Oregon Business News

Here are a few of this week's openings and closings around Oregon.

Openings:

• Ivan's Cheesesteak, a sandwich shop, opened in Lebanon. It employs seven people. Lebanon Express, 1/8/2014
• Pinnacle Propane Express will open a propane facility in Goshen. It will recondition and refill grill tanks for grocery, convenience, and home improvement stores. It hired four workers and plans to add 30 more. The Register-Guard, 1/5/2014
• Clothing store rue21 will open at Pony Village Mall in North Bend in late March. It will offer casual wear and accessories for young men and women. The World, 1/22/2014
• Rogue Valley Mobile Phlebotomy opened. It offers in-home blood draws to housebound patients in Josephine County. Grants Pass Daily Courier, 1/22/2014
• Marigold's and JDUB's restaurant opened at Cobblestone Village in Medford. Mail Tribune, 1/16/2014
• Legum Design, an interior design firm, opened in Bend. The Bulletin, 1/11/2014
• Soma: A Kombucha Speakeasy opened in north Portland. It offers 13 kombucha flavors, probiotic drinking vinegars, and one daily food option. The Oregonian, 1/19/2014

Closings:

• Ace Hardware in Keizer will close at the end of the month. It employs 10 people. Keizertimes, 1/10/2014
• Paper Mermaids, a scrapbooking supply store in Newport, closed. News-Times, 1/22/2014
• Spicy World, a Chinese restaurant in Beaverton, closed. The Oregonian, 1/11/2014
• Fish Grotto, a seafood restaurant in southwest Portland, closed. The Oregonian, 1/10/2014

For more business news, check out this week's full report or visit the Around the State page on QualityInfo.org.