BY SARAH ROSS
SEASIDE- Amidst the annual gathering of Oregon Republicans, known as the Dorchester Conference, the three Republican candidates for governor debated the state’s top issues and their strategies Friday night.
The candidates, Allen Alley, Chris Dudley, and John Lim, met at the conference where participants each year vote on the Republican Party positions on state [...]

BY SARAH ROSS
SALEM- Unemployment numbers released Tuesday by the Oregon Employment Department showed Oregon’s jobless rate has began to hover around 11 percent for January.
The numbers showed Oregon maintaining a 10.7 percent unemployment rate, which is up from 10.6 percent in December and 9.9 percent in January 2009.
The areas with the highest unemployment numbers included [...]

BY SARAH ROSS
PRINEVILLE- The social networking giant, Facebook, announced on Thursday that it soon will be breaking ground on a new data center in Prineville, just north of Bend.
The facility, expected to create more than 200 jobs during its yearlong construction phase, will bring an additional 35 full time, high tech jobs once the Crook [...]

BY SARAH ROSS
SALEM- The state’s unemployment situation remains bleak with 11 percent of Oregon workers out of jobs, the state reported this week.
The report showed some gains in the private sector and the manufacturing sector but listed a total of 209,576 Oregonians unemployed in December, up from 173,121 unemployed in December 2008.
Gov.Ted Kulongoski issued a [...]