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Intel stock rallies over 5% in a day, Boise / Bozeman startup GetWhys closes $5m funding round, Amazon launches expanded multi cloud partnership with Oracle, VC investment down in Portland despite national record investments
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PNW Market Look
As of market close 4.16.26
Charles Schwab to allow Bitcoin and Ethereum trading to compete with Robinhood
Headline Roundup
GetWhys Raises $5.2M Round to Close the Research-to-Outcome Gap for B2B GTM Teams (NW)
(WA) Public Works Board awards $5.1 million for infrastructure projects (DJC)
Idaho Power customers may face another rate increase. Why, when — and how much (IDS)
NPR receives $113 million in charitable gifts (KUOW)
Idaho declares statewide drought emergency after record-low snowpack (IBR)
$970,000 in Big Sky Film Grant Funding Awarded to 22 Filmed-in-Montana Productions (CMT)
Half-built West Bench apartment project stalled due to lawsuit from nearby barbershop owner (BD)
Portland leaders begin push to raise millions for street repairs. Here’s who will pay (ORL)
Seattle expects a record year for cruise traffic (ST)
Portland-area venture capital investment activity drops in Q1 (PBJ)
Israel and Lebanon agree to 10-day ceasefire, Trump says (Ground)
Missoula County signs agreement to proceed in NorthWestern merger (Missoulian)
Snap lays off nearly 100 Washington workers amid companywide cuts (PBJ)
Everett stadium project reaches key milestones but faces hefty funding gap (PBJ)
TomboyX co-founder regains majority control after years on the sidelines (PBJ)
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Community Highlight
Canyon County coroner candidates present themselves for consideration (IDP)
Rip’s Spotlight
Oregon’s ambitious greenhouse gas reduction program faces a fresh legal challenge (OPB)
“On Thursday, nearly 30 petitioners led by the Oregon Business & Industry filed an Oregon Court of Appeals petition against the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, which oversees the Climate Protection Program. The program imposes gradual limits on greenhouse gas emissions from oil and natural gas companies, like NW Natural, Avista Corporation and Cascade Natural Gas, with a target of 90% reduction by 2050. The program also allows fossil fuel suppliers to reduce emissions through the program’s Community Climate Investment credit program; if regulated entities do not reduce their emissions, they must buy credits at the cost of $136 per ton of carbon emissions.
“It’s a ‘cap’ without a legitimate ‘trade’ component and has no legislative oversight, making it an outlier versus every other program out there,” Alliance of Western Energy Consumers CEO Bill Gaines said in a statement. His group is a plaintiff in the lawsuit and represents businesses from Oregon, Washington and Idaho in rate proceedings and regulatory proceedings that directly affect energy costs.
“The (Climate Protection Program) is a real problem because it doesn’t link to market-based carbon programs in neighboring states, and the costs are dramatically higher. This is an issue that can only practically be addressed by the Oregon Legislature.”
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