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View MoreIntel collected $2B in subsidies, cut 6,000 Oregon jobs
The Oregon Working Families Party is calling on Gov. Tina Kotek and the Legislature to hold Intel accountable after the chipmaker received nearly $2 billion in public funding for its Hillsboro operations while cutting more than 6,000 Oregon jobs in 2024 and 2025.
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View MoreIntel raises $15B in stock to fund Hillsboro AI chip push
Intel announced a $15 billion stock offering Monday to fund AI chip manufacturing and advanced packaging, directing capital toward its Hillsboro fabs even as the company has shed roughly 7,000 local jobs since 2024.
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View MoreIntel targets Oregon schools with new semiconductor workforce program
Intel launched its Semiconductor Education Pathways Program on Aug. 6, directing funding to Oregon schools and colleges for K-12 career education, faculty training and graduate scholarships to rebuild the chip talent pipeline feeding its Hillsboro fabs.
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View MoreHillsboro Medical Center to cut 37 jobs, close geriatric psych unit Sept. 4
Hillsboro Medical Center confirmed it will close its geriatric psychiatry and emergency observation units Sept. 4, cutting 37 positions, as the Oregon Nurses Association campaigns to reverse the decision.
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View MoreHillsboro battery project gains national attention as model for powering data center growth
A 31-megawatt battery storage system at Aligned Data Centers' Hillsboro campus, built with Calibrant Energy and Portland General Electric, is being cited nationally as a model for unlocking grid capacity for tech growth without costly transmission upgrades, even as the city's new 120-day moratorium pauses future standalone battery projects.
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View MoreJim's Ice Cream closing for good Aug. 23 after building sale forces owner out
Jim's Ice Cream at 10th and Maple in downtown Hillsboro will close permanently on Aug. 23 after the building's owner decided to sell the property, ending a comeback that owner Adrian Wakefield called the shop's best stretch ever.
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View MoreFarmers, teachers union sue Hillsboro over data center tax breaks
A coalition including farmers, educators, and 1000 Friends of Oregon has sued Hillsboro and Washington County over enterprise zone tax breaks granted to 17 data center projects, alleging the deals cost schools and services up to $125 million annually while converting farmland to industrial use.
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View MoreFederal trucking rule bars roughly 900 Oregon immigrants from renewing CDLs
A federal rule effective March 16, 2026, bars Oregon from issuing temporary commercial driver's licenses, cutting off roughly 900 immigrants and refugees from trucking careers and pushing workers in the Portland-Hillsboro metro area into lower-paying jobs.
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View MoreNonprofit homebuying program opens lending services to Washington County residents
Arrive, formerly the Portland Housing Center, expanded its lending and homebuying counseling services statewide in 2025, giving Hillsboro and Washington County residents access to down-payment assistance and savings-match programs for the first time.
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View MoreHillsboro farm wins $3 million Metro grant to buy land it's leased for a decade
Metro Council awarded Working Theory Farm in Hillsboro a $3 million grant on Wednesday, July 22, to purchase the farmland the youth agriculture nonprofit has leased since its 2011 founding, permanently preserving it in South Hillsboro.
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View MoreIntel announces more data center layoffs as Hillsboro campus workforce keeps shrinking
Intel told data center group employees Monday, July 20, that it is cutting jobs again, continuing a downsizing that has reduced the chipmaker's Washington County workforce from 23,000 to about 16,000 since 2024.
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View MoreIntel chips developed at Hillsboro campus power AI exoskeleton helping patients walk again
Intel Core Ultra processors developed at the company's Hillsboro campus power a new AI medical exoskeleton that helps rehabilitation patients with lower-limb injuries relearn to walk, cutting therapist staffing needs by roughly 50% per session.
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