At some hotels, more than guests say strange occurrences are common. At The Heathman Hotel in Portland, Ore., for example, the staff has no doubt the hotel is haunted. “I guarantee that if I asked the question, half my team would say they encountered a ghost,” says Chris Erickson, The Heathman’s general manager, who has [...]

BusinessWire - Despite a slow economy, Dutch Bros. Coffee ended 2009 on a high note that included a nearly six percent sales increase over last year and a rise in company giving.
Founded by two Southern Oregon dairy farming brothers in 1992, the fun-loving and spirited private coffee company opened 13 new stores in 2009. There [...]

PORTLAND, Ore. - Providence St. Vincent Medical Center is opening a new drop-in child care soon called ‘My Little Waiting Room.’
Two moms came up with the idea after one of them, Amy Paterson, went through a battle with breast cancer. She went to 144 medical appointments in a year and had to arrange for child [...]

NEW YORK CITY and PORTLAND, Ore. (Jan. 19, 2010) – LANE PR, an independently owned, national public relations agency, recently expanded its New York team and has moved to larger offices on Madison Avenue in midtown Manhattan to accommodate the growth. The newest member of the LANE PR New York team is account supervisor, Heather [...]

At LANE PR we love it when The Pew Internet & American Life Project comes out with a new report.  The latest, “Understanding the Participatory News Consumer,” reports that while television is still the biggest source of news, the Internet is now number two, ahead of print and radio. 
This is big news.  The rapid rise of [...]

A massive online movement has taken place over the past 24 hours via Facebook, Twitter and other social forums where people shared their opinions on the Leno vs. Conan vs. NBC controversy.  The media is reporting that tens of thousands of people took part in this online movement yesterday afternoon alone.
Just as the volume of [...]