-scrappy-businesses-may-fuel-downtown-portlands-comeback/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Portland Center Stage Artistic Director Marissa Wolf on why the theater needs urgent support]]></title><description><![CDATA[Wolf said PCS is not walking back its diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, even though some donors walked away.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/oregon/portland-center-stage-artistic-director-marissa-wolf-on-why-the-theater-needs-urgent-support/</link><pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2025 00:14:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/oregon/portland-center-stage-artistic-director-marissa-wolf-on-why-the-theater-needs-urgent-support/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why Keen is not raising its prices due to tariffs]]></title><description><![CDATA[While Keen will still have to pay a baseline 10% tariff on all imports, it&rsquo;s able to avoid the significant tariffs on Chinese imports because of its foresight a decade ago.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/oregon/why-keen-is-not-raising-its-prices-due-to-tariffs/</link><pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2025 00:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/oregon/why-keen-is-not-raising-its-prices-due-to-tariffs/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BPA spurns PGE, PacifiCorp on key energy market move]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bonneville Power Administration formalizes decision to join Markets+.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/oregon/bpa-spurns-pge-pacificorp-on-key-energy-market-move/</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2025 22:56:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/oregon/bpa-spurns-pge-pacificorp-on-key-energy-market-move/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[1st Security Bank expands commercial lending in Portland metro]]></title><description><![CDATA[The bank, headquartered in Mountlake Terrace, Washington, has held a presence in the state with Oregon-based employees for the last 15 years.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/oregon/1st-security-bank-expands-commercial-lending-in-portland-metro/</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2025 22:36:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/oregon/1st-security-bank-expands-commercial-lending-in-portland-metro/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Restaurant roundup: New vegan Asian Night Market, Gado Gado alum's new Balkan restaurant]]></title><description><![CDATA[The newest addition to Portland&rsquo;s night market events is one from Veganizer, a vegan food event organizer, that will act as a fundraiser for APANO, one of Oregon&rsquo;s longest standing Asian grassroots advocacy organizations.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/oregon/restaurant-roundup-new-vegan-asian-night-market-gado-gado-alums-new-balkan-restaurant/</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2025 17:23:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/oregon/restaurant-roundup-new-vegan-asian-night-market-gado-gado-alums-new-balkan-restaurant/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here's where Burgerville will open its next Oregon location]]></title><description><![CDATA[Growing Northwest fast food chain Burgerville confirmed its next opening in the region, in Woodburn.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/oregon/heres-where-burgerville-will-open-its-next-oregon-location/</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2025 17:17:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/oregon/heres-where-burgerville-will-open-its-next-oregon-location/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[3 Oregon hotels named 'best of the best' by Tripadvisor]]></title><description><![CDATA[The three Oregon businesses are from the Willamette Valley's wine country and the High Desert.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/oregon/3-oregon-hotels-named-best-of-the-best-by-tripadvisor/</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2025 16:53:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/oregon/3-oregon-hotels-named-best-of-the-best-by-tripadvisor/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Public company to pay $245M for big industrial equipment maker]]></title><description><![CDATA[A big St. Louis-based industrial equipment maker is being acquired by a Tennessee-based public company.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/oregon/public-company-to-pay-245m-for-big-industrial-equipment-maker/</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2025 00:03:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/oregon/public-company-to-pay-245m-for-big-industrial-equipment-maker/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sak&eacute;One, Forest Grove co. that's US leader, has new president]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sak&eacute;One is the nation's largest producer and importer of premium sake.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/oregon/sakeacuteone-forest-grove-co-thats-us-leader-has-new-president/</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2025 23:41:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/oregon/sakeacuteone-forest-grove-co-thats-us-leader-has-new-president/</guid></item></channel></rss>