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Two Burrs in a saddle
A city-based developer and a rural old-timer call for affordable housing before it’s too late. Rod Woodside, owner ...
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Can Willamette Valley sparkling wine become Champagne’s rival?
McMINNVILLE, ORE. — Willamette Valley sparkling wine caught the perfect wave. Just as bubbly experienced an upswell in ...
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The Big Cheese: How Tillamook grew to help its farmer-owners
The Tillamook County Creamery Association has enjoyed a rapid rise from regional dairy brand to national powerhouse, with ...
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Purple Urchin farming and the challenges facing this emerging ocean economy
On a sunny afternoon, Port of Bandon director Jeff Griffin pulled back black shade cloth from the corner ...
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Dollar General criticisms valid, but stores fill vital need
Dollar General has opened more than 85 stores in Oregon since 2015, providing inexpensive food and household items ...
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Making-a-living
Cider maker looks to the bright side
The history of the Salt Creek Cider House could read as a hard luck tale, but that’s not ...
Making-a-living
Value-added fruit spreads maximize family’s farm acreage
In blending various flavors to make fruit spreads, Mt. Hope Farms knows there’s a fine line between a ...
Features
Hydrogen Hub plans move forward across Pacific Northwest
BOARDMAN — Clean energy projects across the Pacific Northwest are moving forward despite a tepid — or worse ...
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EPA lifts emergency order as Warm Springs water system stabilizes
For much of this decade water delivery systems on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation suffered from repeated failures ...
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Ag innovation a la mode: $73M renovation spotlights OSU’s experiential learning
CORVALLIS, Ore. – A $73 million renovation of Withycombe Hall at Oregon State University aims to energize and ...
The Land
Ochoco Preserve restoration turns farmland to floodplain near Prineville
On an exposed hilltop in the Ochoco Preserve outside Prineville, Gabriel Juarez carefully places palm-sized forbs inside shallow ...
The Culture
What next, America? Join your local pothole committee!
The recent presidential election confirmed what we already know — politically, the country is half and half; divided; ...
The Land
La Pine is home to a record-setting ponderosa pine
The ponderosa pine with the largest circumference on record is in La Pine State Park. At one point, ...
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New southern Oregon makerspace becomes hub for innovation and inclusion
With the completion of its state-of-the-art 8,000-square-foot community makerspace, Talent Maker City (TMC) is poised to become Southern ...
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On the fire line: A tour of the Falls Fire showed the power, unpredictability of a big blaze
The Falls Fire began on July 10 in the vicinity of the Falls Campground, about 25 miles northwest ...
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Invasive tree of heaven spreads, as do concerns
Tree of heaven, a noxious weed and invasive tree, is making an indelible mark on the Pacific Northwest ...
Making-a-living
Farms boosted by diversifying with flowers
MEDFORD — When Beth Wismar started working for Fry Family Farm about 20 years ago, the ag operation ...
Features
Writing their way out from inside
PENDLETON — Phillip Luna, like other editors-in-chief of news outlets, spends his days researching topics, interviewing people, writing ...
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Creating, and then dismantling, temporary fire camps
LONG CREEK — The tiny town of Long Creek saw its population temporarily rise to one of the ...
The Land
Two Baker City hikers share their hobby through websites
Helen Loennig’s earliest memory of hiking in the Elkhorn Mountains near Baker City involves a heavy tent and ...
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Oregon wineries turn to refillable bottles with Revino
TURNER, Ore. — Machines hummed, glass gently clinked and there was a buzz of excitement May 23 as ...
The Land
Plans for state timber harvests draw neighbor concerns
When Darren Orange received a letter from a surveying company in late March, he never expected it might ...
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Making connections with high-speed internet access to every corner of Oregon
Ed Negus, a Vietnam veteran who lives in Prairie City, has a doctor’s appointment at the VA clinic ...
The Culture
‘Urban Rural Action’ teams help bridge divides in southern Oregon
Produce intake was alive and well one Tuesday in May at Rogue Food Unites in Ashland. Fresh organic ...
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A Southern Oregon clinic helps families break the chain of addiction
As Oregon’s drug decriminalization experiment comes to an end with the implementation of HB 4002, Dr. Kerri Hecox, ...