Business News Around the State, May 29

Oregon Employment Dept. Interfor will curtail operations at its sawmill in Gilchrist due to COVID-19, laying off 130 of its 150 workers in late June. Fry Foods, a food processing plant in Ontario which closed due to a COVID-19 outbreak, has reopened. It employs 280 people and is operating at about 80 percent of its normal capacity. Astoria Downtown Market will reopen with new owners. The Confederated Tribes of Coos Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians of Oregon Tribal Council will reopen the Three Rivers Casino Resorts in Florence and Coos Bay that had been closed due to COVID-19. Samaritan Health Services is hiring entrance screeners for its facilities in Corvallis, Lebanon, Lincoln City, and Newport due to COVID-19. World of Speed, a museum in Wilsonville dedicated to celebrating the world of motor sports, will close permanently due to COVID-19. Sweet Tomatoes restaurants in Beaverton, Clackamas, Tigard, and Vancouver closed permanently due to COVID-19. The Coquille Indian Tribe plans to build Hotel at the Cedars, a 111-room hotel, in south Medford on land next to its proposed casino. It will employ up to 20 people. Rogue Community College in Grants Pass furloughed 35 employees due to COVID-19.
Plank Town Brewery Company in Springfield will reopen after being closed due to COVID-19.