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PNW Market Look
As of market close 3.17.26
Lululemon posts weak sales outlook, still searching for new CEO
Micron’s stock gains officially carry the company into an exclusive club (Marketwatch)
Headline Roundup
(WA) Joe Kent resigns, says Iran posed ‘no imminent threat’ (ST)
Portland superintendent’s daughter lands job with firm awarded $61M school district contract (ORLive)
Oregon State Hospital is back in federal compliance but facing yet another outside investigation (ORLive)
Salem introduces AI assistant to handle non-emergency calls (Koin)
Bob, a 35-year Seattle contractor who has overseen projects worth $100 million, is leaving the city, fed up after years of dealing with homelessness, taxes, break-ins, and immigration issues. (MNW)
Following $34M land sale, High Street soon to start 350 Bellevue units (DJC)
Amtrak's new $300M maintenance facility tops out at King Street Yard (DJC)
Gov. Little signs into law 4% cuts for most state agencies after initial reservations (IDP)
Nearly $200M federal rural health grant in limbo in Idaho Legislature (IDP)
Gianforte steps into property tax dispute, asks Supreme Court to decide before ‘27 session (HelenaIR)
Eagle moves toward city-wide density cut. Developers are asking for an exception to build nearly 400-acre subdivision (BoiseDev)
Oregon recycling law faces attack from more businesses (PBJ)
Mount Vernon manufacturer expands in face of trade uncertainties (CD)
Amazon launches 1-hour shipping in US cities to challenge Walmart (Ground)
Cost of new I-5 bridge linking Oregon and WA doubles to $14.4B (WSS)
Unnamed company proposes small data center in Bonner, meeting planned Friday (Missoulian)
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Rip’s Spotlight
A hospital on Oregon’s coast was on the brink of catastrophe until an unlikely alliance stepped up (ORLive)
“The only large hospital on Oregon’s coast, situated in the heavily Republican district encompassing Coos Bay, received a financial lifeline from the Legislature this month.
The surprise was who clinched the deal: progressive Portland-area Democrats representing districts more than 200 miles away.
Bay Area Hospital is the only medical center within a two hour-drive of Coos Bay where a patient can deliver a baby, receive advanced cardiac care or undergo chemotherapy. And it was at serious risk of being forced to shrink to 50 beds and no longer offer specialty care, due to its previously shaky finances and the resulting high anxiety at its sole lender, a Canadian bank.”
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