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Oregon Public School enrollment projected to drop 16% from 2019 to 2031, 6 weeks without Facebook linked to lower depression, Blue Origin re-used and landed Glenn rocket, US Navy attacks Iranian vessel, Mt. bachelor wraps up the 2026 ski season, NuScale Power & Alaska Airlines both see 10% gains in single day.
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PNW Market Look
As of market close 4.17.26
2nd Round of US-Iran Negotiations Begin - Monday
March Retail Sales data - Tuesday
March Pending Home Sales data - Tuesday
April MI Inflation Expectations data - Friday
~15% of S&P 500 Companies Report Earnings
The US-Iran ceasefire deadline is currently set for Tuesday
Headline Roundup
Microsoft’s stock sees its best four-day stretch in six years (MW)
Exclusive: Boeing hiring more than 100 factory workers a week to boost output, replace retirees (Reuters)
Dirt will be moving soon near Topgolf on I-84 in Meridian (IDS)
‘Stop jerking us around’: Portland approves $56M housing plan after months of talk (ORL)
(ID) Major mortgage lender sounds an alarm on economic outlook (IDS)
The Effect of Deactivating Facebook and Instagram on Users’ Emotional State (Stanford)
Blue Origin reuses huge New Glenn rocket for 1st time, lands booster at sea — but deploys satellite into wrong orbit (launch video) (Space)
Elliott Bay Connections waterfront trail opens Tuesday (DJC)
As energy costs rise, some states back off climate goals (DJC)
(ID) School district buys land from trustee’s dad for nearly double appraised value. He gets to keep farming it for free (BD)
Tariff refund portal to go live on Monday (IDS)
Bank of America's Roger Hinshaw on keeping Oregon competitive (PBJ)
Trump says U.S. struck and seized Iranian-flagged cargo ship in Gulf of Oman (Ground)
Issaquah looks to drop $58 million plan for new City Hall (PBJ)
Meta renews big leases in Redmond as Reality Labs faces restructuring (PBJ)
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Community Highlight
Montana GOP asks court to strike down entirety of Gianforte-backed property tax law (MTFP)
Rip’s Spotlight
Oregon’s largest county shed over a dozen top leaders in 2 years, and pays handsomely to replace them (ORL)
“It’s really shocking how many leaders have left Multnomah County in such a short period of time,” Meieran said.
With over 6,500 employees, Multnomah County’s government is responsible for delivering services ranging from housing assistance to health care for approximately 800,000 residents living in Oregon’s largest county.
Since the beginning of 2024, at least 15 leaders or their deputies have left Multnomah County. In two of those cases, officials coughed up a combined $160,000 for outside firms to conduct hiring searches to replace them, records and data shared by the county show.
All told, officials said the county has spent nearly $641,000 on hiring services from July 2024 to March 2026. That includes any hiring help for other positions, but roughly $405,000 went to executive searches for 10 positions, county spokesperson Denis Theriault said. Those costs could grow: officials have authorized spending up to $500,000 with one hiring consultant, under a contract first started in 2023.”
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