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Machine at Intel’s Hillsboro campus can produce chips so advanced, they don’t yet exist

At the Gordon Moore campus, Intel engineers do the work to push Moore's Law — the idea that the number of transistors on a single...

PGE debriefs after January storm that left thousands without power in Portland metro

The company wants regulators to approve a new mechanism for more frequent rate hikes in order to pay for safety and resiliency work on its...

Program offers a two-week peek into Oregon’s high-tech manufacturing industry

Students of the Quick Start program at PCC Willow Creek learn how to work on the machines that create silicon chips at Intel. HILLSBORO,...

After big rate hike, PGE customers may also be on the hook for winter storm power restoration work

A small watchdog group, the Oregon Citizens’ Utility Board, will be looking into whether price hikes are justified based on what went down during the...

Oregon’s semiconductor expansion gets a boost as Biden administration rolls out millions in CHIPS Act grants

Microchip Technology in Gresham won a $72 million federal grant, and they'll also share funding from the state of Oregon with companies like Intel and...

It’s not just Umatilla — thousands of Oregonians who rely on well water should be alert for contaminants

Following The Story's coverage of a tainted aquifer beneath the Umatilla Basin, a former DEQ official says anyone who relies on well water has reason...

Bottled water forever? Morrow and Umatilla residents want to see more action to solve groundwater pollution

Decades of commercial food production has contaminated the groundwater that Umatilla Basin residents rely on. But momentum is finally building to fix the problem. ...

Oregon regulators have had decades to tackle the Umatilla Basin’s water pollution, but it’s only gotten worse

Industrial farming is contaminating an aquifer that eastern Oregon residents rely on. For over 30 years, state agencies have done little more than wring their...

The Umatilla Basin’s water crisis stems from industrial pollution, but it’s hard to pin down one culprit

Industrial runoff has led to dangerous concentrations of nitrates in the subterranean aquifer that supplies most well water in northern Morrow and Umatilla counties. ...

Thousands of eastern Oregonians face crisis of contaminated well water

Groundwater pollution in Umatilla and Morrow counties is growing worse, leading to dangerous levels of nitrates in water pumped up from what used to be...

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