SpaceX plans to reveal the identity Monday of the first private passenger to fly around the moon on a rocket it is developing. The Hawthorne, Calif.-based company, founded and headed by Tesla Inc. CEO Elon Musk, posted the announcement Thursday on Twitter, along with an artist rendering of the spaceship, the Big Falcon Rocket, or BFR. “SpaceX has signed the world’s first private passenger to fly around the Moon aboard our BFR launch vehicle — an important step toward enabling access for…

A proposed Oregon wind farm could become home to the nation’s tallest wind turbines, with blade tips reaching 650 feet into the air — more than 100 feet higher than the loftiest Portland skyscraper. Avangrid Renewables is considering the turbines for the Golden Hills Wind Project near the town of Wasco, about 100 miles east of Portland. State Energy Department staff this week recommended approval of the Portland-based company’s request to amend an existing site permit and allow for the mammoth…

A long-planned development that fell apart during the recession has new life through a new owner.

Several thousand culinary industry purveyors, writers and fans are cavorting through downtown Portland this weekend as Feast Portland gets underway. The 2018 program features the popular Night Market, which starts tonight at Zidell Yards, and the Grand Tasting, which began today at noon. Pictures from the Grand Tasting, the event’s centerpiece that takes place at Pioneer Courthouse Square, are above. The line to the Grand Tasting went around the block leading up to the 1 p.m. open. The program…

At 2.6 million square feet over four stories, Project Hotdish in Minnesota sounds a lot like Project Quattro in Charlotte. And Project Axis outside Raleigh. And Project Arrow outside Milwaukee …

A secluded, elegant property on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle’s Mount Baker district is on the market for $15 million. Windermere brokers Deirdre Doyle and Patrick Chinn have the listing. “This is one of the last remaining pieces of property like this in the area with this much waterfront – it is a stunning piece of property,” says Chinn. Doyle says this property is a rare chance to have an in-city legacy waterfront retreat with 240 feet of lake frontage. “The house is set…