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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 ...

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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, ...

Features

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 ...

Features

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, ...