Sherri Buri McDonald
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Eugene, OR, United States
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Eugene veterans clinic to host jobs fair on Thursday
The Department of Veterans Affairs will host a job fair on Thursday for people interested in working for the VA health care system. The fair will be held Aug. 11 from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. → Read More
Guaranty to open RV park in Junction City next year
The three entrepreneurs behind a new Eugene craft brewery on a recent Friday opened the retractable warehouse door and turned up the radio’s volume before getting down to business: filling 900 bottles with barrel-aged beer. … → Read More
Hay fire rages near Junction City
JUNCTION CITY, Ore. — Fire crews are fighting a large hay fire on Ferguson Road near Junction City on Friday evening. About 15,000 tons of hay and a barn have been destroyed, said Eugene Springfield Battalion Chief Lance Lighty. → Read More
Agate Resources insiders made $34 million on sale of company that used public funds to provide health care to low-income Oregonians
A small group of local Agate Resources insiders made $34 million on last year’s sale of Agate to Centene, a large health care management company in Missouri, documents obtained by The Register-Guard show. For-profit Agate owned and ran Trillium Community Health Plan, which oversees the Oregon Health Plan in Lane County, using federal and state government money to provide health care for roughly… → Read More
Sacred Heart Medical Center officially reaches tentative agreement on labor contract with doctors, hospital says
Sacred Heart Medical Center and doctors at its hospitals in Springfield and Eugene officially reached a tentative agreement on a labor contract on Thursday, according to a statement from PeaceHealth. PeaceHealth is a Catholic-affiliated nonprofit health care system based in Vancouver, Wash. It is the parent of Sacred Heart Medical Center at RiverBend in Springfield and Sacred Heart Medical… → Read More
Newest class of nine start-ups begins intensive program in RAIN business accelerator in downtown Eugene
The Regional Accelerator and Innovation Network business accelerator in Eugene on Monday welcomed its fourth class of entrepreneurs. This latest class is an eclectic mix of entrepreneurs developing innovations in technology, health care improvements and consumer products. The group of nine startups will be the first to experience the accelerator in RAIN’s new home near the Eugene Public Library… → Read More
New venture capital fund wants to increase money flow to Eugene-area startups
Early-stage venture capital, which has been scarce in the Eugene-Springfield area, may start becoming a bit more plentiful this summer because of a new fund that is trying to reach entrepreneurs in underserved areas in the Pacific Northwest. In January, entrepreneur and investor Nitin Rai launched Elevate Capital, a Portland-based venture capital firm. The firm’s Elevate Capital Fund aims to… → Read More
Sacred Heart hospital doctors to stage picket outside hospital later this month
Doctors at Sacred Heart Medical Center in RiverBend in Springfield say they were the first group of hospitalists to organize when they formed a labor union last year. Now, after 18 months of negotiations with hospital owner PeaceHealth and still no contract in sight, the hospital doctors are staging another first: an informational picket. The picket is intended to draw attention to critical… → Read More
Major organizational shift wins Baby-Friendly accreditation for RiverBend hospital
A nurse lay Braylon Brown skin-to-skin on his mother’s chest right after he was delivered by C-section recently at Sacred Heart’s hospital in Springfield. The tiny newborn spent much of his first few days in this world on that warm, comforting ledge, close to the food that he needs to grow and thrive. “They put him on me in the OR,” Braylon’s mom, Amber Honochick, said from her hospital bed, a… → Read More
Popular antique mall in Springfield doubles space, celebrates with grand opening
SPRINGFIELD — Time Travelers of Oregon Antique Mall has doubled its space and added 20 dealers by moving to the corner of 21st and Main streets. It’s throwing a grand-opening bash, with food and live music, starting Friday and running through the weekend. “I wanted to celebrate and let everyone know we’re here,” said Cheri Gielish, who launched the business with her husband Jeff in October 2013… → Read More
Eugene-area foreclosure rate declines in March
The Eugene area’s foreclosure rate continues to decline as the economy improves, dipping to 1.16 percent in March, according to CoreLogic, a data and analytics company. The March figure was down from 1.44 percent a year earlier. It was the eighth monthly decline since July 2015, when the rate was 1.41 percent. → Read More
Golf carts provide curb-side service for veterans visiting new VA clinic in northeast Eugene
A different kind of vehicle is zipping around the parking lot of the new Veterans Affairs clinic in northeast Eugene. It’s a golf cart driven by a veterans services volunteer, who’s offering a ride to anyone who needs a lift. The cart, and a back-up, are the VA’s response to veterans who say they have trouble walking the long distance between the parking lot and the clinic’s front door. → Read More
Broadcom preparing to renovate Eugene computer chip plant
It could be three years before Broadcom’s Eugene factory starts churning out silicon wafers and slicing them into chips for cellphones. But more details are starting to emerge about what the semiconductor manufacturer plans to do — and when — at the former Hynix computer chip plant it bought at auction last year. The buyer of the plant, Avago Technologies, now goes by the name of Broadcom… → Read More
Food Scene Eugene, a local food and drink festival, attracts hundreds to Lane Community College
Portland has the long-running Bite of Oregon. Bend has the Bite of Bend. Ashland has the Ashland Culinary Festival. → Read More
Eugene City Council to discuss Broadcom’s request for two-year enterprise zone tax-break extension
The Eugene City Council will discuss today tech firm Broadcom’s request for two additional years of property tax waivers on a planned $400 million upgrade to the former Hynix plant it bought in November. The Singapore-based semiconductor manufacturer plans to spend $100 million to remodel part of the plant and $300 million to equip it. The company says it plans to hire 229 employees and to… → Read More
New hub for innovators and entrepreneurs set to open in downtown Eugene
After a $3 million remodel, a new innovation hub is set to open this week in Eugene, near Lane Community College’s downtown campus and the Eugene Public Library. It will be home to the Eugene branch of the Regional Accelerator and Innovation Network (RAIN), a collaborative program to help create companies and jobs in the southern Willamette Valley, and to two University of Oregon programs. → Read More
Veritas to lay off workers and close Springfield site by end of September, employees say
Tech firm Veritas is laying off employees in waves and will close its Springfield site by the end of September, according to two employees, who requested anonymity. Some employees will continue to work for Veritas remotely, others may be transferred to a Veritas site in Florida, and the rest will be laid off, the employees said they were told Tuesday. A Veritas spokesman at the company’s… → Read More
At GloryBee, succession was by design
Early last year, GloryBee, a Eugene natural foods producer and distributor, marked its 40th anniversary by transferring leadership to the second generation. Founders Dick and Pat Turanski turned over the reins to son Alan Turanski, 38, and daughter RaeJean Wilson, 47. It looked easy, but years of work and planning went into that handoff. → Read More
Northeast Eugene property being cleared of former TV station building
A 57-year-old building in northeast Eugene that once housed KEZI TV is nearly gone. Wrecking crews are demolishing the former television station building on Coburg Road near Randy Papè Beltline. On Wednesday, only the outside walls of northernmost section of the boxy, concrete-block building were standing. → Read More
Terry Shockley, former prominent Eugene property manager, pleads guilty to wire fraud
Former Eugene property manager Terry Shockley pleaded guilty to two federal criminal charges of wire fraud on Wednesday, as part of a plea agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Shockley, 63, admitted before Judge Ann Aiken that he engaged in a scheme to defraud clients and investors, resulting in a loss to victims of more than $3.5 million. → Read More