Mike Rogoway
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Business writer, The Oregonian
Major exposé in Rolling Stone on Morrow County, the nitrates disaster and Amazon's role in the community:
'The Precedent Is Flint': How Oregon's Data Center Boom Is Supercharging a Water Crisis
Amazon data centers constructed in eastern Oregon's farmland have worsened a water pollution problem that’s been linked to cancer and miscarriages.
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November 25, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Major exposé in Rolling Stone on Morrow County, the nitrates disaster and Amazon's role in the community:
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Governor Tina Kotek announced today she received a verbal demobilization order from the U.S. Northern Command for the 200 Oregon National Guard members.
November 19, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Governor Tina Kotek announced today she received a verbal demobilization order from the U.S. Northern Command for the 200 Oregon National Guard members.
Here are the details on PowerLattice (now HQ'd in Vancouver), which emerged from stealth today with a $25m round:
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November 17, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Here are the details on PowerLattice (now HQ'd in Vancouver), which emerged from stealth today with a $25m round:
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It's been about 24 hours since this layoff notice appeared. Still no similar notices in Intel's other major U.S. sites (Arizona, California and New Mexico.)
Intel didn't respond yesterday to a question about whether it plans to cut jobs in those locations, too.
Intel didn't respond yesterday to a question about whether it plans to cut jobs in those locations, too.
Intel lays off 669 more Oregon workers as local headcount dwindles
An $8.9 billion infusion from the Trump administration hasn't stopped Intel from bleeding jobs.
www.oregonlive.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:13 PM
It's been about 24 hours since this layoff notice appeared. Still no similar notices in Intel's other major U.S. sites (Arizona, California and New Mexico.)
Intel didn't respond yesterday to a question about whether it plans to cut jobs in those locations, too.
Intel didn't respond yesterday to a question about whether it plans to cut jobs in those locations, too.
Here are Intel's layoffs by job title. It's mostly factory technicians:
Intel’s latest Oregon layoffs: Here are the cuts by job title and site
Factory workers were hit hardest Thursday.
www.oregonlive.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Here are Intel's layoffs by job title. It's mostly factory technicians:
This leaves Intel with a little more than 16,000 Oregon workers, fewer than at any point since 2012.
November 14, 2025 at 12:15 AM
This leaves Intel with a little more than 16,000 Oregon workers, fewer than at any point since 2012.
Intel says it's laying off 669 more Oregon workers this fall.
Total Washington County layoffs this year now top 3,000.
Total Washington County layoffs this year now top 3,000.
November 13, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Intel says it's laying off 669 more Oregon workers this fall.
Total Washington County layoffs this year now top 3,000.
Total Washington County layoffs this year now top 3,000.
Al Thomas made the most of the wonderful place where we live -- and provided a path for many others to enjoy the outdoors, too. Great guy, great journalist.
Former Columbian outdoors writer Allen Thomas dies
Allen Thomas, outdoor writer for The Columbian for four decades, died Thursday of leukemia. He was 73.
www.columbian.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Al Thomas made the most of the wonderful place where we live -- and provided a path for many others to enjoy the outdoors, too. Great guy, great journalist.
Another death from someone trying to cross the tracks in this incredibly dangerous area.
(In June I wrote that there were two different types of train but there are, of course, three -- MAX, Amtrak and freight.)
www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...
(In June I wrote that there were two different types of train but there are, of course, three -- MAX, Amtrak and freight.)
www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...
November 7, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Another death from someone trying to cross the tracks in this incredibly dangerous area.
(In June I wrote that there were two different types of train but there are, of course, three -- MAX, Amtrak and freight.)
www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...
(In June I wrote that there were two different types of train but there are, of course, three -- MAX, Amtrak and freight.)
www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...
The WSJ visits Hermiston to look at the impact of Amazon's local data centers:
What Happened When Small-Town America Became Data Center, U.S.A.
Business is surging for contractors and bars. Out-of-town workers are flooding hotels and RV parks. Cash is flooding into government coffers. But the newfound prosperity comes with costs.
www.wsj.com
November 4, 2025 at 1:56 PM
The WSJ visits Hermiston to look at the impact of Amazon's local data centers:
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Judge bars National Guard deployment to Portland until her final ruling on Friday
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Judge bars National Guard deployment to Portland until her final ruling
U.S. District Judge Karin J. Immergut said she'll issue a final decision by end of day Friday.
www.oregonlive.com
November 3, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Judge bars National Guard deployment to Portland until her final ruling on Friday
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Gloo, which makes technology for churches and other faith-based organizations, hopes to raise $100m+ in an IPO that would value the business at $874m. Its executive chairman is Pat Gelsinger, Intel's former CEO.
via Reuters.
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via Reuters.
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October 31, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Gloo, which makes technology for churches and other faith-based organizations, hopes to raise $100m+ in an IPO that would value the business at $874m. Its executive chairman is Pat Gelsinger, Intel's former CEO.
via Reuters.
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via Reuters.
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Lip-Bu Tan is SambaNova's chairman.
So...if Intel does buy the startup, is Tan bailing out one of his own failed investments?
Or is he getting a deal for Intel on what other investors consider to be damaged goods?
So...if Intel does buy the startup, is Tan bailing out one of his own failed investments?
Or is he getting a deal for Intel on what other investors consider to be damaged goods?
October 30, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Lip-Bu Tan is SambaNova's chairman.
So...if Intel does buy the startup, is Tan bailing out one of his own failed investments?
Or is he getting a deal for Intel on what other investors consider to be damaged goods?
So...if Intel does buy the startup, is Tan bailing out one of his own failed investments?
Or is he getting a deal for Intel on what other investors consider to be damaged goods?
Bloomberg says Intel is negotiating to buy custom AI chip designer SambaNova.
Both Intel Capital and Walden International, CEO Lip-Bu Tan's firm, are SambaNova backers.
The Information reported last week that SambaNova's valuation ($5B in a prior round) plunged after a failed fundraising effort.
Both Intel Capital and Walden International, CEO Lip-Bu Tan's firm, are SambaNova backers.
The Information reported last week that SambaNova's valuation ($5B in a prior round) plunged after a failed fundraising effort.
October 30, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Bloomberg says Intel is negotiating to buy custom AI chip designer SambaNova.
Both Intel Capital and Walden International, CEO Lip-Bu Tan's firm, are SambaNova backers.
The Information reported last week that SambaNova's valuation ($5B in a prior round) plunged after a failed fundraising effort.
Both Intel Capital and Walden International, CEO Lip-Bu Tan's firm, are SambaNova backers.
The Information reported last week that SambaNova's valuation ($5B in a prior round) plunged after a failed fundraising effort.
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National Guard troops were at Portland ICE building despite court ban, feds admit
Portland police Cmdr. Franz Schoening testifies he was ‘startled’ by federal officers’ indiscriminate use of force against passive protesters outside ICE facility.
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National Guard troops were at Portland ICE building despite court ban, feds admit
Portland police Cmdr. Franz Schoening testified at trial he was "startled" by federal officers' unjustified use of tear gas and other less-lethal munitions on passive protesters outside the ICE buildi...
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October 29, 2025 at 10:56 PM
National Guard troops were at Portland ICE building despite court ban, feds admit
Portland police Cmdr. Franz Schoening testifies he was ‘startled’ by federal officers’ indiscriminate use of force against passive protesters outside ICE facility.
www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...
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BREAKING: 9th Circuit agrees to broader review of Oregon National Guard deployment: What happens next? www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...
9th Circuit agrees to broader review of Oregon National Guard deployment: What happens next?
Separately, U.S. District Judge Karin J. Immergut is moving ahead with a trial starting Wednesday on the merits of the troop case.
www.oregonlive.com
October 29, 2025 at 12:15 AM
BREAKING: 9th Circuit agrees to broader review of Oregon National Guard deployment: What happens next? www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...
Reposted by Mike Rogoway
No Oregon National Guard troops can be deployed under federal control, at least through Tuesday
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No Oregon National Guard troops can be deployed under federal control, at least through Tuesday
A three-judge panel’s ruling is on hold until 5 p.m. Tuesday to allow the full 9th Circuit to determine if will hold a vote to review it.
www.oregonlive.com
October 25, 2025 at 12:38 AM
No Oregon National Guard troops can be deployed under federal control, at least through Tuesday
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‘Here we go again’: Chauncey Billups arrest is another setback for Trail Blazers franchise seeking momentum:
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‘Here we go again’: Billups arrest is another setback for Trail Blazers franchise seeking momentum
A franchise that has endured more than its share of bad news in the 21st century was dealt another sobering blow Thursday.
www.oregonlive.com
October 23, 2025 at 10:33 PM
‘Here we go again’: Chauncey Billups arrest is another setback for Trail Blazers franchise seeking momentum:
www.oregonlive.com/blazers/2025...
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Newly disclosed records show:
• The insiders who bought Amazon’s local fiber provider appointed the people who approved their deal.
• They discussed shredding an unfavorable opinion.
• They bucked lawyers’ advice to get an outside ‘fairness opinion’, saying it would cost too much and take too long.
• The insiders who bought Amazon’s local fiber provider appointed the people who approved their deal.
• They discussed shredding an unfavorable opinion.
• They bucked lawyers’ advice to get an outside ‘fairness opinion’, saying it would cost too much and take too long.
Officials at the heart of Oregon’s data center scandal had a tangle of conflicting roles
Newly disclosed records show the insiders who bought a local fiber-optic provider rebuffed an outside review and chose the people who voted on their deal.
www.oregonlive.com
October 22, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Newly disclosed records show:
• The insiders who bought Amazon’s local fiber provider appointed the people who approved their deal.
• They discussed shredding an unfavorable opinion.
• They bucked lawyers’ advice to get an outside ‘fairness opinion’, saying it would cost too much and take too long.
• The insiders who bought Amazon’s local fiber provider appointed the people who approved their deal.
• They discussed shredding an unfavorable opinion.
• They bucked lawyers’ advice to get an outside ‘fairness opinion’, saying it would cost too much and take too long.
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Appeals court, in 2 to 1 split, puts hold on restraining order barring Trump from deploying Oregon National Guard
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Appeals court, in 2 to 1 split, puts hold on restraining order barring Trump from deploying Oregon National Guard
Senior Circuit Judge Susan P. Graber wrote a lengthy dissent.
www.oregonlive.com
October 20, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Appeals court, in 2 to 1 split, puts hold on restraining order barring Trump from deploying Oregon National Guard
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Big day for CMcC. You called it
October 20, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Big day for CMcC. You called it