In January, February and March, Horizon Air is changing flight schedules on several routes in its network to better align them with its travelers’ current needs.
“We never stop listening to our customers. We’re always factoring in what we hear to ensure our flight schedules work well for them, whether they’re traveling solely within our own [...]

Portland, Ore.-based Guardian Management LLC (Guardian), in conjunction with the Oregon Public Health Division, surveyed residents at 17 of its federally-subsidized rental communities in the Portland-Metro area regarding its no smoking policy and found a majority of the respondents are satisfied with the ban while also experiencing a reduction in second-hand-smoke exposure. Guardian’s no smoking [...]

WeRentMotorcycles.com, the leading motorcycle adventure travel company in California, announced today that it is offering free delivery and pickup of its motorcycles for customers in Southern California. “People visiting California don’t want to rent a car to drive somewhere to rent a motorcycle,” says Jack Reynolds, President of WeRentMotorcycles.com, “They want the bike and gear [...]

NORFOLK, Va. - Andrew Adams hated one soup kitchen because he believed the workers deprived him of food. He stopped staying at a homeless shelter because he was convinced the people who ran it were plotting to evict him.
So Adams lived on the street, sleeping in out-of-the-way places, trying to avoid the people who, in [...]

The Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals has remanded back Yamhill County’s decision to allow Portland developer David Kahn to build a luxurious 50-room hotel in the rolling wine country north of Dayton.
That means the county commissioners will have to revisit a case that sparked passions on both sides as the controversial hotel proposal wound [...]

The founder of Business Wire, an electronic distributor of news releases, donated $33 million to help Stanford University build a stem cell research center, the school announced Tuesday.
Lorry Lokey’s donation is the largest contribution from an individual to the Stanford medical school. Stanford hopes to complete construction by 2011.
“The important thing to me is that [...]

The Meridian — a much-anticipated but delayed condominium and office project — has finally broken ground.
Business and community leaders have kept a close eye on the still vacant site at 777 Commercial St. SE in downtown Salem. The $54 million project might test the Salem area’s receptiveness to large, upscale condo projects, a concept that [...]

Sunriver Resort, one of “America’s Top 100 Golf Communities” (Travel & Leisure Golf, 2007), is offering a variety of attractive spring and summer golf packages aimed at virtually every audience.
Beginning in April when the 2007 golf season debuts, guests at the award-winning Central Oregon-based resort will enjoy golf at the Crosswater and Meadows courses, wind [...]

The temperature of Portland’s downtown office market rose Thursday with the announcement by developer Tom Moyer that he will build a 35-story office tower just west of Nordstrom.
Moyer’s firm, TMT Development, said it would break ground this fall on the $150 million project, which it has dubbed Park Avenue West at Park Avenue and Yamhill [...]

Brian Rogers and other members of his church group basked in their perfect timing — a rare snowfall combined with a nonexistent midweek crowd that turned Winterplace Ski Resort into their personal playground.
The signs of a dismal season were sprinkled throughout this southern West Virginia resort. Plenty of parking, plenty of elbow room on the [...]

While residential real estate prices have turned south in much of the United States, Portland’s housing stock continues to appreciate, and by double-digit percentages.
Why? Young families looking for hip, yet livable, places. Retirees following their kids around. Wads of cash inherited from the World War II generation. Tight supplies caused by the planning and zoning [...]

Travelers who demand the finest hotel experience — including lighted vanity mirrors and a service staff catering to every need — will have a place to stay in Portland next year, after the Fifth Avenue Suites completes a renovation aimed at making the hotel Oregon’s first with a Mobil four-star rating.
San Francisco-based Kimpton Hotels & [...]